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May 15 1942 - Gasoline Rationing
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15/05/2007 13:19:18
 
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Vehicles
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Cars
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>http://www.prewarbuick.com/features/your_car_is_a_war_now
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>Other documents I have read about gasoline rationing indicate that 17 states began rationing on May 15th, 1942, and by December of that year all states were rationing gasoline. The national maximum “Victory Speed” was 35 miles an hour.
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>I have my ration books that allowed purchasing such things as shoes, which my mother kept. I recall hearing the words, "ration book" towards the end of the war, as I was born May 9th, 1942.
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>My dad was in the South Pacific and wrote a letter to my mom in 1943 asking, "Did Tommy get his shoes"? It is interesting to know what peoples lives were like throughout history.



I heard somewhere that President Bush said we were at war. You wouldn't notice walking the streets and seeing how people behave, or care.


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