06-16-2006, 08:00 PM
Al: Yes, I well remember the ration stamps for almost everything prior to enlisting in
WW 2. I also remember os "farm boys" being allowed to get a small rationed allotment of .22 cartridges along with shotgun shells for "pest and varmint control" along with this.
Also remember turning in fat drippings to get more meat stamps in the local butcher
shop to buy meat. When comming home for a "delay in route of 10 days" prior to being
sent overseas being given gas coupons from the local authoriies of rationing for 10 gals.
of gasoline which the local gas station didnt take and just filled the tank instead. This
was a godsend to my mother as I filled the car prior to leaving also..