A WWII Ration Book Issued to FDR. By Rebecca Onion. Nov 18, 2014 12:58 PM. ... The standard ration book includes coupons for staples like flour, wheat, sugar, and meat.

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Found: War ration books filled with stamps for food, sugar and other commodities meted out to the nation’s Greatest Generation during World War II.

It was World War II and keeping a look out for enemy planes was one of the jobs Elaine Clark, who grew up in Garibaldi, remembers. Poised in a 'shack' ...

Q — I have two objects in my possession that I would like to know more about. The first is a War Ration Book No. 3 with the stamps intact. I was 9 when the book was issued. It has my age, hei… ...

WWII ration books, 1943. Staff Writer. The Columbus Dispatch. Grocery shoppers today have it so easy -- 24-hour stores, organic foods, ethnic specialties, ...

“During WWII Americans had to ration food, clothing, gasoline, and everything they needed to win the war. Families were given ration booklets to make sure people didn’t purchase more than they ...

Bob Greene’s “Coronavirus and the Ration Book” (op-ed, March 28) about the ration books issued during World War II brought back many memories to me. My father, Joseph Scuderi, had an Italian ...

WW2 Rationing by Belfast Central Library. ... Ration books were issued to each person over five years old containing tokens which could be saved up or used at the owner’s discretion.

While the war may be almost 80 years in the past, nearly 40 per cent of the public would now welcome back the ration book to help fight climate change.. Researchers from Uppsala University, Sweden ...

National WWII Museum Education and Access Vice President Pete Crean talked about World War Two ration books and several Medal of Honor recipients.