Were You Alive in '45? - The Firearms Forum

raveneap · 08-14-2009, 11:39 AM

Yup, I was 7 years old. Don't remember much but it was a great day!

Rocket J Squirl · 08-14-2009, 11:43 AM

Me Mum was in High Shool, girl back then kept thier kickers on until after they were married.
Besides my ole man was island hopping in the pacific. I bet he had other things on his mind besides getting some.

artabr · 08-14-2009, 11:45 AM

I wish I would have been. It was a great day for sure.

Art

22WRF · 08-14-2009, 12:17 PM

V-J Day remember it well...my Dad was coming home

Tom Militano · 08-14-2009, 12:55 PM

I was four at the time. Thanks for someone being older than me. I feel like a kid again.

FloridaFialaFan · 08-14-2009, 01:05 PM

Yep! Age 12! Even at that age, we were all deeply involved in the war. My folks both worked in big "war plants" in Indianapolis. We kids gathered up scrap metal, used cooking grease, and rubber and sold it down at the neighborhood gas station. Every cent we got for it we used to buy U.S. Defense Stamps. That whole city was transformed into a huge military installation. MANY war material suppliers operated there in the early '40s.

Best regards ~ ~ ~ FFF

Gabob · 08-14-2009, 02:32 PM

Yep, I was nine, Mother worked at Naval Ordnance Plant making fuses for naval shells. Father working 10 to 12 hours a day at railroad. Us kids were taking wagons around neighborhoods collecting tin cans and scrap metal. People would cut each end out of cans and crush can flat with ends inside. The schools sold savings stamps and when you had enough they converted to War Bonds. Everything was rationed. People were issued ration books for sugar, and various short supply items. Meat was purchased if you had the little red tokens. We had air raid warnings and all lights had to be out or blackout curtains at windows( We lived near an air base). Most toys were wooden since metal was scarce. Gas was rationed and each car windshield had a sticker showing how much they could get each month. We had an A sticker since both parents were working in defense related industries. B and C stickers got much less. Tires were almost impossible to get. Repair parts for cars also hard to get. No new cars from 1941 to 1946
I gave my daughter some old ration books and meat tokens that were left over

PharmrJohn · 08-14-2009, 02:40 PM

Nope. Born in '63. But my Dad was 9. He remembers it.

Mouton · 08-14-2009, 03:52 PM

Born one month later. Mom worked in an office at a port. My grandfather was a guard at an airport. My dad was in the air corps stationed in Kansas and my uncle, my god father, was in P boats located in Korea on VJ Day. They all recalled that day as a great day and celebration.

Carne Frio · 08-14-2009, 04:01 PM

I was born October 1945. Father was US Army Air Corps.

Airdale · 08-14-2009, 04:25 PM

I was only two. Dad was in the Army (Battle of the Bulge), Uncle in the Marines (islands),
Grandfather in the Navy (Chief Radioman), another Uncle drove fuel trucks for Patton and yet another uncle that was on the deck of the Missouri when the surrender was signed. I Don't remember anything except the day my Dad came home.

08-14-2009, 08:57 AM	#1
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08-14-2009, 11:39 AM	#2
raveneap V.I.P. Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Maine Posts: 216	Re: Were You Alive in '45? Yup, I was 7 years old. Don't remember much but it was a great day! __________________ ... ed ... MAINE - The Way Life Should be ... NRA/C&R

08-14-2009, 11:43 AM	#3
Rocket J Squirl Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 418	Re: Were You Alive in '45? Me Mum was in High Shool, girl back then kept thier kickers on until after they were married. Besides my ole man was island hopping in the pacific. I bet he had other things on his mind besides getting some.

08-14-2009, 11:45 AM	#4
artabr Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: New Iberia, Louisiana Contributor Posts: 7,859	Re: Were You Alive in '45? I wish I would have been. It was a great day for sure. Art __________________ God and the soldier we like adore, In times of trouble, not before. When troubles ended and all things righted, God is forgotten and the soldier is slighted. Francis Quarles 1592 - 1644 __________________ When asked for my race, I answer CauCajun. Hope is not a plan, and not all change is good. The resistance is here; the resistance is now. RESIST! These hands are neither cold nor are they dead!!

08-14-2009, 12:17 PM	#5
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08-14-2009, 12:55 PM	#6
Tom Militano Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Jacksonville, AL Posts: 1,255	Re: Were You Alive in '45? I was four at the time. Thanks for someone being older than me. I feel like a kid again. Last edited by Tom Militano; 08-14-2009 at 12:57 PM..

08-14-2009, 01:05 PM	#7
FloridaFialaFan Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: World's Most Famous Beach - Daytona Posts: 194	Re: Were You Alive in '45? Yep! Age 12! Even at that age, we were all deeply involved in the war. My folks both worked in big "war plants" in Indianapolis. We kids gathered up scrap metal, used cooking grease, and rubber and sold it down at the neighborhood gas station. Every cent we got for it we used to buy U.S. Defense Stamps. That whole city was transformed into a huge military installation. MANY war material suppliers operated there in the early '40s. Best regards ~ ~ ~ FFF

08-14-2009, 02:32 PM	#8
Gabob Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: SW GA CSA Posts: 1,157	Re: Were You Alive in '45? Yep, I was nine, Mother worked at Naval Ordnance Plant making fuses for naval shells. Father working 10 to 12 hours a day at railroad. Us kids were taking wagons around neighborhoods collecting tin cans and scrap metal. People would cut each end out of cans and crush can flat with ends inside. The schools sold savings stamps and when you had enough they converted to War Bonds. Everything was rationed. People were issued ration books for sugar, and various short supply items. Meat was purchased if you had the little red tokens. We had air raid warnings and all lights had to be out or blackout curtains at windows( We lived near an air base). Most toys were wooden since metal was scarce. Gas was rationed and each car windshield had a sticker showing how much they could get each month. We had an A sticker since both parents were working in defense related industries. B and C stickers got much less. Tires were almost impossible to get. Repair parts for cars also hard to get. No new cars from 1941 to 1946 I gave my daughter some old ration books and meat tokens that were left over __________________ NRA Endowment Member Keep Your Powder Dry

08-14-2009, 02:40 PM	#9
PharmrJohn Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Western Washington Posts: 975	Re: Were You Alive in '45? Nope. Born in '63. But my Dad was 9. He remembers it.

08-14-2009, 03:52 PM	#10
Mouton V.I.P. Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Amelia Island, Florida Posts: 64	Re: Were You Alive in '45? Born one month later. Mom worked in an office at a port. My grandfather was a guard at an airport. My dad was in the air corps stationed in Kansas and my uncle, my god father, was in P boats located in Korea on VJ Day. They all recalled that day as a great day and celebration.

08-14-2009, 04:01 PM	#11
Carne Frio Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Near Fairbanks Posts: 697	Re: Were You Alive in '45? I was born October 1945. Father was US Army Air Corps.

08-14-2009, 04:25 PM	#12
Airdale Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: N.W. Arkansas Contributor Posts: 750	Re: Were You Alive in '45? I was only two. Dad was in the Army (Battle of the Bulge), Uncle in the Marines (islands), Grandfather in the Navy (Chief Radioman), another Uncle drove fuel trucks for Patton and yet another uncle that was on the deck of the Missouri when the surrender was signed. I Don't remember anything except the day my Dad came home.