Were you a child during WW2 or early post-war years?

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50. Thanks to all of you for sharing these memories.

I'm a late baby boomer, born long after the Korean conflict in 1958, so I only remember the sixties!

I just recently learned that one of Daddy's brothers was in WWII, but he's been gone for many years so no idea what his experiences were like.

My parents were born in the thirties ('30 and '39), and they've talked about things over the years, mostly about the Depression, but also what their life was like during the war.

I do know that during those years, things were better for my mother's family, as they owned their home and a bit of land (probably about two acres, as I remember it). They raised chickens, cows and pigs, had fruit trees and put in a huge garden. So they ate well. Money my grandfather earned at his textile mill job went to other needs. He was a staunch Democrat, and they all loved FDR.

My father's family had it very hard, and they didn't eat well. Judging from some things he's said, I think there were days with very little or no food. His father was an alcoholic and didn't work much. Most of his wages went for booze.