On 1/5/2011 12:30 AM, John Sessoms wrote:
Ann's photos are mostly from 1940 - 1941. World War II was entering it's
third year in Europe and fifth year in China - although the Japanese
occupation of Manchuria was already a decade old.
The US was not yet really at war in 1941, although Germany's U-boat
campaign had arrived at our Atlantic coastline. The U.S. Coast Guard was
already fighting an undeclared war; the U.S. Navy and the other services
were not yet actively engaged.
It's not until the end of 1941 that Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and
Germany's declaration of war on the U.S. brought the United States into
the war as an actively declared belligerent.
And since by that time, Germany had already invaded the Soviet Union,
the U.S. and the Soviets became, if somewhat reluctantly, allies for the
duration.
Yes, John, I am familiar with the course of history... I am however
unfamiliar /blushed grin/ with the way the life looked in USA at the
time. So, like I wrote before in this thread, I misjudged the time by at
least a decade...
/looks around for ashes to put on his head/
Boris
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