Friday, May 8, 1942Dear Diary, Large sea battle. Had an argument with Barry the coy boy.

Friday, May 8, 1942Dear Mums and Dad, Just a few lines this p.m. I just got back from town. I got my blue suit. We had to have ours made. I also got a new pair of white shoes and blacks ones and three shirts. So guess I”™ll be fixed for awhile. I got $149…

Monday, May 11, 1942Dear Diary,Just missed that air raid by 24 hours, 2 minutes and 3 seconds. I was just going down to the Memorial Gardens to get some starch to starch my white hats (that always droop in this Hawaiian liquid sunshine). Yes, I was going down then for a few minutes, no gas…

, May 15, 1942 : FDR signs a congressional act establishing the Women”™s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC). An Album of Memories pg 225

Sunday, May 17, 1942 DATES TO REMEMBER: Johnny Hornyak, onions, mushrooms and goodbyes.

TIME CAPSULE:Adult clothing made its wartime adjustment primarily in the promotion of fashions that used less fabric, heedless of the implication that new fashion guidelines implied new clothes. For example, the cuffs on men”™s pants were eliminated to save fabric, but then many men let their old pants hang in the closet to buy the…

Monday, June 8, 1942Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Fuller,“I”™m all puffed up on Father”™s Day And Holy Smoke Who wouldn”™t be? When such a Dad Belongs to Me”Dear Folks: Just a line, hope I get a letter soon from you, or from anyone as far as that goes. Same old thing here, no news.We are…

Friday, June 12, 1942 FDR appeals for old tires, rubber shoes ”“ anything made of rubber.

Tuesday, June 16, 1942Dear Folks: Received two letters from you, written in May. You ask about me not air mailing it. Well I just don”™t, for reasons I cannot mention. I have never received any letter from Marie or Sted. I received a letter from Elaine with another hanky.I had my foot operated upon and…