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The War
Rationing and Recycling
During the war everything seemed to be rationed or in short supply: gasoline and fuel oil and rubber; bobby pins and zippers and tin foil; shoes and whiskey and chewing gum; butter and coffee and nylons and tomato ketchup and sugar; canned goods and cigarettes and the matches needed to light them.
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1:27:49
President Johnson escalates the war while promising the public that victory is in sight.
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2:07:27
Germany and the Japanese surrender too and millions try to learn to live without war.
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1:59:26
By mid March, 1945, they are across the Rhine, while Russians are 50 miles from Berlin.
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2:06:58
Victory in Europe seems imminent.
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2:19:15
On D-Day, 1.5 million Allied troops take part in the greatest invasion in history.
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1:52:42
Americans are shocked by losses on the Pacific and Allied forces are stalled.
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1:57:13
Americans mobilize for total war at home and overseas
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2:24:51
The lives of Americans are changed forever on Dec. 7, 1941.