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Chickie · 05-01-2009, 02:20 PM

I was in elementary school during WWII and the kids at our school were enlisted to gather scrap metal. We also gathered milkweed pods. I'm not absolutely certain, but think they were used in parachutes. There was a field near our home with an abundance of milkweeds, so we felt we had contributed our fair share to the war effort.

05-01-2009, 02:20 PM	#2
Chickie Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 370 Thanks: 0 Thanked 68 Times in 39 Posts	WWII On the Homefront I was in elementary school during WWII and the kids at our school were enlisted to gather scrap metal. We also gathered milkweed pods. I'm not absolutely certain, but think they were used in parachutes. There was a field near our home with an abundance of milkweeds, so we felt we had contributed our fair share to the war effort.