Age 7

RaNee Jensen was born in Glenwood,Utah. During the time of the war she was seven years old and still living in Glenwood. Here are some things that she can remember.

Back then you had a stamp for everything that you needed. Everybody was allotted so much, like a pound of sugar, or one pair shoes. When your stamps were gone then you made do without. She can remembers that if she had used her stamp for shoes and they had a hole in them, her dad would buy leather and had a kit and he would  fix them. If you didn't have enough money for leather you would trace your foot on the Shredded Wheat box and cut it out and slip it inside of  your shoe. You didn't have a lot of money for clothes, so either you wore hand-me-downs, or your mom made them. Gas was another thing that was rationed. You would only drive if needed.

For entertainment you would entertain yourself. Mostly you would stay home and play games like crocanoke, marbles, hop-scotch, or board games. They would also ride bikes and roller skate. When she got older her friends would come over and make candy or popcorn and play bunco. For your evening entertainment you would sit around the radio and listen to a program.

It is clear in her mind, December 7, 1941. She was standing in her living room listening to the radio, when they came on the radio and said that the Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor. They listened to the radio and read the headlines in the newspaper to keep up with what was going on.

Everybody in the community helped everybody else during the war. When they would kill a pig or something they would take the meat around and share it with everybody. If  you had some extra vegetables then you could share, then when somebody else had extra they would share with you.

She can also remember driving out to the highway and picking milkweed pods. They would fill up gunny sacks and ship them to the soldiers.  The soldiers would use them for the lining in their sleeping bags. They would also collect peoples junk metal and send it to the soldiers to use for planes and other things.

She hopes that the young people of our nation today will be grateful for all they have, because they may not have all that they want, but they have everything that they need.