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Deryck Cook: Food Distribution

Deryck Cook describes how his family sold rationed goods to customers at their store in Exton, England, during World War II.

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Deryck Cook: Rationing

Deryck Cook describes how his family's access to farm-raised meat and produce limited their need for purchasing rationed goods in Exton, England, during World War II.

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Marcel Kohler: "A Black Market for Food"

Marcel Kohler describes his fathers interactions on the black market for food while under occupation.

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James Russell: Learning to Ration

James Russell describes how customers would exchange ration cards for cash at his father's service station during World War II.

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Edna Hicks: "Pounds and Pounds of Sugar."

Edna Hicks remembers her mother's initial reaction to rationing orders.

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Edna Hicks: Rationing

Edna Hicks remembers the vast number of products and materials that were rationed in England during World War II.

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Hank van Driel: "About 500 Calories a Day"

Hank van Driel describes the food situation under German occupation and recalls their calorie intake during that time.

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Clay Manley: "Equal amounts of sugar"

Clay Manley describes how his family dealt with the rationing of sugar during World War II.

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Clay Manley: "Go get some gas!"

Clay Manley describes how wartime gas rationing impacted his family.

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Anna Ostergaard: Rationing Electricity

Anna Ostergaard describes how limited electricity affected her family during World War II.

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Edith Gray: Roller Skating to Work

Edith Gray explains how her high school boyfriend and future husband, Richard, dealt with gas shortages in the early yesars of World War II.

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Mary D'Souza Sequeira: "The thrashing of my life!"

Mary D'Souza Sequeira recalls how she neglected to pick up her family's weekly food rations during World War II because of a field hockey match.

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Mary D'Souza Sequeira: Wartime Rationing

Mary D'Souza Sequeira describes how staple foods in India were rationed during World War II.

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June Chandler: "I had a green ration book."

June Chandler explains how England's rationing policy affected her family during World War II.

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William Campbell: "There was no butter."

William Campbell describes how his family created butter substitutes during World War II.

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Roger Amidon: "4 or 5 gallons a week"

Roger Amidon describes how his father obtained a gas ration stamp, or "C" stamp, during World War II.

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