Over Rosie are hand-written letters emotional messages to and from soldiers and sailors, mothers, sisters and lovers. Letters, radios and newsboys provided what we knew My dearest Ray I get so lonesome sometimes, but you know me, I work hard till I get over it Dodie (South Bend)

World War II involved all of us

Led by the War Production Board in Washington D.C., technology and manufacturing came of age. Northwest Indiana with Pittsburgh, PA, became the world's leading steel producer. Companies like U. S. Steel Gary Works, Inland Steel Indiana Harbor Works, and Standard Oil Refineries at Whiting led production. World War II was the biggest 'job' ever. 

WE AT HOME knew sacrifice we rationed and saved scrap metal, we bought war bonds, we grew victory gardens and endured air raid drills. We prayed. Fearing the dreaded Western Union telegram our losses were real and terrible. When it was over, our mothers lit the home lights again.