[DoreenMichele]

My American father fought in both WW2 and in Vietnam. He told humorous stories about Vietnam. He died a few years ago. Only after his death did it occur to me that he did not really tell stories about WW2.

My German mother has talked at times about her parents moving the family to the country and using ration cards for things like cigarettes to hire 3 men to guard the house. They hid their food supplies in large wooden barrels, then topped them with potato peels (with a layer of material in between) to make it look like trash.