Author: “And you
wonder why I call her a hero!”
Harv: “Well here’s
another…Later my Dad decided that he could work his day job at the
furniture store and then go to work at least a half shift at the
plant, so both Mom and Dad were working to help the war effort at
this point.”
Author: “It must
have been very hard on the family during those years Harv.”
Harv: “Yeah, but you made
due with what you had, and that was the end of it. People
(Mother Alexander and her boy on
leave, Circa 1940's)
today take
for granted the many freedoms they enjoy. They think that a
40-hour
week is too much and they complain that their lives are not worth
living unless they take 4 weeks vacation every year. I even had a
sister who was five years older than I am, and she also went to work
at the plant.”
Harv: “They worked hard and
made sure that our Boys had the various material necessary to
sustain a long and terrible war.”
Author: “Other than
Mom, Dad and your Sister, was there anyone else during this time
that put in for the war effort?”
Harv: (Thinking) “Yeah, I
have brother that was seven years older than I was, but he joined
the Navy and became an Aviation Meck” (slang for Mechanic).
(Harv with brother Frank and
sister Verneda, Circa 1940's)
Author: “Where did
he serve?”
Harv: “He served at the
Arlington Va. Naval base, and was cited for his excellent work at
the base keeping our aircraft in good working order.”
Author: “You must
have been very proud of him at the time.”
Harv: “Well, he did his
job…there were many that did you know.”
Author: “Yes, that
is true, and it looks like there were many that did their job in
your family as well.”
(Cont...)
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