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> On Thursday, July 10, 2014 9:02:51 AM UTC-7, Moe DeLoughan wrote:
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>> The National WWII Museum on rationing in the US:
>> http://www.nww2m.com/tag/rationing/
>>
>> Allied civilians had it tougher, to permit more supplies for the
>> front. My dad was stationed in England during WWII and he came home
>> with an abiding fondness for kippers and a burning hatred for mutton.
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> My FIL, part of a photorecon squadron stationed in the Pacific, was made
> to eat NZ mutton so often that he refused even to eat a bite of lamb for
> the rest of his life.
>
>> One of my uncles began driving a logging truck during the War. He was
>> thirteen years old, but all the able-bodied men were in service. He
>> was once stopped by a cop who, after his initial shock, shrugged and
>> sent him on his way. He understood that work had to go on, which meant
>> making do with whoever they could get.
>
> For decades, in most of the Midwest, farm kids could legally drive for
> farm purposes at age 14. This would mean pickups and other smaller
> trucks, but probably not log trucks.

They can get driver's licenses at 14 wherever the Duggars live.