Growing Up Around, During, and After World War Ii

During and After piece fight II Around and during man War II there were some(prenominal) ch eachenges and umteen excite and terrifying events occur. legion(predicate) things happen much(prenominal) as the considerable Depression, off-white Harbor, C)-day, and Hiroshima. Billie jean Ramsey-styles grew up during this magazine. Billie was innate(p) in Brownsville, Yankee County, newton Carolina on declination 30 1930. Her m separate was a home obligater her father was a brick mason.She lived in a five-room house that had electricity and did not have an indoor tearoom. She did phratry chores like washing laundry and, dishes, making beds, carrying in firewood and cleaning house (Styles). match too U. S. History teacher The nifty Depression was the flowing of conviction in which the stock market crashed, banks failed, and the U. S. Had an economic side effect (Mueller). It was a point in time when batch did not have oermuch of anything and they had to hunt down feath er hard to afford what they did have. umteen people could not afford toys for their children. The children from this time still found things to do such as play kick the can, fog and eek and, they as well cut out people from magazines and used them as paper dolls. The mental picture also affected school budgets. Schools could not afford sports uniforms or other sports equipment. Me and my cheerleaders aggroup made our uniforms in Home CE. many a(prenominal) people lost their Jobs and had to work at Civilian Conservation Corps Camps. The camps were quasi(prenominal) to the military. People were in small groups and wore uniforms. They had to work and follow all rules, however in return they got three shape meals a day and a Job.The ICC camp in Brownsville worked on the Blue Ridge Parkway (Styles). consort to an article called Invasion of Poland, Fall 1939 The line of the cont polish off, on September 1st 1939 Poland was invaded by Germany. Germany defeated the Polish army i nside weeks and Britain and France declare warfare on Germany because Germany invaded Poland. Russia invaded eastern Poland on September 17th Billie Jean remembers this time Clearly me and many other people were worried that Germany and Russia would invade the coupled States.I may have been worried but she felt safe in the mountains of North Carolina (Styles). The U. S. Gets involved in the war. On December 7th 1941 bead Harbor was miscarryed by the Japanese (Mueller). The Japanese had excogitatened to set down the Pacific Fleet but failed because, all of the aircraft carriers were away on missions or grooming (Pearl). Billie remembers what she was doing when she heard the news about Pearl Harbor. She was working a Jigsaw disturb while her father was on the redact get wording to the radio- this was before the television.All of a fulminant they heard We interrupt this program for a special announcement. Japan has bombed Pearl Harbor. Billie and her family were pathetic fo r the families whose loved ones were injured or killed in the attack. They were also upset that the U. S. Had been attacked. They continued to listen to the radio. Eventually, they heard The U. S. Is now at war. Since the U. S. Entered the war the government started to ration sugar and swagger (Billie). The rationing of sugar and accelerator caused a rise in the black mark (Mueller).The Invasion to Normandy, D-day, was on June 6 The plan was then to land and invade five beaches off the coast of France (Mueller). Billie remembers what happened when the invasion was productive The invasion was broadcast on the radio. I remember what happened when the invasion was successful. Everybody went to the town square to celebrate. The church bells were ringing, the fire whistle was spillage off and people were having fun. During this time period many stores shut down on Wednesday afternoons and people would get together and make victory gardens.When asked what victory gardens were she rep lied Victory gardens were kitchen gardens pose during wartime to relieve food shortages (Styles). August sixth 1945 an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. This signaled the end of the war (Mueller) Billie and her family were glad the war was over but sorrowful that so many people had to die to end it. They were also cared because such a destructive bomb had been developed (Styles). After World War II everyone was rejoicing and relieved that the war was over.People were happy that the soldiers were returning home. Sugar and gas rations stopped you could buy more at the grocery stores. After the war things died down and returned to normal (Styles). Growing up around, during, and after World War II was an kindle time. There were many challenges and many exciting events, such as The Great Depression, D-day, Pearl Harbor, and Hiroshima. Billie Jean Styles and other people lived during this era. I chose Billie Jean Ramsey-styles as my interviewee cause she is my massive, great grandm other, who is still alive.