The Generation that understood Sacrifice, especially as to it's Military and Veterans of, the last one in America, that under stood respect and giving thus receiving, especially in their labors, the last in America, that were more then willing to be innovative and educated daily in their lives and and trades and the importance of and self pride from accomplishments, the last in America..............! I grew up in and into, giving my contributions at least for some years which started ending about 30 to 40 years ago, the last in America! Will never be repeated, just look around and listen too, one label we are no longer is the United States, that too started ending about the same time!!
August 10 2014 - On the iconic poster of Rosie the Riveter, the woman working in a factory on the home front during World War II rolls up her sleeve to proudly reveal her muscular arm.
But Crena Anderson, a real-life riveter, never showed off when she went to work to make airplanes during the war. Her husband was fighting; her brother had been killed in the Army Air Forces; she had taken only a short leave of absence from her seven-day-a-week job as a riveter to have a baby. She was worried about finding a trustworthy babysitter, about earning money to support her family, about doing her job well to ensure the safety of the men on the front — and about her arms.
“It made me big muscles,” she said. “I was ashamed to wear a short-sleeved dress. I always wore three-quarter-length sleeves. I looked like a man.”
Anderson, now 89, and four other female former factory workers reminisced Sunday about the challenges and opportunities of women who worked during the war. They now refer to themselves as Rosies. read more>>>
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