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"Betty May--she was my girl friend. But now all she does is run around with soldiers." Khaki-wacky girls left boys without attention. (Folder 4, Box 36, Defense Council Records, OSA)

"Youth on the Loose," The Sunday Oregonian, April 4, 1943, Magazine Section, Page 1.

"There's nobody at home anymore. Pop and Bud joined the Navy. Mom's on the swing shift."

PortlandKaiser Shipyards

Vanport

Scrap drives and mobilization of school curriculum