A bit more from My Aunt Barbara:

Uncle Dell served in Europe. He was at the Battle of the Bulge. My brother in law to be joined at 17. He served on a PT Boat in the Pacific. He and my sister were childhood sweethearts from the first grade. Dad was a farmer so he was not called to serve. I was 9 when the war started. It seemed that all of the young men and some not so young in our little town of Iona and surrounding area went to war. Sugar and many other food items were rationed. At school we bought Saving Stamps to help the war effort. Eventually, if we were able to buy enough, we traded them in for War Bonds. Most women and children worked as farm labor. There were very few men left around that were physically able.