World War II on the home front: Rationing: During World War II, the United States asked citizens at home to cut back on food, fuel, shoes, and consumer goods and to turn in scrap metal, rubber, paper, and even used cooking grease for recycling. Photographs, posters, and artifacts tell the story. (Page 1)
World War II poster shows smiling GI drinking a cup of coffee, with the caption “Do with less — so they’ll have enough! Rationing gives you your fair share.”