In 1937, the Army approached the Hershey Company with a blunt request: Create a high-calorie chocolate bar that's ...

World War II rationing points "OPA' stands for Office of Price Administration, a federal office created by an act of Congress. The points were distributed as change when turning in a coupon for ...

Rationing of some foods, clothing, rubber, lubricants and metal began in 1942 to aid the World War II war efforts. The rationing lasted about three years. Rationed items causing my parents the most ...

When the U.S. entered World War II in December 1941, virtually every American became part of the war effort in some way. More than 16 million Americans served in the military, millions of civilians ...

Visitors to the Imperial War Museum in London can taste hard times. The museum's cafe is offering an authentic war-time menu, using recipes people came up with to cope with the lack of basic staples ...

To the relief of many, cigarettes and whiskey weren’t subject to rationing during World War II. But practically everything else was. Each man, woman and child in the United States required ration ...

World War II rationing sheds light on the health effects of too much sugar Kids born during rationing had a 35% lower risk of type 2 diabetes as adults They also had a 20% lower risk of adult high ...