http://y101radio.com Y101 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:57:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://y101radio.com/shoe-rationing-could-americans-do-it-again-dont-think-so/ http://y101radio.com/shoe-rationing-could-americans-do-it-again-dont-think-so/#comments Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:53:03 +0000 Jeffrey Dorsey http://y101radio.com/?p=100712 On this date in 1943 the United States was entrenched in World War Two in Europe and also in the Pacific. Certain materials were needed for the war effort so the American government announced a shoe rationing program for all Americans. Leather and rubber were needed by the military so steps to control the use of leather and rubber were implemented.  

]]> http://y101radio.com/shoe-rationing-could-americans-do-it-again-dont-think-so/feed/ 0 Ilya S. Slovanok, Getty Images http://y101radio.com/quincy-native-paul-tibbets-helped-end-wwii-67-years-ago-today/ http://y101radio.com/quincy-native-paul-tibbets-helped-end-wwii-67-years-ago-today/#comments Mon, 06 Aug 2012 14:54:52 +0000 Jeffrey Dorsey http://y101radio.com/?p=36918 It was August 6, 1945 and the United States was involved with World War Two on two fronts, in Europe and also in the South Pacific.  Supplies were waning fighting in two different parts of the world at the same time. So the decision was made by then President Harry Truman to utilize an atomic bomb for the first time ever.

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