Patrick’s Reviews > Virginia on Guard: Civilian Defense and the State Militia in the Second World War > Status Update
Patrick
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"Three residents of Charlottesville decided not to take part in the blackout and refused to switch off or to hide their lights. One of them paid a heavy price for this independence; he was sentenced to a fine of a hundred dollars and was imprisoned for ninety days."
Daggone, man.
— Apr 19, 2015 06:24PM
Daggone, man.
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Patrick
is on page 179 of 286
Virginia's women fighting the war at home, and "getting out the scrap." What keeps this book interesting, from being too dry, are all of the "rinky-dink" local stories about Victory Gardens, block leaders, and kids hitching up livestock for scrap drives.
— May 10, 2015 07:41PM
Patrick
is on page 139 of 286
Air raid sirens and (some sexagenarian) shotgun soldiers.
— Apr 19, 2015 11:45PM