As I was going through my pocket change today, I found a wheat penny that was dated 1942. I thought back to the year that penny was minted - Hitler's armies were within 70 miles of Moscow, all of Western Europe was under the Nazi boot, Auschwitz was under construction, America's Pacific Fleet was mostly lying at the bottom of Pearl Harbor, and FDR and Churchill were frantically working together to save the world from the unspeakable horror of global fascist domination.
The world we live in today is really a pretty safe and comfortable place, relatively speaking. We are not without problems, but things could be SO much worse. The fact that they are not is due to the courage and determination of that rapidly disappearing group we call THE GREATEST GENERATION. We stand on their shoulders, in a world that they helped build, a world where the horrors of Auschwitz are such a dim memory many have a hard time believing they were real.
Before they all have left us, take a moment to say THANK YOU. And remember, as bad as things sometimes seem, they could be so much worse . . . let's be thankful that their battle was won.
You are ever wise, sir.
I had a couple pennies from the War years...they were steel!
I read somewhere that copper was being put into the war effort, so they mad e steel pennies for awhile.
My Dad used to work for American National Bank (before it folded may years ago) as a painter and carpenter for houses the bank would buy and sell.Anyway, he would get hold of old coins that they threw away.