World War II Honoree
Civilian on the Home Front
Sarah L. Zachares
Hometown
Alaska
STUDENT IN GRADE SCHOOL. COLLECTED TIN FOIL, BOUGHT SAVING STAMPS AT SCHOOL WEEKLY, WAR BONDS, PARTICIPATED IN WAR BOND RALLIES, COMPLIED WITH ALL RATIONS REQUIREMENTS, WROTE TO THE SERVICE MEN, HISSED AND BOOED THE ENEMY AT THE SATURDAY MOVIES. CHEERED OUR MEN AT THE MOVIES, SANG PATRIOTIC SONGS AT SCHOOL WHEN WE PRACTICED FOR AIR RAIDS IN SCHOOL BASEMENT, COLLECTED NEWSPAPERS, HAD A VICTORY GARDEN. PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN; AT THE SHORE MAINTAINED BLACKOUT PROCEDURES, PRAYED FOR ALL OUR SERVICEMEN.