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World War II Honoree

Civilian on the Home Front

Margaret J. Cumpston

Hometown

Louisville, Kentucky

Honored By

Ms. Barbara MacDonald

Relationship

Daughter

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

Washed with a broken washer (parts were not available), cleaned house (when soaps were rationed), Blue stamps. Made own sheets (when percale was so expensive), fired a coal furnace (only 1 ton a month was allotted to families) and sifted the ashes to salvage coals.