The Worst Part of Waking Up is Nothing in Your Cup

World War II Coffee Rationing Begins

Kathy Copeland Padden

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Ha, ha, I got mine, suckahs Photo by warhawkairmuseum.org

Rationing was a fact of American life during World War II. Most people handled it with good humor, but limiting one particular staple had Americans losing their shit from sea to shining sea.

Coffee. The elixir of life.

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Kathy Copeland Padden

is a music fanatic, classic film aficionado, and history buff surfing the End Times wave like a boss. Come along!