Monday, December 12, 2011

Graduated from High School - May 1940

My story begins in May  of 1940 with my graduation from Menard High School in Alexandria, LA.

The Alexandria area was still suffering as a result of the 1929 Great Depression.  There were very few jobs to be had and a lot of local stores were closed and boarded up.

In about 1936, the government realized war was iminent.  Adolph Hitler had German people as well as most of Europe in a state of fear.

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