{"id":5942,"date":"2014-12-24T15:44:28","date_gmt":"2014-12-24T19:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/?p=5942"},"modified":"2014-12-25T21:35:49","modified_gmt":"2014-12-26T01:35:49","slug":"world-war-ii-ration-books-a-fair-share-for-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/world-war-ii-ration-books-a-fair-share-for-all\/","title":{"rendered":"World War II Ration Books: A Fair Share For All"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/A-Fair-Share-For-All-US-Office-of-Price-Administration-1943.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5943 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/A-Fair-Share-For-All-US-Office-of-Price-Administration-1943-300x235.jpg\" alt=\"A Fair Share For All US Office of Price Administration 1943\" width=\"324\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/A-Fair-Share-For-All-US-Office-of-Price-Administration-1943-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/A-Fair-Share-For-All-US-Office-of-Price-Administration-1943.jpg 555w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 324px) 100vw, 324px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A Fair Share For All may\u00a0sound like something you might hear angry and upset Americans quoting when referring to statements that they believe have been made by Barack Obama.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I sometimes buy and sell rare documents (e.g., birth certificates of George H. W. Bush and Barack Hussein Obama II) and I recently acquired a number of World War II Ration Books.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The acquisition also included an Application For War Ration Book and also a Consumer Instruction Sheet from the <em>US Office of Price Administration<\/em> (1943).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Imagine if Barack Obama and the US Government forced you to show a ration book\u00a0each time you purchased fruits, vegetables, soups, juices and meats at the grocery store<\/span>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/war-ration-book-instructions-world-war-2-show-your-book-please-grocery-stamps.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5961\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/war-ration-book-instructions-world-war-2-show-your-book-please-grocery-stamps.jpg\" alt=\"war ration book instructions world war 2 show your book please grocery stamps\" width=\"640\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/war-ration-book-instructions-world-war-2-show-your-book-please-grocery-stamps.jpg 543w, https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/war-ration-book-instructions-world-war-2-show-your-book-please-grocery-stamps-300x139.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Directly below\u00a0please find scans of the front and back of the<\/span>\u00a0<em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Consumer Instruction Sheet<\/span><\/em>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/war-world-2-ration-book-instructions-1943-page-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-5949\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/war-world-2-ration-book-instructions-1943-page-1-791x1024.jpg\" alt=\"war world 2 ration book instructions 1943 page 1\" width=\"640\" height=\"828\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/war-world-2-ration-book-instructions-1943-page-1-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/war-world-2-ration-book-instructions-1943-page-1-231x300.jpg 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/war-world-2-ration-book-instructions-1943-page-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-5950\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/war-world-2-ration-book-instructions-1943-page-2-785x1024.jpg\" alt=\"war world 2 ration book instructions 1943 page 2\" width=\"640\" height=\"834\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/war-world-2-ration-book-instructions-1943-page-2-785x1024.jpg 785w, https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/war-world-2-ration-book-instructions-1943-page-2-230x300.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Supplied below are three (3) pictures of one of the War Ration Books (Book Two):<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/war-ration-book-two-front-world-war-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-5954\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/war-ration-book-two-front-world-war-2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"war ration book two front world war 2\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/war-ration-book-two-front-world-war-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/war-ration-book-two-front-world-war-2-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/war-ration-book-two-stamps-world-war-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-5955\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/war-ration-book-two-stamps-world-war-2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"war ration book two stamps world war 2\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/war-ration-book-two-stamps-world-war-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/war-ration-book-two-stamps-world-war-2-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/war-ration-book-two-back-world-war-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-5956\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/war-ration-book-two-back-world-war-2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"war ration book two back world war 2\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/war-ration-book-two-back-world-war-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/war-ration-book-two-back-world-war-2-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Please exercise your free speech in the comments section below. There are no stipulations of political correctness on this blog. Speak your mind, give us your thoughts, both objective and subjective. Share your ideas, hunches, inklings or your expertise. Please provide recommendation and corrections if you spot errors in fact within the blog report. Lastly, remember that posting a comment is much like casting a vote, so please do so.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Fair Share For All may\u00a0sound like something you might hear angry and upset Americans quoting when referring to statements that they believe have been made by Barack Obama. I sometimes buy and sell rare documents (e.g., birth certificates of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/world-war-ii-ration-books-a-fair-share-for-all\/\">Continue reading <span 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