waste not want not and demonstrated the proper etiquette necessary to join the ranks of the clean plate club and that era saving food was presented as part of the war effort and to do otherwise would be unpatriotic using food wisely and being aware of waste became second nature to a generation that had first hand experience with world war economic downturn and food scarcity. in both world war one and world war two the emerging might of american industrial and manufacturing power was bent toward the war effort and consequently to feeding the troops in a world where men jumping starving america has become the bread basket in front of the guard some of them are for three. our farmland in ranges must produce more food than ever before to supply our own needs and are fighting a life. very . greatly food producing country in the world backing him up the american soldier no matter where it may be in the jungle. the arctic. the desert. for his home care can rightly consider himself the best soldier in the world and in the future a war born knowledge that has made him stop playing red over the world