look for the official insignia in your meat dealers window. >> who doesn't want to save all your waste to bring mickey home from the front? i mean, seriously. it wasn't just patriotic but it was also educating american ons what they needed to do. how they needed to do it. everybody gets in on the action. almost, everybody. as with all things, there is going to be a little bit of innovative thinking on how to skirt the rationing system in america. there's a black market. some people will produce counterfeit coupons and try to get more than their fair share. other ways of skirting the system would be for people to sell cuts of meat that did not meet government standards for fat content. for those who were convicted of ration violations they were only asked to pay small fines. this did not become a major deterrent for the black market. overall, americans use of food throughout world war ii was a big help to our success and that of us helping our allies and eventually our enemies at the end of the war as well to make sure the transition from wartime of peacetime went smoothly. we'll pause

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