LOOKING BACK: MODEL PLANES FOR THE WAR EFFORT

During WW II, kids pitched in by building model planes for the military PHOTO COURTESY OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS During World War II, American schoolchildren had their own opportunities to contribute to the war effort. They could grow Victory gardens, for example, or go door-to-door to collect scrap metal, rubber, fat, or paper for the government. There was at least one other program they could participate in, however, and it involved making toys for...