[PRCo] Re: Pgh Railways Street Car Operators Wanted Ad

[Schneider Fred]

Except that we were pretending that it wasn't happening.

Ask John Swindler about his father.    When the United States finally  
got around to attempting to draft John's dad, the Canadian armed  
forces sent a polite note to his draft board saying "sorry, he  
already enlisted in our service and he's in England."    That's where  
John's mom came from.   I remember quite well her funeral at the  
Episcopal church in Mount Lebanon ... it was very British complete to  
the cucumber sandwiches.



On Oct 25, 2009, at 2:43 PM, Ken and Tracie wrote:

> Phillip is correct.
>
> Mobilization and military build-up in the United States was in full  
> force by
> 1940. The United States knew war was inevitable. Our country was  
> already
> providing indirect aid to both Great Britain and China. Stateside  
> military
> bases were already under construction and the draft was being enacted.
>
> K.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Phillip Clark Campbell" <pcc_sr at yahoo.com>
> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2009 10:25 AM
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Pgh Railways Street Car Operators Wanted Ad
>
>> 1: War is war regardless of involvement;  yes, we engaged
>> late that year as the war was already in progress wasn't it.
>> The operator ad was early in 1941, March I believe.
>> I don't doubt at all that regardless of 'official' statements, the
>> U.S.A was 'preparing' for war even when the ad for operators
>> was placed.
>
>