- 1912, Fristus and Katie get married
- 1913, birth of Arlie Virginia Howell
- 1914, birth of Garland Arthur Howell
- 1916, birth of Pauline Melissa Howell
- 1917, America enters World War I
- 1918, birth of Letha Blanch Howell
- Historical Insight, America enters World War I
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| Fristus Howell 3 gen pedigree from Ancestry.com |
1912 -- age 40
22 December 1912, Beulah, Johnston, North Carolina, to Katie Elizabeth Watkins age 18.I didn't know there was such an age difference, at first. How did they meet?
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| Beulah Twp from Mapclick Johnston CO NC |
1913 -- age 41
Birth of daughter Arlie Virginia Howell, 2 October 1913, Johnston, North Carolina1914 -- age 42
Birth of son Garland Arthur Howell, 22 December 1914, Johnston, North Carolina1916 -- age 44
Birth of daughter Pauline Melissa Howell, 4 October 1916, Johnston County NC1917 -- age 44
America Enters World War I1918 -- age 48
Birth of daughter Letha Blanch Howell, 23 May 1918, Princeton, Johnston County, North CarolinaHistorical Insights -- America Enters World War I, from Ancestry.com
In the wake of the deadly surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States entered World War II on December 8, 1941.
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| Credit: Archive Photos/Archive Photos/Getty Images from Ancestry.com |
“Yesterday, December 7, 1941, a date which will live in infamy,” declared President Franklin D. Roosevelt before Congress, “the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.” The surprise assault on Pearl Harbor, which killed 2,400 American servicemen and civilians, made Americans and their political leaders resolute. After two years of isolationism, the United States declared war on Japan and entered World War II. Fearing that the country’s entry into the global conflict was inevitable, Roosevelt had launched the first peacetime military draft in U.S. history starting in September of 1940. By the following December, the military had grown to 2.2-million servicemen. Over the next four years, the U.S. military trained 10 million additional draftees and volunteers for two distant wars against two distinct enemies: Germany and Japan. When soldiers shipped off, women were left to manage the home front with men who weren’t eligible to serve in the military. Daily life was challenging as families prepared for attacks on American soil and rationed food and common supplies to support the war effort. As factories pushed to keep up with skyrocketing demand and with male bodies in short supply, women entered the workforce in record numbers. Before the Allied victory was celebrated in 1945, nearly 420,000 Americans gave their lives.
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor shook the nation. Today it remains the second worst attack on U.S. soil—second only to September 11, 2001.
To encourage men and women to volunteer for the U.S. military, the government launched a widespread propaganda campaign; posters were plastered across American cities and towns.
From coffee to panty hose to chicken wire fencing, most common foods and supplies were rationed during World War II. Each American family was issued a ration book that contained an allotted number of coupons to purchase staples at stores.
By the war’s end in 1945, women made up nearly 40 percent of the workforce, while 150,000 more served in the military. After the peace, they were systematically cast out of factories to make way for returning soldiers.
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