"Popular in Peace—Slacker in War" Topic
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Tango01 | 14 Aug 2017 4:00 p.m. PST |
"During the late friction with Germany a certain number of Torontonians of military age showed their desire to assist in the conduct of the war by emigrating to the States to give their all to laboring in munition plants. Having amassed large quantities of sheckels through their patriotic labor, they now desire to return to Canada and gain fifteen percent on their United States money. Through a desire to aid these morally courageous souls who supplied the sinews of war we have prepared a few hints on "How to Be Popular Although a Slacker." It were wise, of course, for the returning munitioneer to come back to a different town than the one he left. Citizens of his own city might have misunderstood his motives in exposing himself to the dangers of the munition works…" Main page link Amicalement Armand
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Supercilius Maximus | 15 Aug 2017 1:39 a.m. PST |
War work was not without its dangers – in WW2, about 250,000 folk from the Irish Republic migrated to the British mainland to work in factories or on farms and got bombed for their troubles. A further 250,000 members of HM Armed Forces gave an address in the RoI for their next of kin. Bear in mind these were all adults. And this does not include folk who joined the US or Canadian armed forces. Not bad from a population of about 3 million. |
goragrad | 15 Aug 2017 9:08 p.m. PST |
Rather pointed piece – as of course intended. Ultimately, rather ironic in view of the situation that occurred in the latter half of the 20th. Rather a bit of difference between Canadians in WWI seeking the lower latitudes for a change of clime and Irish in WWII contributing to the Allied war effort in Britain. |
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