The War Hits Home
985 views · Published 30 April 2008 · 15:19 · Indexed 20 September 2026
Channel: wpsu · 2008 · Education
http://www.wpsu.org Jack Purnell had childhood dreams of becoming a pilot in the Air Force. At the onset of WWII, he was a twelve-year-old boy scout in Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania. Purnell recounts how he gathered newspapers and scrap metal to aid the war effort.
