Korean War
The Korean War began that summer. We got a letter from Jim stating that he had joined the Navy. Tears welled in my eyes, knowing he was going to be fighting the Communists in Korea.
The automobile factories in Michigan began making tanks. There was a train track near our home, and several times every day we saw long trains carrying tanks to California. Every train had over a hundred flat cars–some over 150–all carrying tanks to the West Coast. It was a heavy feeling. I don’t recall seeing any flat cars with automobiles on them; I suppose those were carried to their destinations only by truck.