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Thanksgiving, 1942. Turkey, pumpkin pie, cranberry sauce, sweet potatoes--nothing is too good for Uncle Sam's fighting nephews when they come home to Silver Spring, Maryland. The four Coast Guardsmen, eyes riveted on the juicy turkey, watch their father, Wayman Fincham, as he carves. Seated next to him is Mrs. Fincham and next to her is the wife of Fincham's eldest son, who is fighting overseas. Another daughter-in-law is seated between the two Coast Guardsmen at the right. The sixth and youngest of the Finchams is a Coast Guardsman in training

Thanksgiving, 1942. Four of Mr. and Mrs. Wayman E. Fincham's six warrior sons return to their home in Silver Spring, Maryland, for Thanksgiving. Five of the brothers joined the Coast Guard and the other enlisted in the Army. The oldest brother is with Uncle Sam's fighting forces overseas, and the youngest is in training. Mr. and Mrs. Fincham proudly display six stars in the window of their home to tell the world their sons are fighting for freedom

Thanksgiving, 1942. Four of Mr. and Mrs. Wayman E. Fincham's six warrior sons return to their home in Silver Spring, Maryland, for Thanksgiving. Five of the brothers joined the Coast Guard and the other enlisted in the Army. The oldest brother is with Uncle Sam's fighting forces overseas, and the youngest is in training. Mr. and Mrs. Fincham proudly display six stars in the window of their home to tell the world their sons are fighting for freedom

Thanksgiving, 1942. Freedom to worship God in his own way--everywhere in the world." For this we fight, said President Roosevelt in his address to the seventy-seventh Congress. Because the Fincham family, like other Americans, have been nourished on the Bill of Rights and the Constitution, they are fighting for the things they pray for. Four of Mr. and Mrs. Wayman Fincham's six fighting sons, visiting their home in Silver Spring, Maryland, attend church services

A black and white photo of a group of people. Office of War Information Photograph

Thanksgiving, 1942. American workers give up the holiday to speed victory. The Blackwelder family celebrated Thanksgiving at their benches in a Glenn Martin Company plant. William P. Blackwelder works in the tool crib of the plane factory, and his wife and daughter are riveters. A son, Frank, in the Navy for one year, has been wounded four times. He has been awarded several medals

Thanksgiving, 1942. Cooperation in industry. America's employees and employers throughout the country answered the call for more production for victory by setting up 1,650 labor-management councils, representing more than 3,200,000 workers. These committees concentrate their united energies on improving production, speeding operations, reducing absenteeism, and eliminating waste. Here, a labor-management committee of the Anthracite industry in Pennsylvania confers on the ways and means of increasing production in the mines

A group of men sitting around a table. Office of War Information Photograph

U.S. Army SGT. Barry Oxendine, a North Carolina Army National Guard food service specialist, shows a cooked turkey during a Thanksgiving Dinner at Forward Operating Base Cobra, Abu Ghraib, Iraq, on Nov. 25, 2004. SGT. Oxendine is assigned to the 30th Heavy Separate Brigade, Headquarters and Headquarters Company 105th Engineering Battalion. (USAF PHOTO by TECH. SGT. Brian Christiansen) (Released)

Thanksgiving, 1942. Turkey, pumpkin pie, cranberry sauce, sweet potatoes--nothing is too good for Uncle Sam's fighting nephews when they come home to Silver Spring, Maryland. The four Coast Guardsmen, eyes riveted on the juicy turkey, watch their father, Wayman Fincham, as he carves. Seated next to him is Mrs. Fincham and next to her is the wife of Fincham's eldest son, who is fighting overseas. Another daughter-in-law is seated between the two Coast Guardsmen at the right. The sixth and youngest of the Finchams is a Coast Guardsman in training

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Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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01/01/1942
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Hollem, Howard R., photographer
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Silver Spring (Md.) ,  38.99056, -77.02611
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