Do any of you consider yourselves "war babies?"?

Question

That is what my mother always used to refer to me as...1944

I never knew exactly what to think about that label.

I remember my mother showing me a book she had with ration tickets in it. Our family got extra ones when I was born. Butter was a luxury. Voila margarine!

Answer 1

I was born during the years of WWII, and I am a War Baby.
That was a common term for those of us born during that
time. So those of us born then, do share some common
things, whether we know it or not. Especially because of the
shortages of the times, when so much was rationed. Food,
gas, rubber, clothing and shoes, and maybe heating sources
as well. I remember my mother finding some tickets or a
ticket book where ration stamps were and she showed them
to me. And that's how I learned about rationing at an early
age, when I wasn't even in school yet. Even our baby milk was
rationed. It came from a can in those days, when not every
mom breast fed according to the norm. There was only Pet
milk, or Carnation where I grew up on the west coast. Those
were the days before formula was commonplace.
Our parents did without alot during those years. But not as
much as they did growing up in the depression, years before
the war. Wars generate income, and the war put people to
work in factories and ship building plants. And any business
that helped to develop materials and items needed for our
servicemen to fight in the war. So that's when many women
went to work for the first time. And a new way of family life
was born.

Answer 2

I was one of six. My four elder siblings were Depression babies and I and my younger brother were War babies. My oldest brother was born 1934, the next brother was born 1935, and the next in 1936. My sister was born 1938, I was born 1940 and my younger brother was born 1943.

By the time we were out of grade school, the world had other things to think about than titles for babies

Answer 3

DeeJay sounds like me. I was born in 1935 too and remember the same things. Even at that young age from 6 years on we were very involved in everything concerning the war. I had two uncles, one in the navy and one in the army who both came home safe when the war was over. I remember the letters my mother received which had huge blocks of sentences blocked out for censorship purposes. We were so happy when it was all over.

Answer 4

No, I was born in 1935 and lived the war.

My Granny's three sons enlisted in the military to help fight the war.

We sat close to the radio every night listening to the war report on short wave.

All info was classified but there we sometimes were able to hear information on some of the short wave bands.

I was very close to my uncles and my Granny said, I would cry for my uncles to come home.

Those were very hard time for all involved, at home or away fighting for freedom in Europe.

All three uncles came home with their battle scars.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

No, I was not born untill 1950, but my 3 sisters are all war babies.

Answer 7

My brother is a war baby. He was born in 1945 when my Dad got home from WWll. I wasn't born until 6 years later, but I am still considered a "baby boomer".

Answer 8

my parents were,i was 64,they used to say i was a peace baby,like the hippie years,whether or not thats true or not! :) if we didnt have war babes i wouldnt be here,so im glad for your generation.cheers :0)

Answer 9

I was too early, born 1938. do you think I was was a Jonah

Answer 10

No, I am from the brief golden period before the war...much superior.