World War II Letters Eventually, President Roosevelt’s relief
efforts began to have some effect, and conditions improved in
the United States. The event that really pulled America from the
grip of the Depression, however, was the advent of World War II.
All manner of weapons and vehicles were necessary for the war
overseas, and American factories were kept busy making them long
before the country became involved in the fighting. After the
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December of 1941, however,
circumstances changed yet again. Now American weapons and
supplies were not the only things traveling overseas to war—the
nation’s sons and daughters signed up and shipped out,
determined to defend the home front to the best of their
abilities. As had been the case during the First World War,
letters quickly became the most important means of communication
between families at home and their loved ones serving overseas.
So many letters were written, in fact, that the military post
began to have a problem. As import