The country is at war and nothing is the same as it used to be. Fathers, uncles and brothers have gone overseas to fight in this second World War, as some are in the Pacific, while others in Europe. Here at home, it’s not unusual to find businesses closed while the owner is off to war, or their wife working the family business, trying to help it survive long enough until they return.

Jake’s Garage is another scene from the Home Front U.S.A. exhibit at the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, Florida.
  

The country is at war and nothing is the same as it used to be. Jake's Garage is another scene from the Home Front U.S.A. exhibit at the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, Florida. Photo by Tim Stanley Photography.

 

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