As schools reopen around the country, they could take a page out of the “greatest generation’s” lesson plan — and help save the world.
In 1946, a year after the end of World War II, Europe and Asia were still reeling from the devastation of that conflict. War always leads to food shortages, and millions of people in countries torn apart by the world’s biggest war were headed toward starvation as famine loomed.
President Harry Truman called upon all Americans to help avert global famine. The president said in a radio address in April 1946: “Now we cannot ignore the cry of hungry children. Surely we will not turn our backs on the millions of human beings begging for just a crust of bread. The warm heart of America will respond to the greatest threat of mass starvation in the history of mankind.”
