We lived in a small town in Texas...not close to the coast. but I saw blacked out windows on a war supply factory on the very rare trips to see my elderly grandparents. Gas rationing kept us healthy walking or biking.
The gas rationing comment struck a chord. My Mom (your age) told stories of life on the farm then. Grandpa’s tractor was up on blocks because of the rubber rationing. He used mules for plowing.
He went up to the draft board in Springfield (OH) and tried to enlist. The board chairman, who knew Grandpa, told him to go home and take care of his 4 girls.