Children Help Scrap Metal Drive and Boy Asks to Be Marine Corps Mascot

The video highlights a wartime salvage campaign in New York, where children contribute scrap metal and rubber to support the war effort. It also tells the story of 10-year-old Stewart Faulk from Detroit, who writes to President FDR expressing his desire to become a Marine mascot. His wish is granted, and he is promised a position as a mascot at the recruiting headquarters after summer camp.

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