257BOB, Jack O'Connor was born in 1902, died in 1978. By the time we were in WW II, he would have been at least 40 years old. Other than career military men, 40 year old men were not involved in our military, with but a few exceptions.
Life in the United States did NOT come to a standstill, during WW II. There wee radical changes, of course, but life went on, and O'Connor, whose vocation was teaching and writing hunting articles, continued with his writing. I don't konw, but I'd bet that some of his usual hunting adventures of those 3 3/4 years we were in the war, were somewhat curtailed, but not completely stopped.
BTW, if anyone wants to read some interesting tidbits about O'Connor, by someone who knew him, look in your 1992 "The Gun Digest," and read the article, "Cults," by John Barsness.
FWIW. L.W.
