Bethel in 1941-1945 was still largely populated by Swedish-Americans like this welder from Minneapolis, reading a letter from relatives in Sweden that had been opened by German censors – All images courtesy of the Library of Congress
A soldier on leave has dinner with the Lindstrom family in Minneapolis
A defense worker at the Northern Pump Company in Minneapolis
Production scorecard at that same company, October 1942
Men in rural Brownton, Minnesota register for selective service
The president of the draft board for Center City, Minnesota