World War II
Farberow served as a World War II Air Force Captain. The war years were a time in the United States of relatively low suicide rates, a wartime phenomenon commonly observed when a nation’s armed forces and citizens unite under feelings of common purpose and mutual goals.
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Famous quotes containing the words world and/or war:
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Belinda smiled, and all the world was gay.”
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