I never rode a school bus until high school. It was 28 miles away. We were picked up at 6:45 and returned home at 5:15. Thus, no participation in after school activities.
I was watching the Washington Redskins play Philadelphia. During the game they kept announcing "would Senitor …please call your office, would General…please call your office, etc. My cousin sitting next to me said "there’s a war going on. When the game was over, Washington won, and we left the stadium there were kids selling The Evening Star extra with headlines saying the Japs had bombed Pearl Harbor.
I’m 88, spent 31 years in the Army, and never heard of it.