Here’s a glimpse at the Christmas dinner menu enjoyed by the Tenth Army headquartered at Schofield Barracks on Oahu, Hawaii on Christmas Day of 1944. See anything to add to your menu this year? Personally, we like that they were sure to include the cigars. You can see what the Tenth Army’s 1944 Thanksgiving Menu looked like here. From […]
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Frank Chiampa received this postcard from Sonny, postmarked 22 January 1942 from New York, New York.
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This cheekily written “letter” to the folks back home painted a relaxed and happy picture of what Christmas would look like for the men stationed in Hawaii over the Christmas of 1944. The writer is unknown, but given its original owner, it may have originated somewhere within the Tenth Army Headquarters. Below, the letter is […]
Sending and receiving mail was a morale-booster, and a lifeline to home for service members during World War II.
The Thanksgiving Menu for the Tenth US Army on Oahu, Hawaii, November 1944.