Sending and receiving mail was a morale-booster, and a lifeline to home for service members during World War II.
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The Thanksgiving Menu for the Tenth US Army on Oahu, Hawaii, November 1944.
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Four Chaplains Day: February 3rd commemorates the day that four Army chaplains gave their lives to save others who were serving on the U.S.A.T. Dorchester, which had been torpedoed by a German submarine. Through the ensuing chaos Army chaplains Lt. George L. Fox, Lt. Alexander D. Goode, Lt. John P. Washington, and Lt. Clark V. Poling, […]
Across Ten Thousand Miles … By popular request, this World War II-era Gruen Watch Company magazine advertisement was reprinted as a postcard in later years. This particular post card was used as a promotional piece by ROYAL JEWELERS – “Tennessee Leading Jewelers” – Knoxville & Mayville GRUEN … MAKERS OF THE PRECISION WATCH … AND PRECISION INSTRUMENTS […]