Tag Archives: 1943

Too Good to be True #2

Posted on March 27, 2017 by moore5145

I have totally slacked over the last month! The weather stopped being nice and I started to get lazy after work. At my club’s meeting last weekend I got a bunch of soldier’s mail cards, including the “Too Good to … Continue reading →

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Message from a Soldier: Pvt. Arthur Elsasser Jr.

Posted on January 24, 2017 by moore5145

“Hello kids Here is a distant view of our barracks, not ours but what ours looks like. They’re all alike. Just thought I’d let you know we don’t sleep in tents here. They couldn’t be tents, they have glass windows. … Continue reading →

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Drew Field

Posted on August 10, 2016 by moore5145

Drew Field was an airfield during World War II in Tampa, Florida. It originally opened as a municipal airport in the late 1920s. Then in 1940, the Army decided to lease Drew Field for 25 years (but in 1946 the federal … Continue reading →

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A Moth Leads an Awful Life

Posted on July 21, 2016 by moore5145

I found this card at my last meeting, and I originally passed it over. The front just shows a barge entering the Memphis Terminals in Memphis, Tennessee. But then I read the message on the back: “And then there was … Continue reading →

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Message from a Soldier: Corporal (?) Harry Weitz

Posted on April 28, 2016 by moore5145

I have been on a spending spree lately of A.P.O. postmarked soldier’s mail cards between eBay and my club’s meeting a couple weeks ago. Below is one of the recent acquisitions. You can see on the bottom of this card … Continue reading →

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Message from a Soldier: Sgt. H.F. Dodge

Posted on July 6, 2014 by moore5145

Sgt. H.F. Dodge described his day relaxing in his office in a card home to his wife in Austin, Texas. I wish I could do this! I especially like the tea + trumpets part! “(No. 1- Cont’d) Hung a “Don’t … Continue reading →

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Mother’s Day

Posted on May 11, 2014 by moore5145

I have slacked off this week, I know! And there were so many great historical events from this week- the sinking of the Lusitania on May 7, 1915, Germany surrendering on May 7 with VE day on May 8, etc. … Continue reading →

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V for V Soldier Canteen

Posted on April 8, 2014 by moore5145

Last weekend I won what might be my new favorite postcard in my collection. I was watching it on eBay for awhile when it was priced at Buy It Now $49.99. I didn’t want to pay that much for it … Continue reading →

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Convalescent Annex U.S. Naval Hospital part 2

Posted on March 19, 2014 by moore5145

Since my last post on the U.S. Naval Hospital Annex in Swarthmore, I purchased the same card and another view of the annex that were mailed by the same serviceman, Charles Wolf of the U.S. Coast Guard. “Hiya Pop How … Continue reading →

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Sunday Comic 2/23/14

Posted on February 23, 2014 by moore5145

Military comic cards weren’t the only popular cards mailed by soldiers in World War II, I also have a large number of nonmilitary comic cards. The above card was mailed by a soldier in April 1943 from Myrtle Beach. It … Continue reading →

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