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World War II Patriotic cover
Object Details
- Description
- "Dear Mom: Today I Bagged a Jap Plane With Your Kitchen Fats..."
- The serviceman's cover was sent under Free Franking from Fort Riley, Kansas, and was postmarked Junction City, Kansas, November 29, 1944. The Johnson Cover Press cachet was meant to drive home the fact that this was everyone's war.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- November 29, 1944
- Object number
- 2002.2035.508
- Type
- Covers & Associated Letters
- Medium
- paper; ink; adhesive
- Dimensions
- 8.9 x 16.5 cm (3.5 x 6.5 in.)
- Place of Destination
- Illinois
- Place of Origin
- Kansas
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- Topic
- World War II (1939-1945)
- Covers & Letters
- Record ID
- npm_2002.2035.508
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