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World War II Patriotic cover
Object Details
- Description
- "We'll Set This Rising Sun!"
- Uncle Sam hammers Prime Minister Tojo into the ground. The Battle of Midway -- Japan's first major defeat -- occurred on June 4-7, 1942, after their earlier successes in taking the Bataan peninsula and Corregidor that spring.
- This serviceman's cover was sent under Free Franking from Scott Field, Illinois. Postmarked Scott Field, Illinois, August 26, 1942 -- soon after Midway.
- Walter Poppenger of Akron, Ohio, was the cachet publisher.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- August 26, 1942
- Object number
- 2002.2035.589
- 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
- Illinois
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- Topic
- World War II (1939-1945)
- Covers & Letters
- Record ID
- npm_2002.2035.589
- Usage
- CC0
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