Six World War Ii Postcards
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Six World War Ii Postcards
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Author : Grafton
language : en
Publisher: Dover Publications
Release Date : 1993-03-16
Six World War Ii Postcards written by Grafton and has been published by Dover Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-03-16 with History categories.
Full-color vintage illustrations, reproduced from rare World War II cards. Soldiers, aviators, aircraft, "homefront heroes," accompanied by such slogans as "Keep 'Em Flying" and "Buy More War Bonds." Note. Captions.
Postcards From World War Ii
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Author : Robynn Clairday
language : en
Publisher: Square One Publishers, Inc.
Release Date : 2002
Postcards From World War Ii written by Robynn Clairday and has been published by Square One Publishers, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Antiques & Collectibles categories.
"Postcards From World War II" is a unique look at the history of our nation at war presented through postcard images and messages. 150 full-color postcards.
Postcard Memories From World War Ii
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Author : John F. Schlatter
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012-10-21
Postcard Memories From World War Ii written by John F. Schlatter and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-21 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.
During World War II, American soldiers used postcards to keep in touch with loved ones. Seven decades later, many of those cards gather dust in antique stores or are sold on eBay. The author began collecting such cards in 2003. One day he realized that these cards were priceless mementos for the soldiers' families. Using resources of the National Archives, Ancestry.com, and FindAGrave.com, he began locating the soldiers or their families and returning the postcards to them free of charge. This book chronicles the author's quest to return these keepsakes and tells the inspiring stories of the men and women who wrote the postcards.The stories are as varied as the people who served in WWII:-- A sailor sent his wife in Connecticut a humorous greeting on their anniversary. She kept the card and other mementos after the war, but it was lost in a flood in 1955. In 2012 the card showed up on eBay. The author bought it, tracked down the wife (now a widow) in Florida, and returned the card to her nearly 70 years after she first received it.-- A soldier sent a postcard to his little sister in Nebraska apologizing because he forgot to send her chewing gum. The author returned the card to the little sister, now 80+ years old and a great-grandmother.-- A young woman wrote a postcard to her soldier boyfriend, recalling their tearful farewell at New York's Penn Station. Their wartime marriage lasted 64 years. They have passed away and are buried side by side in the California wine country.-- A young pilot from Maryland wrote a postcard to his little sister. He was later killed in the Battle of the Bulge. The author found the card on eBay and returned it to one of his relatives. Just months before his death, the pilot married a Welsh girl. The family still searches for his beautiful war bride, who visited his parents in 1946 then disappeared.-- Two Army lieutenants from North Dakota became friends while attending Officer Candidate School. When the wife of one of the men gave birth to a son in 1943, the other wrote a letter from North Africa welcoming the child to "this complex world." The letter writer went on to be a noted journalist. The baby boy is now a retired Los Angeles police officer. The author returned the letter to him.-- A man from Pennsylvania sent a card to his future wife's family. He became a B-24 tail-gunner, was shot down over German territory and threatened with execution after being captured by the enemy. The author returned the postcard to him just weeks before he passed away. -- A solider from Michigan sent his bride a postcard full of loving thoughts. He had only a fleeting time with her before shipping off to Europe, where he was killed in action in the closing days of the war. The author returned the card to his sister, who told how the family learned of his death the day before Germany surrendered. Until being contacted for this book, she didn't know where her brother was buried. -- Another soldier from Michigan sent a postcard to his cousin. The card led to the story of two brothers killed in the war, their courageous double-gold-star mother, and the nephews who bear their names. As the ranks of the "Greatest Generation" dwindle (two of the men who wrote these postcards passed away just before this book was published), these are the stories of ordinary Americans who were called on to do extraordinary things and the families who still honor their memory after all these years.
Postcards From The Trenches
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Author : Irene Guenther
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2018-11-01
Postcards From The Trenches written by Irene Guenther and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-01 with History categories.
German art student Otto Schubert was 22 years old when he was drafted into the Great War. As the conflict unfolded, he painted a series of postcards that he sent to his sweetheart, Irma. During the battles of Ypres and Verdun, Schubert filled dozens of military-issued 4” x 6” cards with vivid images depicting the daily realities and tragedies of war. Beautifully illustrated with full-color reproductions of his exquisite postcards, as well as his wartime sketches, woodcuts, and two lithograph portfolios, Postcards from the Trenches is Schubert's war diary, love journal, and life story. His powerful artworks illuminate and document in a visual language the truths of war. Postcards from the Trenches offers the first full account of Otto Schubert, soldier-artist of the Great War, rising art star in the 1920s, prolific graphic artist and book illustrator, one of the “degenerate” artists defamed by the Nazis, and a man shattered by the Second World War and the Cold War. Created in the midst of enormous devastation, Schubert's haunting visual missives are as powerful and relevant today as they were a century ago. His postcards are both a young man's token of love and longing and a soldier's testimony of the Great War. **Please note that this will work best on a colour device**
A Postcard View Of Hell One Doughboy S Souvenir Album Of The First World War
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Author : Frank Jacob
language : en
Publisher: Vernon Press
Release Date : 2019-03-31
A Postcard View Of Hell One Doughboy S Souvenir Album Of The First World War written by Frank Jacob and has been published by Vernon Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-31 with Social Science categories.
For many the postcard may seem trivial, little more than a mundane souvenir or a way to keep in touch with friends and relatives while on vacation. But if we look carefully, postcards offer valuable insights into the time periods in which they were created and the mentalities of those who bought or sent them. Frank Marhefka, while serving in the U.S. Army Motor Transportation Corps during the First World War, amassed a collection of more than 150 postcards and photographs while in France, and bound them into a souvenir album. Marhefka’s collection provides a diverse and vivid look into a period of history that – in many soldiers’ accounts – is not usually visualized with all its cruelties. Emphasizing the pictorial turn of the Great War, this album offers personal insight into a conflict that caused so much death and destruction. The book begins with an introduction providing a history of postcards and their extensive use by soldiers during the Great War. Then, after a biography of Marhefka, his postcard collection is presented in its entirety. Accompanying the images are brief texts that place them into historical context, as well as suggestions for further reading. As a visual artifact of the First World War and the perspective of one U.S. soldier, this book is aimed at students, scholars, postcard collectors, and general readers alike who have an interest in military history and popular culture.
World War Ii Posters
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
World War Ii Posters written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Postcards categories.
Propaganda Postcards Of World War Ii
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Author : Ron Menchine
language : en
Publisher: Antique Trader Books
Release Date : 2000
Propaganda Postcards Of World War Ii written by Ron Menchine and has been published by Antique Trader Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Antiques & Collectibles categories.
Here's World War II as it has never been seen before. The propaganda of the war years reflects the mood of the nations involved. The stories behind propaganda postcards are fascinating bits of history often overlooked in textbooks. These are the real thing -- showing how the Axis and Allies demonized their enemies and glorified their heroes. More than 300 postcards from over 20 nations and Menchine's incisive commentary provide a provocative glimpse into the emotional climate of the peoples affected by the war, whether they were on the battlefield or on the production line.
World War I In Postcards
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Author : John Laffin
language : en
Publisher: Sutton Publishing
Release Date : 1989
World War I In Postcards written by John Laffin and has been published by Sutton Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Crafts & Hobbies categories.
Almost three hundred postcards are reproduced in this book to reflect responses to World War I.
First World War The Postcard Collection
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Author : Nigel Sadler
language : en
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Release Date : 2014-10-15
First World War The Postcard Collection written by Nigel Sadler and has been published by Amberley Publishing Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-15 with Photography categories.
A fascinating selection of postcards encapsulates the war to end all wars.
British Postcards Of The First World War
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Author : Peter Doyle
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2011-11-20
British Postcards Of The First World War written by Peter Doyle and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-20 with History categories.
Postcards sent by men on the front, and to them by their families, are among the most numerous, and most telling, surviving artefacts of the Great War. They tell us much about attitudes towards the war, and provide a great insight into men's lives, and into the thoughts and emotions of those left behind. Very different in their illustration, and in their writing, between the beginning of the war and the end, postcards provide a social history of the war in microcosm. Illustrated with a wide range of postcards, this is a fascinating look into the response of the British people to the horrors of the war.