WWII souvenirs

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WWII souvenirs

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I have a number of WWII souvenirs that might be of interest to some group. These include a uniform that belonged to an uncle lost in a submarine; a couple of books, one of various pictures of sea battles, another about the history of the Seabees (my dad was a Seabee); a Seabee pillow; and probably a few other odds and ends. Does anyone know of an organization that might like to have these?


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Try your local VFW, or NOSC Phoenix.

Nostalgic items like that can't be bought, they will preserve and appreciate them.
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My Father was in a Mash unit in WWII. He was a front line medic.
He was in Africa , Rhineland , Germany (Bastogne and the Battle of the Bulge ) Europe and Czechoslovakia.
He sent home hundreds of letters.
My brother sorted them out and made a book.
He couldn't put all the letters in the book , but got the ones he thought told the story.
It starts in boot camp and goes all the way until he landed in New York after the war.
I now have the letters and have been trying to figure out what to do with them.
I would love to see them go somewhere that they would be appreciated , but nobody seems to be interested anymore.

I am afraid I will die and they will go in the garbage somewhere.
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If you find no one. I would be honored to take care of them. I am former marine corps and enjoy sharing our military history with my grand children
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Lobo2087 wrote: December 7th, 2020, 3:46 pm I am former marine corps
are they written in crayon? :lol: :lol: :lol:

(your grand kids are awesome, as is your daughter. I am glad you take time to share things like this with them. kisses, you jarhead)
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Lobo2087 wrote: December 7th, 2020, 3:46 pm If you find no one. I would be honored to take care of them. I am former marine corps and enjoy sharing our military history with my grand children
I will remember that.
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