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[Individual Clothing and Equipment Slip]

Description: Slip issuing individual clothing and equipment to enlisted men. It reads: "Issued the articles listed below to Justin L. Bible, ASN 18216582 593rd JASCO APO 70. 1 ea. carbine, Ser. Nu. 2140735, 1 ea. knife, trench M3, w/scabbard, M8."
Date: August 31, 1945
Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum

[Letter from Corporal Park B. Fielder to his family, August 12, 1945]

Description: Letter from Corporal Park B. Fielder to his family, on August 12, 1945, relating his reaction and that of the soldiers in his outfit to the news that Japan has surrendered and the war is over. He is delighted at the thought of coming home and starting a family.
Date: August 12, 1945
Creator: Fielder, Park B.
Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum

[Postcard from Grace Schiverea to Lt. Roy E. Johnson, August 1944]

Description: Postcard written to Lieutenant Roy E. Johnson from Grace Schiverea, that says: "Hi, Lt. -- Roy - the navy was never like this!!! It sure is a wonderful life - sleeping, swimming & sunning. - Time is going much too quickly. - will see you, on the 25th. (Note "Air Corp" insignia on the front of card - Ahem!!!) Grace." The front of the postcard contains an illustration of a military airplane flying over an ocean at night. The moon is visible in a cloudy sky above the plane and the Air Corps … more
Date: August 1944
Creator: Schiverea, Grace
Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum
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