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The "Canteen Watch" from WW2 looks totally impractical and outlandish, but it was very purpose- built indeed, with a totally badass ... Watch brands today can’t go wrong referencing military history, ...
On Veterans Day a ceremony will celebrate designation of the Dennison Railroad Depot Museum as a National Historica Landmark. During World War II the depot was the site of a Salvation Army canteen ...
North Platte Canteen: Where The Heartland Opened Its Heart In WWII : The Salt At this bustling Nebraska railroad hub, volunteers — mostly women — greeted and fed about 6 million soldiers. And ...
For more than a million GIs, a railroad depot canteen in Dennison, southeast of Canton, provided a last taste of home before heading off to train or fight in World War II.
Between Christmas Day in 1941 and April 1, 1946, North Platte Canteen volunteers met as many as 24 trains carrying 3,000 to 5,000 military personnel every day.
A re-creation of the Stage Door Canteen, American Theatre Wing’s celebrated World War II nightclub, will be unveiled at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans on November 6.
WEBVTT -- DRIVE BACK OUT AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. KIM: A CANTEEN BELONGING TO A SUSQUEHANNA VALLE WORLD WAR II VETERAN WAS RETURNED TO HIS FAMILY TODAY. THE CANTEEN WAS FOUND ABOUT FOR-FIVE ...