Author: Danielle Oser

  • LETTER: Thursday February 25.1943

    Thursday February 25.1943Hello Darling, I went to the movies tonight but didn”™t stay as I had seen the picture before. Had been thinking of you all day and decided to write a few lines this evening. How is everything with you tonight? Sure wish I were with you this evening so I could hold you…

  • Nurses’ Uniforms Changed To Meet Overseas Conditions

    Source: “Nurses”™ Uniforms Changed To Meet Overseas Conditions.” Hawaii Tribune-Herald, 27 Feb. 1943, p. 3. https://www.newspapers.com/article/hawaii-tribune-herald/127947419/

  • VMAIL

    Vmail is born. The U.S. War Department announces plans to save cargo space by eliminating bulk mail. Letters sent to soldiers will be put on microfilm and flown to bases where photostatic copies will be made and delivered to the men. Source: Wood, Art. “VMAIL.” Democrat and Chronicle, 28 Feb. 1943, p. 61. https://www.newspapers.com/article/democrat-and-chronicle/134050918/

  • DATES TO REMEMBER: Monday March 1.1943

    Monday March 1.1943 DATES TO REMEMBER: James graduated from Ranger School.

  • Mother – 1943 Model

    Source: Cook, Beatrice Gray. “Mother – 1943 Model.” American Home, Mar. 1943, p. 29.

  • LETTER: March 4.1943

    March 4.1943Dear Mums and Dad, Just a few lines as I want these pictures to go out. They aren”™t so good as the sun was bright and I was frowning. However the movies they took of me were swell and we are making some pictures from them. The picture is just to show you how…

  • Army Gets A Fitting, Plastic Bugles And All

    Source: Griffin, Gerald. “Army Gets A Fitting, Plastic Bugles And All.” The Baltimore Sun, 7 Mar. 1943, pp. 1”“13. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun/129433836/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun/127947193/

  • Traditional Blue of Nurses’ Uniforms Gives Way To O. D.

    Source: “Traditional Blue of Nurses”™ Uniforms Gives Way To O. D. .” Lincoln Nebraska State Journal, 7 Mar. 1943, p. 16. https://www.newspapers.com/image/42072837/?terms=traditional%20blue%20of%20nurses%27%20uniforms&match=2&clipping_id=127947800

  • Flight Nurses Have Extensive Wardrobe

    Source: “Flight Nurses Have Extensive Wardrobe.” Evening Star, 9 Mar. 1943, p. 4. https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-star/127942123/