United Nations Service Center A Washington War Canteen
The United Nations Service Center in Washington D C operates as the War Hospitality Committee canteen serving servicemen and families. It runs fully with its own police and nurse staff, hosts 570 beds, offers free and paid services, and features a busy nursery and child care program for traveling personnel.
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Washington, D. C
United Nations Service Center
Capitol Park Hotel
Recreation Services
War Hospitality Committee
United States
United Nations
Flags
Washington
Armed Services
Stanley Wicklund
Boston
Mass
Naval Air Base
Patuxent Tver
Capitol Park
Potomac Waiver Naval Command
Ganteen
Perry
AWVS
Union Station
Army
Navy
Land-Lubbers Turned Seamen at Sheepshead Bay Training
The US Maritime Service at Sheepshead Bay Brooklyn trains land-lubbers into merchant seamen in six months. Recruits line up for gear checks, receive indoctrination, boat training, and advanced instruction in gunnery, navigation, and deck or engine work. Training ships operate on Long Island Sound and Chesapeake Bay as recruits prepare to deliver goods aboard wartime vessels.
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US Maritime Service
Sheepshead Bay
Brooklyn
Merchant Marine
Uncle Sam
Nebraska
Indiana
Alabama
Michigan
USS Maritime Service
USS Maritie
Eng Island Sound
Chesapeake Bay
Maritime Service Hospital Corps Sohoy
U. S. Maritime Service
America
Maritime Service
Merchant Marine Cadet Corps
War Shipping Administration
U. S. Maritime Commission
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Maritime Service Warning
U.S. Employment Service
Marytime Service
Haifman Island
N. Y
St. Petersburg
Fia
Avalon
Calif
World
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