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War bonds gift lists favors to military needs
Mrs. Samuel T. Shapiro sends an $18,500 war bonds check and a letter requesting purchases for the Army Navy and Air Forces including 100 anti-tank shells 100 tents a motor trailer and three reconnaissance cars 100 steel helmets or tents 10 field ranges and five sub machine guns for Marines 100 lifereservers 10 fragmentation bombs five radio receivers 10 devy bombs five diving outfits 10 parachutes 25 flying jackets and an aerial camera for air forces with beds for Army hospitals if funds remain. In California a local birth and a drunken charge are noted along with a Geiger Field visit where Brig. Gen. Walter R. Peck’s son Raymond arrives as a second lieutenant.
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