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DAD BURN IT! I WANT f A,,BLUE SERGE SU1T,P§0 VINTAGE O' 65-And/-WITH GOLD [ZU *7 BUTTONS, TOO^MSomewhat outofstockVeteran, 99, Unable to Buy Uniform Even With Aid of Federal BureausWASHINGTON,May 24 lt;AP)-TheAmerican Red Cross is baffled. Israel A. Broadsword, a spry veteran of 99, of Sandpoint, Idaho, is having trouble locating a uniform, ne wants the Red Cross to help h m.Broadsword, who fought in the Civil War and in the Indian Wars with- Custer, wants a uniform or the Grand Army of the Republic. They’re hard to find nowadays.Still active, though his eyesight and hearing are getting poorer, the aged veteran took his problem to the Red Cross chapter at Sandpoint Stumped, the chapter passed it to the Red Cross in San“£g up the ball, the San_Franciscans passed it to Washington. Various agencies made theseanswers: ___The Army doesn’t make themn°Only G.A.R. uniforms we know of are in museums. Maybe ^ Mr. Broadsword could borrow one.”He might have one tailored, but there would be problemsjnthat Color and weave would be hard to duplicate and insignia would be hard to get You’d have to give blueprintsto the tailor.”All of which is true and none oiwhich has produced a-uniform forBroadsword.. The Red Cross is still trying.
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Southern Germany Stars and Stripes
Altdorf, Bavaria, DE
Sat, May 25, 1946
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