Quantcast
Channel: REPRINT | A Blog of the Daily Globe » patriotica
Browsing latest articles
Browse All 10 View Live

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

1945: Guilt Tripping You Into Buying War Bonds

He’s blind, but he’s watching us, said this 1945 State Bank of Worthington advertisement prompting people to purchase war bonds to support the government’s war effort. A guilt trip in a good cause, I...

View Article



Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

1945: Rural Worthington Man Wounded in Action

Lester Baumgard of rural Worthington, was wounded in action on Mindanao in May 1945. Next post at 6 p.m.

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

1945: Worthington Man Receives Battlefield Promotion

Harry Kies received a battlefield promotion to lieutenant colonel in 1945 after parachuting into France on D-day. Next post at 6 p.m.

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

1945: Pipestone Marine Saves Ship from Suicide Attack

Richard McKown, then 22, a former football and hockey player from Pipestone, saved a U.S. ship from a Japanese kamikaze attack in 1945.  Next post at 6 p.m.

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

1945: 86th Division Here on Furlough

The boys were back in town in 1945, on furlough, before they were due to go to the Pacific theater.

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

1945: Servicemen Return

Douglas McMurtry, Edwin Roberts, Richard Peterson, John Berg, William Whipkey and Leonard Johnson gathered at the Worthington post office in 1945.

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

1945: Benstead Awarded Bronze Star

1945: Benstead Awarded Bronze Star Harlow Benstead, once part of the Worthington Hardware company, was awarded a bronze star in 1945.

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

1945: Pigman Earns Bronze Star

1945: Pigman Earns Bronze Star Dwane Pigman, a technician fourth grade, was given the bronze star in 1945.

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

1939: Army Seeks Enrollment

1939: Army Seeks Enrollment The army was seeking enlistees in 1939.

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

1940: Here Is An American

1940: The American Here is an American, a creed or some such we reprinted from the New York Sun in 1940.

View Article
Browsing latest articles
Browse All 10 View Live




Latest Images