Record 1151/1708 |
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Description
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| The newspaper of the USS Marblehead. Dated May 25, 1940, Amoy, China The Cover has a drawing of the USS Marblehead and, in pencil, a list of numbers from 87 to 1074. Page 1)This page contains The Masthead, (a newspaper term for info on the publisher, editors etc.) it also contains a description of a new aircraft taken from the New York Herald Tribune, and a mention of the landing forces supplied by Marby in the past. Page 2) This page contains an article of the new drydock being towed from New Orleans through the Panama Canal to Pearl Harbor, a new "Office of Shore Operations" proposed for the Navy and finally a joke. Page 3)This page has information on new movies and movies coming soon the ship. Page 4) This page contains the ship's gossip and two cartoons. |
The Light
-Topic: People and Organizations
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| USS Marblehead 5-25-1940 |
COPYRIGHT INFORMATION ~ This image is the property of the Marblehead Historical Commission and may not be used in any form without prior permission. When using this image with permission, the credit information should be in the following format: Image courtesy of the Marblehead Historical Commission, Marblehead, MA.