Record 1153/1708 |
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Description
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| The newspaper of the USS Marblehead. Dated July 13, 1940, Tsingtao, China The Cover has a drawing of a sailor and a girl sitting on a wall looking at USS Marblehead silhouetted against the rising sun or maybe the moon. Page 1)This page contains The Masthead, (a newspaper term for info on the publisher, editors etc.) it also contains the beginning of an article on "Discharge from the service under other than Honorable Conditions." Continued on page #3. Page 2) This page contains the ship's gossip. Page 3)This page has a poem about launching a torpedo, the end of the discharge article and two cartoons. Page 4) This page contains a drawing of a gun crew practicing loading a gun using a port hole for the breech and a paper bag to simulate the "bang." |
The Light
-Topic: People and Organizations
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| USS Marblehead 7-13-1940 |
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.