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1941 GOLDEN GATE GUARDIAN FORT WINFIELD SCOTT PEARL HARBOR WORLD WAR 2 PAPER

$ 26.39

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  • Condition: Used
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

    Description

    FROM THE ESTATE OF A WORLD WAR 2 VETERAN IN THE COASTAL ARTILLERY  STATIONED AT FORT WINFIELD SCOTT, THE PRESIDIO IN SAN FRANCISCO DURING WORLD WAR II  WHO LATER SHIPPED OUT TO THE PACIFIC THEATER OF WAR IN 1945.
    HE WAS ALSO EDITOR OF THE BASE NEWSPAPER, THE GOLDEN GATE GUARDIAN AND TOOK NUMEROUS PHOTOGRAPHS IN AND AROUND FORT SCOTT.
    THIS IS A RARE EARLY EDITION OF THE GUARDIAN PUBLISHED SEVERAL WEEKS AFTER PEARL HARBOR.
    FEATURES NEWS OF ARRIVING NAVY MEN AND TARS, DANGERS OF LOOSE LIPS, PROPAGANDA ABOUT THE SUPERIORITY OF OUR TANKS ABOVE THOSE OF THE ENEMY, etc.
    MEASURES 7 3/4"x 10" original mimeographed coarse paper
    CONDITION: EXCELLENT with original mailing folds
    GUARANTEED NOT A REPRODUCTION OR REPRINT
    A RARE ORIGINAL WORLD WAR 2 FORT WINFIELD SCOTT COAST ARTILLERY HARBOR DEFENSES BASE NEWSPAPER