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This postcard is written from W. N. (William Neill) Bogan, Jr. at Camp Butner in North Carolina to his mother, Catherine F. Bogan in West Point, Mississippi. The note apologizes for the image on the card and asks her to send him a book he had shipped with his things upon leaving Washington and Lee University. The image on the front of the card is of a man in a car being questioned by a man at the gas pump. The text reads "Okay Buddy--Where's that ration card?" The card is postmarked Camp Butner, North Carolina, April 27, 1944 and the postage is designated as "free."

Publication Date

4-27-1944

Time Period

1940-1949

Subjects

World War II, 1939-1954; Correspondence; Military training camps

Keywords

Through the Lines: Letters From the Homefront, 1917-1945

Geographic Location

Camp Butner, (N.C.)

Object Type

text

Format (original)

Correspondence: 2 leaves

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS-693_1944-04-27_Letter_0001u

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Special Collections Manuscripts Division, Bogan (William Neill, Jr.) Papers, Box 1, Folder 18-19

Repository

Manuscripts

Digital Publisher

MFM_MSS-693_1944-04-27_Letter_0001u

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.

Postcard, W. N. (William Neill) Bogan, Jr. to His Mother, Catherine F. Bogan, April 27, 1944
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