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This full color postcard depicts Fort Massachusettes On Ship Island Off The Mississippi Gulf Coast.

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Hi,

Just a line to let you know my new address. [??] to Biloxi Thurs. by plane. That way a new experience for me. It's a good way to travel. [?] is here too. We're going to study Electronic fundamentals for 22 weeks, then radar. The weather was just like Spring today, but yesterday it was plenty cold 2p [degrees] in the morning.

As ever,

Bob

Pvt. Robert N. Evens AF1121357, 3HI student Sod., Keesler AFB, Mississippi, Box 735

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fletcher, 42nd St ., Claremont, New Hampshire

ISBN

MSS_684_Postal_Collection_324

Publication Date

1951

Time Period

1940-1949

Subjects

Fort Massachusetts (Miss.); Gulfport, MS; postcard

Disciplines

United States History

Geographic Location

Gulfport, MS

Object Type

Image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

JPEG

Location of Original

Box 1; Folder 5

Repository

Manuscripts Division, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University Libraries.

Digital Collection Title

Thomas H. Smith Postal History Collection

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version)

Contact Information

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

Fort Massachusettes On Ship Island Off The Mississippi Gulf Coast

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