U.S.S. Missouri Close Cover Before Striking matchbook

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Title U.S.S. Missouri Close Cover Before Striking matchbook
Creator Giant Feature Match Company, New York
Source Donors O'Connor, Kristie
Date 1944
Description Color image of USS Missouri commemorative match book with drawing of ship on front cover. The back cover states that the ship was launched January 29, 1944, commissioned June 11, 1944; includes facts about the ship inside the book. Gilbert mailed this home to his wife, Helen R. Valdez was his wife.
Collection Peoples of Utah Revisited (POUR)
Identifier POUR23_0073_014.pdf
Contributing Institution Bringing War Home Project
Publisher Utah Historical Society
Subject Korean War, 1950-1953; United States. Navy; Gunner's mates (United States Navy); U.S.S. Missouri (BB-63); New York (State)
Genre matchbooks
Spatial Coverage New York, United States https://www.geonames.org/5128581/new-york-city.html
Rights Management Utah Historical Society
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Language eng
Type Text
Format application/pdf
Scanned By Michelle Gollehon
Metadata Cataloger Amy Green Larsen
ARK ark:/87278/s6z4qqaj
Setname dha_pour
ID 2399359
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6z4qqaj
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