1944 Greeting Card from the 28th Division (somewhere in Germany)
V-Mail is a mail system that microfiched formatted letters for air transport to/from servicemen in World War II.
These are letters written by Marvin Kruse in Europe 1944-1945.
The Office of Price Administration published War Ration Books.
Every American was issued a series of ration books during the war. The ration books contained removable stamps good for certain rationed items, like sugar, meat, cooking oil, and canned goods. A person could not buy a rationed item without also giving the grocer the right ration stamp.
Book Four was issued in later 1943. The book had 8 pages of 384 stamps in blue, red, green and black. The stamps were also lettered (A-Z). Green stamps were used along with blue stamps for foods such as juice, baby food, and bottled fruit.
This is number four issued to Marvin C. Kruse. Three pages remain.
This is a compilation of the life of Marvin Kruse.
Summary of Tom Kruse career in the Navy seeing the world. After the Navy, he saw cousin Mike Schnurstein in Iceland while doing contracting work with the Navy.