The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: JPG
A bomb fuze safety pin kept as a souvenir, its handwritten tag recording a December 2, 1944 raid on the Blechhammer oil refineries at 23,500 feet aboard "White Sugar." Censored envelopes and handwritten letters accompany it, describing a first combat mission, a first combat jump, and the ration barter that ran between troops.
Censored Mail Envelope, Bomb Fuze Safety Pin Tag, and Letter from Cpl./2Lt. Chic Banchiere, 464th Bombardment Group, 1944
WWII Bomb Fuse Safety Pin with Handwritten Mission Tag – Blechhammer Oil Refinery Raid, December 2, 1944
Handwritten WWII Personal Letter, 'Dear Mom, Pop & Marcella,' Dated Nov. 18 (Likely 11th Airborne Division Correspondence)
Handwritten Wartime Letter Page Discussing Rations and Home News
