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Merry Christmas, President Roosevelt: Seasons Greetings from the Troops in World War Two

Merry Christmas, President Roosevelt: Seasons Greetings from the Troops in World War Two

Great article about soldier cards at Christmas from the Franklin D. Roosevelt library HERE

From Military Railway Units 743rd top and 727th below.

Merry Christmas contact me if you had a MRS solider in your family.I'd love to hear about him. Nancy

One more holiday post ! 714th Railway Operating Battalion Christmas Card - Vernon Martin

714th was building the Alaska Highway at this time !

David writes .. I would like to share a Christmas card and photo my Great Uncle Vernon Martin sent to his mother in 1944 when he served in the 714th Railway Operating Battalion. The photo is of my Great Uncle (left) boxing with his unit friend. It is hard for me to make out the name of the other guy, but I did include the writing on the back of the photo just in case you may be able to figure it out.

Uncle Vernon's friend was Orlo Guy Leininger and he was a U.S. Army Military Policeman in Alaska between 4 June 1942 and 6 November 1945. birth: 4 June 1917 in Rockford, Mercer, Ohio to Edwin Anton and Lola May Landfair Leininger death: 10 December 1996 in Portage, Porter, Indiana burial: Graceland Cemetery, Valparaiso, Porter, Indiana https://indgensoc.org/orlo-guy-leininger/

Merry Christmas from this blog and the men of the 723rd December 1945

Merry Christmas from MRS Headquarters Fort Snelling, Minnesota 1942

Merry Christmas from the 714th Railway Operating Battalion --History Snapshot: Holiday postcard

From the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner Alaska Post 12/2023

Holiday postcard, December 1944. The 714th Railway Operating Battalion was assigned to Alaska in May 1943 from Fort Claiborne, Louisiana. Their mission in Alaska was to oversee the movement of goods from the ports of Seward and Whittier into other regions of Alaska. https://bityl.co/Mzya

You can find lots more about the 714th here: https://bityl.co/Mzyq