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  • Collection: UIS History Harvest 2022 - The Great Road Trip

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The signs were purchased as souvenirs in Quepos, Costa Rica. The Transue family traveled to Quepos in 2021 for family vacation. Alex Transue thought the signs were funny.

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The keychain was purchased in September of 2018 at the Palace of Versailles while Katherine was on a European Vacation.

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Purchased from the Vatican Gift Shop, Vatican City, Rome, Italy, in September of 2018. Katherine was on vacation.

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Telegram from Western Union, stating that Tom's Grandfather was killed in action in the Philippines while serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He was killed by a direct hit from Japanese artillery fire on the island of Mindanao. He is…

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A letter home from Lloyd Stice to his wife and children. He was killed in action four days after the letter was written. Written while aboard LST 591.

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Booklets were handed out to US Soldiers before going overseas during World War I. Booklet made by the Kolynos Company, New Haven, Connecticut

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The item came from the John Powers Estate Auction in Jacksonville, Illinois, in 2020. These booklets were given out to the troops to keep them on an upstanding moral path.

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Came from the John Powers Estate Auction in Jacksonville, Illinois, in 2020. These booklets were given to the troops before leaving for Service in France. In this instance, the tract was printed in England and distributed to American Troops before…

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Given to Corporal Nic Johnson, who served in Le Mans, France. The Booklet came from the John Powers Estate Auction in Jacksonville, Illinois 2020, when it was acquired by Tom Wright.

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The Booklet came from the John Powers Estate Auction in Jacksonville, Illinois 2020 when Tom Wright acquired it.
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