Wednesday, November 11, 2015

WWII Mail Call, Bainbridge, Maryland

Mail Call, Bainbridge, Maryland

Actual Photograph (Real Photo Postcard)

This is postmarked in 1944, but because it was a soldier in the Navy (as per the postmark) there is no stamp,  just the word 'free'.

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United States Naval Training Center, Bainbridge was the U.S. Navy Training Center at Port Deposit, Maryland. It was active from 1942 to 1976.
From 1942 to the end of World War II, the center had trained 244,277 recruits who transferred to various ships and stations throughout the world.

1 comment:

ONeal said...

Nice card for today. :)