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Index to Volume 59 (2021)

Title, Author, Issue #.page

(January = 1, April = 2, July = 3, October = 4)

US

Pre-WWI

Weekly Log Postcards, David Kent, 2.44

WWI

1918 US Censorship on Mail from Surinam to Curaçao, Hans Kremer, 2.14

AEF Siberia #3 Obliterator, Fred Hensel, 4.5

Meet Me on “the Beach,” David Kent, 3.44

New Example of the Hoboken Eagle Cancel: Some Detective Work, Bob Swanson, 2.10

USS Brooklyn in Vladivostok 1917, Howard L. Weinert, 1.4

“The Army Will Make a Man or a Hobo Out of You,” Paul Albright Jr., 2.33

WWI US Censor at Invergordon, Howard Weinert, 3.6

Interwars

James Cagney, Thomas Richards and Regis Hoffman, 1.32

Slogan Cancels Promoting The Citizens’ Military Training Camps, Russ Carter , 1.11

WWII

1942 POW Mail to Deanna Durbin, Thomas Richards & Regis Hoffman, 2.36

A Christmas Greeting from a German POW, Paul Albright, 1.25

A Fake Philippine Guerrilla Cover, Russ Carter, 4.35

Adolf Hitler in April 1945, Al Raddi, 3.11

An “APO 413” Cover that Really Isn’t an APO 413 Cover, Roger Santala, 2.35

Common as Dirt – The 6-Cent Transport Airmail Stamp, Bill Helbock et al., 1.19

Deanna Durbin Revisited, Thomas Richards & Regis Hoffman, 4.40

Repatriates’ Correspondence during S.S. Drottningholm’s Mercy Ship Voyages in WWII, Louis Fiset, 4.22

Routing of WWII Airmail Covers from European US APOs to Canada, Jon Johnson, 1.9

US WWII APO Covers: Deceptively Scarce, Dann Mayo, 1.15

USS Modoc at Newfoundland – Is the Censor Handstamp Real?, Dann Mayo, 1.30

V-mail With a Sports Theme, Norman Rushefsky, Patricia Loehr, Mark Maestrone, Norman F. Jacobs, 3.17

V-mails and BBs, David Kent, 4.44

WW2 US Army Resealing Tapes, Russ Carter, 3.28

WWII Hollywood Studio Manuscript Markings, Regis Hoffman & Tom Richards, 3.40

WWII US Rates, A Conundrum, Kelly Horn, 2.29

Post-WWII

A 1966 Visit to Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Elgin E. Sink, 3.14APO/DPO/FPO Openings, Closings, David Kent, 1.35, 2.38, 3.43

Merry Christmas 1965 from Saigon, Elgin E. Sink, 4.36

Mixed Periods

The Cost of Freedom: Recipients of the Purple Heart Medal, Daniel M. Telep, 4.17

Australia

Canada, Australia, 1942-1943: “RETURN TO SENDER,” Jerry Miller, 3.25

Austria-Hungary

The WWI Saga of Austro-Hungarian Mountain Howitzer Battery2/6 in Palestine, Larry Nelson, 2.10

Brazil

A Brazilian Refugee in France, 1939, Dann Mayo, 2.34

Canada

Canada, Australia, 1942-1943: “RETURN TO SENDER,” Jerry Miller, 3.25

Routing of WWII Airmail Covers from European US APOs to Canada, Jon Johnson, 1.9

Canal Zone

Panama Canal Department Censor Markings During WW I, David Zemer, 1.5

World War One Censorship Markings used at Canal Zone Naval Shore Stations, David Zemer, 2.18

Channel Islands

Deployment to Jersey 1944-1945, One Soldier’s Experience, Jerry Miller, 2.6

Dodecanese Islands

Christmas Mail 1944 – German-Occupied Island of Rhodes, Jerry Miller, 1.16

Leros and The Guns of Navarone, Larry Nelson, 3.9

France

Brazilian Refugee in France, 1939, Dann Mayo, 2.34

France, WWII, Camp de Gurs, Dann Mayo, 4.31

Germany

A Christmas Greeting from a German POW, Paul Albright, 1.25

Adolf Hitler in April 1945, Al Raddi, 3.11

Christmas Mail 1944 – German-Occupied Island of Rhodes, Jerry Miller, 1.16

Deployment to Jersey 1944-1945, One Soldier’s Experience, Jerry Miller, 2.6

Leros and The Guns of Navarone, Larry Nelson, 3.9

More on Major Reder, Lt. Col. Kappler and “The Last POW” Roger Santala, 4.15

Repatriates’ Correspondence during S.S. Drottningholm’s Mercy Ship Voyages in WWII, Louis Fiset, 4.22

Singapore 1915, Dann Mayo, 2.36

The Story of Maj. Walter Reder, Larry Nelson, 4.11

Great Britain

“Undercover” Mail Boxes for Dutch Forces in the UK During WWII, David Mui, 2.16

1942 POW Mail to Deanna Durbin, Thomas Richards & Regis Hoffman, 2.36

Repatriates’ Correspondence during S.S. Drottningholm’s Mercy Ship Voyages in WWII, Louis Fiset, 4.22

Shell Shocked, David Kent, 1.43

Some Features of the Ministry of Navy Chaplains and Naval Mail in the Early 20th Century, Sozont S. Singh, 4.37

The British Postal Order System: Where Avail-able to WWII Military Personnel, Ed Fraser, 1.27

WWI US Censor at Invergordon, Howard Weinert, 3.6

India

Kohima and Imphal - the Battle of the Tennis Court, Norman F. Jacobs, 2.25

Singapore 1915, Dann Mayo, 2.36

Italy

More on Major Reder, Lt. Col. Kappler and “The Last POW” Roger Santala, 4.15

The Story of Maj. Walter Reder, Larry Nelson, 4.11

Japan

Kohima and Imphal - the Battle of the Tennis Court, Norman F. Jacobs, 2.25

Malaya

Singapore 1915, Dann Mayo, 2.36

Netherlands

“Undercover” Mail Boxes for Dutch Forces in the UK During WWII, David Mui, 2.16

Netherlands West Indies

1918 US Censorship on Mail from Surinam to Curaçao, Hans Kremer, 2.14

Newfoundland

USS Modoc at Newfoundland – Is the Censor Handstamp Real?, Dann Mayo. 1.30

Palestine

The WWI Saga of Austro-Hungarian Mountain Howitzer Battery2/6 in Palestine, Larry Nelson, 2.10

Philippines

A Fake Philippine Guerrilla Cover, Russ Carter, 4.35

“The Army Will Make a Man or a Hobo Out of You,” Paul Albright Jr., 2.33

Poland

United Nations Peacekeeping Operations by Poland, Marc Parren, 3.36, 4.6

Russia

AEF Siberia #3 Obliterator, Fred Hensel, 4.5

Some Features of the Ministry of Navy Chaplains and Naval Mail in the Early 20th Century, Sozont S. Singh, 4.37

“The Army Will Make a Man or a Hobo Out of You,” Paul Albright Jr., 2.33

USS Brooklyn in Vladivostok 1917, Howard L. Weiner

United Nations

United Nations Peacekeeping Operations by Poland, Marc Parren, 3.36

Viet Nam

Part V.: New Discovery of NVA/VC Material, Daniel Telep, 3.7

A 1966 Visit to Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Elgin E. Sink, 3.14

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