trenchfoot Posted October 18, 2016 Share #1 Posted October 18, 2016 So my uncle recently passed away and I got a lot of his military items. One of the things he had were around 7 wartime newspapers that were printed and written by his unit, the 864th aviation engineers. I would like to know how rare these pieces are. I've never seen any before and I think they are unique. Also pictured is a "War is over" soldier made newspaper issued in Luzon. They are a little covered up by other newspapers, but they needed to be put and preserved in a frame pretty much when I got them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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patchtrader864 Posted January 29, 2017 Share #5 Posted January 29, 2017 Thanks for posting this I am a member of the 864th Engineer bn Alumni Association . the 864th in WWll was a Aviation bn .Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trenchfoot Posted January 30, 2017 Author Share #6 Posted January 30, 2017 Thanks for posting this I am a member of the 864th Engineer bn Alumni Association . the 864th in WWll was a Aviation bn .Paul Thanks for your interest. He did serve in the 864th for the entire war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Military Engineer Posted February 5, 2017 Share #7 Posted February 5, 2017 Unit newspapers for any conflict are fairly rare. You figure only a few hundred copies would have been printed, and newspaper is quite fragile. The U.S. Army Engineer Museum at Fort Leonard Wood has about 300 different unit newspapers from WW1 to Vietnam. Approximately 90% of these are wartime newspapers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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