Sports and Games
It’s estimated that only 1 in 16 soldiers saw combat during WWII. Other sources describe the average time in combat as somewhere between 10 and 40 days per year. That left a lot of time for paperwork, drilling, and well… waiting.
The US Army Special Services was responsible for activities on base and provided everything from board games and sports equipment to fishing kits, musical instruments, and even taught popular crafts of the time, such as leatherwork and lanyard making.
A single deck of cards or a set of dice was easy to tuck in a pocket. Other GI themed pocket games, joke books, and paper activities were soon sold everywhere from the PX to the Sears Catalog.
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Baseball (6)
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Santa Ana Sweatshirt with V notch, WWII Reproduction
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Bakers and Cooks School Sweatshirt with V notch, WWII Reproduction
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Orlando Air Base Sweatshirt with V notch, WWII Reproduction
$40.00 – $46.00 -
Fort Benning Infantry Sweatshirt with V notch, WWII Reproduction
$40.00 – $46.00 -
Camp Claiborne Louisiana Sweatshirt with V notch, WWII Reproduction
$40.00 – $46.00 - Sale!
WWII V notch Plain Sweatshirt Reproduction
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WWII Remember Pearl Harbor Sweatshirt
$40.00 – $43.00 -
WWII US Paratroops Ft Bragg Sweatshirt
$40.00 – $46.00 -
WWII US Navy Seabees Sweatshirt
$40.00 – $46.00 -
Avenger Field Texas Sweatshirt with V notch, WWII Reproduction
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WWII Fighters Baseball Shirt, AAF Army Air Force Reproduction
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WWII Bombers Baseball Shirt, AAF Army Air Force Reproduction
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WWII NATTC Memphis Lightweight Navy Sweatshirt USN
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Camp Hood Texas Sweatshirt with V notch, Half-Track WWII Reproduction
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US Army Baseball, WWII Special Services Reproduction
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Camp Campbell Sweatshirt with V notch, Armored Force
$40.00 – $46.00
