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Fellow Cobbers discover one another during WWII by spotting each other's Cobber Rings.

All the k rations.

Marine Pfc. Douglas Lightheart (right) cradles his 30-cal. machine gun in his lap, while he and his buddy Pfc. Gerald Thursby Sr. take time out for a cigarette, while mopping up the enemy on Peleliu Island, September 14, 1944. Note that the surname…

Soldier Having Dental Work Performed on him at Camp San Luis Obispo California on February 24, 1944

A soldier enjoying a cigarette on a chesterfield ad.

Model Tooth Used for Instruction by U.S. Army Dental Corps

Camp Campbell, Kentucky
July 4, 1943
Hello darling:
I’ll be you can’t guess what I’m doing on this beautiful fourth of July. Well seeing how I’m so lucky I’m on charge of quarters (CQ). It never fails when we get a holiday. I’m on duty and is it…

May 2, 1945
Wednesday
Dearest darling wife,
Well it [sic] me again and I’m still a little sleepy. Gee what I wouldn’t give for a nice warm bed and spend about twenty four hours in it. As you know by now we are now in the 7th army and it wasn’t so…

X-Ray of three dental fixation screws.

Photograph of Paul Revere's Dental tools from the Revolutionary War.