Name/Title
1944 Christmas cardEntry/Object ID
2024.1018.2Scope and Content
Christmas card with Texas facing left and a three ribbon bar medal (American Defense, American Campaign, and European Campaign)
Inside reads
"May your Christmas in 1944 be a Merry Christmas and 1945 bring Peace and Victory"Context
Battleship Texas departed the Mediterranean on September 4, 1944, to return to the United States for overhaul from September 14 to November 10. She passed through the Panama Canal into the Atlantic Ocean on November 19, and conducted gunnery practice in Hawaii from December 9, 1944, to January 9, 1945.
The crew of Battleship Texas made holiday cards and gifts for those back home, and occasionally held holiday events when in port.Collection
Historical Collections, Collection (Emory R. Lewis)Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term
Card, HolidayNomenclature Secondary Object Term
Card, GreetingNomenclature Primary Object Term
CorrespondenceNomenclature Sub-Class
Other DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsArchive Items Details
Date(s) of Creation
Dec 25, 1944
