Another find from grandma’s scrapbook was a series of holiday mess menus grandpa had sent home from various posts. This one in particular was from 25 December 1943 at Foster Field, Texas and featured a message from John J. Glennon, the post chaplain. The menu also mentions the mess officer, Lt. Ned N Sweitzer and Mess Sergeant M-Sgt. H. E. Anderson, and there’s what might be a cover design credit to Pvt. Stanley S. Karafin. It seems like a pretty standard menu with a turkey dinner, vegetables, and desserts, but notably missing from this one, at least when compared with others, is a mention of cigarettes and cigars below the desserts! Short and sweet today – I have a few more of these to post, but I’ll line those up for future posts. Click any image to see the full size.
