#1 Miss Claire Luce, right, well known British Actress, served champagne to the British Tommies who flocked into the canteen she opened under the name of St. Peter’s kitchen at St. Pancras station in London on Nov. 7, 1939.

Miss Claire Luce, right, well known British Actress, served champagne to the British Tommies who flocked into the canteen she opened under the name of St. Peter’s kitchen at St. Pancras station in London on Nov. 7, 1939.

Mobile Canteens of World War II: How Hot Tea and Hope Fueled Soldiers on the Front Lines and Civilians

#1 Miss Claire Luce, right, well known British Actress, served champagne to the British Tommies who flocked into the canteen she opened under the name of St. Peter’s kitchen at St. Pancras station in London on Nov. 7, 1939.

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