#19 Red Cross workers, demonstrating one of the five mobile canteen units acquired for relief work in the event Washington has an air raid, stop by the Capitol on June 18, 1942, and dish up mugs of coffee for Senator Joseph C. O’Mahoney, left, (D-Wyo.) and Rep. Edith Nourse Rogers, right, (R-Mass.).

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#19 Red Cross workers, demonstrating one of the five mobile canteen units acquired for relief work in the event Washington has an air raid, stop by the Capitol on June 18, 1942, and dish up mugs of coffee for Senator Joseph C. O’Mahoney, left, (D-Wyo.) and Rep. Edith Nourse Rogers, right, (R-Mass.).

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

#19 Red Cross workers, demonstrating one of the five mobile canteen units acquired for relief work in the event Washington has an air raid, stop by the Capitol on June 18, 1942, and dish up mugs of coffee for Senator Joseph C. O’Mahoney, left, (D-Wyo.) and Rep. Edith Nourse Rogers, right, (R-Mass.).

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