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    • The Canteen Spirit (Program Preview)

    • The Canteen Spirit (Program Preview)

    • The Canteen Spirit video television tv preview trailer documentary historical history World War II 2 WWII WW2 North Platte Nebraska NE train trains depot stop station rail railway troop troops soldier soldiers food provisions entertainment...

    • 'The Canteen Spirit' chronicles the story of the World War II North Platte Canteen, which made history when residents of 125 communities from across the state greeted millions of soldiers, over a nearly five-year period, as their trains made a...
    • NET Media Archives
    • The War: Nebraska Stories - Mothers and Sons

    • The War: Nebraska Stories - Mothers and Sons

    • The War Nebraska Stories video World War II WWII Mothers sons North Platte Canteen women entertainment

    • Located in the North Platte train depot, the North Platte Canteen provided food, magazines, and entertainment to over 3,000 soldiers every day of the war. Even though the war kept Mothers and Sons far apart, this video illustrates how the Canteen...
    • NET Media Archives
    • All Aboard! Soldiers leaving North Platte Canteen

    • All Aboard! Soldiers leaving North Platte Canteen

    • WW2 WWII World War II North Platte Canteen Wilson trains steam locomotive homefront volunteers troops depot entertainment Union Pacific

    • ALL ABOARD! These time-honored words of railroading made for a daily sight at the canteen as service personnel made a quick dash out the canteen doors and for their departing train. There were occasional instances in which hapless servicemen were...
    • Nebraska Studies
    • Women relax inside the canteen

    • Women relax inside the canteen

    • WW2 WWII World War II North Platte Canteen Wilson trains steam locomotive homefront volunteers troops depot entertainment Union Pacific coffee Marine Corps

    • Source #: npcanteen_up10b Two women U.S. Marine Corps officers share a calm moment of coffee, cigarettes and conversation over by the canteen's magazine table. On left: Sgt. Sylvia Downer, USMCWR, Shelborne Falls, Mass. and Cpl. Allunakrall,...
    • Nebraska Studies
    • North Platte Canteen Organization

    • North Platte Canteen Organization

    • WW2 WWII World War II North Platte Canteen Wilson trains steam locomotive homefront volunteers troops depot entertainment Union Pacific food

    • In a publicity pose, some of the 1943 North Platte Canteen officers display ham sandwiches prepared for those in uniform. From left: Helen Christ, general chairman; Mayme Wyman, kitchen chairman; Jessie Hutchens, secretary; Edna Neid, supplies...
    • Nebraska Studies
    • Volunteers offer selections from gift basket

    • Volunteers offer selections from gift basket

    • WW2 WWII World War II North Platte Canteen Wilson trains steam locomotive homefront volunteers troops depot entertainment Union Pacific food basket

    • Patsy Loncar (left) and Ruth Pyle of North Platte offered selections from a basket of cigarettes and doughnuts to a sailor. Uniforms for canteen workers were briefly tried in 1942, but identification of workers came to depend on the silk...
    • Nebraska Studies
    • A morale booster

    • A morale booster

    • WW2 WWII World War II North Platte Canteen Wilson trains steam locomotive homefront volunteers troops depot entertainment Union Pacific food crowd

    • Source #: ca02012 Military officials frequently stated the North Platte Canteen’s greatest contribution to the war effort was as a morale booster. For men who were long distances from home, the generosity and concern shown by smiling women...
    • Nebraska Studies
    • The Platform Girls

    • The Platform Girls

    • WW2 WWII World War II North Platte Canteen Wilson trains steam locomotive homefront volunteers troops depot entertainment Union Pacific food platform girls

    • Among young North Platte women who worked as platform girls after school and on weekends were (from left) Bonnie Paul, Dorothy Loncar and Margaret McEvoy. Source #: ca02015
    • Nebraska Studies
    • Birthday cake tradition

    • Birthday cake tradition

    • WW2 WWII World War II North Platte Canteen Wilson trains steam locomotive homefront volunteers troops depot entertainment Union Pacific food tradition birthday cake Swenson Hill Sutherland

    • Source #: ca02014 At Sutherland, Neb., women look on, Lyda Swenson of North Platte presented Army PFC Clifton Hill of San Luis Obispo, Calif., with a cake in 1942
    • Nebraska Studies
    • Closing of the canteen

    • Closing of the canteen

    • WW2 WWII World War II North Platte Canteen Wilson trains steam locomotive homefront volunteers troops depot entertainment Union Pacific sign closing

    • Source #: npcanteen_closing_up13 A workman lowers the canteen sign to Rae Wilson (left) and Helen Christ as C.H. Land steadies the ladder. Mrs. Christ died in 1956. Rae Wilson-Sleight died in 1986.
    • Nebraska Studies

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