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IN CASE OF EMERGENCY WAR DEPARTMENT WAR DEPARTMENT
Telegraph "The Adjutant General, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Washington, D.C.," stating: WAR OFFICE PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE TO
1. Name, grade, and serial number of WASHINGTON, D.C. AVOID PAYMENT OF POSTAGE
individual as shown herein.   $300
2. Brief details of emergency.    
3. Where this individual can be lo-   THE ADJUTANT GENERAL
cated.   UNITED STATES ARMY
    WASHINGTON, D.C.
WARNING    
This card is issued by the War De-    
partment for official use of the author-    
ized holder designated herein. Its use    
by any other person is unlawful and    
will make the offender liable to heavy    
penalty.    
     
The finder of a lost card should Identification card  
promptly place it in the nearest post No. O-276711  
office or mail box. No envelope or 10-20107  
stamp is required.    

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Approximately 16.5 million American men and women served in the armed forces during the World War II (WWII), from September 16, 1940 through July 25, 1947. These participants represented one-third of the then male population, 15 years and older. Among the more than 16 million WWII service men and women, 70% served in the Army (including Army air forces), 26% in the Navy, and 4% in the Marines. Approximately 73% of WWII military personnel served overseas. This is the WWII Army registration card of Frank R. Dahowski, Jr., born in 1910, and one of eight children of Frank and Sophie Dahowski, emigrants from Warsaw, Poland in 1898, and residents of Montague, Massachusetts. A 1928 graduate of Deerfield Academy, he married Olga Kostecky in 1947; they were married 41 years before Frank died in 1988. Frank was employed by the Luey and Abercrombie grocery business of Greenfield before enlisting in the service in 1942.

 

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WWII Registration Card belonging to Frank Dahowski, Jr.

creator   Adjutant General, War Department
date   Jun 3, 1942
location   Washington D.C.
width   7.25"
height   4.0"
process/materials   cardboard
item type   Legal Documents/Government/Society Records
accession #   #L05.155


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Armory, Greenfield, Mass.

Sophie Dahowski and Infant

"Aliens in New England" article in Greenfield's Gazette and Courier newspaper


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