Name: World War II GIs Pack Personal Items
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Description: In this video clip of History's Mail Call, host R. Lee Ermey takes a look at what kind of personal items our World War II soldiers carried. Cameras and diaries were forbidden but compact shaving kits, letters from home, magazines, prophylactic kits and other small items were common.

In this video clip of History's Mail Call, host R. Lee Ermey takes a look at what kind of personal items our World War II soldiers carried. Cameras and diaries were forbidden but compact shaving kits, letters from home, magazines, prophylactic kits and other small items were common.

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In this video clip of History&#8217;s Mail Call, host R. Lee Ermey takes a look at what kind of personal items our World War II soldiers carried. Cameras and diaries were forbidden but compact shaving kits, letters from home, magazines, prophylactic kits and other small items were common.

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