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U.S. Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, IL, 1944

Subject
Military Branches & Training Camps
Card type
Real photo
Date
c. 1944 (Linen)
Front of U.S. Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, IL, 1944, c. 1944 real photo postcard
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Back of U.S. Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, IL, 1944, c. 1944 real photo postcard
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About this postcard

A circular floral or seed design on the lawn of the U.S. Naval Training Station at Great Lakes, Illinois, spells out "AMERICAS" above and "SECURITY" below around a central anchor. A large brick building and a flagpole with the American flag stand behind the display. Great Lakes was one of the Navy's principal recruit training centers during World War II. The sender, a sailor in radio school in Chicago, writes to a friend in Vermont about the food, his locker, and his first liberty, calling Chicago "a Navy man's city."

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Hello Gang; Here I am in school. the chow is swell here and I have a locker for my clothes. I had my first liberty last week end and did I have fun. Chicago is a Navy man's city. the people are swell and so are the girls. Herb B.

PublisherMole
U. S. NAVAL TRAINING STATION, GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS
PostmarkedChicago, IL, May 17, 1944, 10:30
Addressed to
Mr. Francis Brueggang

Fellows Gear Shaper Co. Springfield, VT

FromI. H. Hensey SK C 436, Hugh Manley School, 2935 N. Kedth St., NTS (Px - Radio School, Chicago, IL 12

Postcard record

Postmarked, Chicago, IL
PublisherMole
ConditionGood
Place addressedMr. Francis Brueggang, Fellows Gear Shaper Co., Springfield, VT
Place depictedU.S. Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, IL
PublisherMole, Great Lakes, IL
Place sent fromI. H. Hensey SK C 436, 2935 N. Kedth St., NTS (Px - Radio School, Hugh Manley School, Chicago, IL, 12
StampFREE handwritten FREE frank (no stamp affixed)
NotesWhite border; real photo; printed caption; small 'MOLE' mark in image; vertical printed line 'Ship's Service Stores, Great Lakes, Ill.' on back. Postmark: CHICAGO, ILL. MAY 17 10:30 AM 1944 WEST STA. WWII naval free-mail card ('FREE' frank, no stamp affixed); divided back, glossy photo-finish stock. Light edge wear, slight corner creasing.

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U.S. Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, IL, 1944, postcard, c. 1944. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/u-s-naval-training-station-great-lakes-il-1944. Accessed November 2, 2026.