Service Flags and Medals
name: label: Series Creator
content: DeVincent, Sam, 1918-1997
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content: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 2: Armed Forces
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content: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 2: Armed Forces / 2.5: World War II
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1943-1964
container: label: Container
content: Box 56, Folder W
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: All items, except one, are from the 1940s. One song is about the Purple Heart, the remainder are about service flags. A blue star service flag indicated that the family had a member serving in the military, a gold star indicated that the soldier had died in battle. Many of the songs are about mothers and families. (21 items)