“Ship Library,”

Sgt. Dick Hanley

“Ship Library,”

Yank, the Army Weekly.

Undated

At ports of embarkation, the Victory Book Campaign often provided crates of books so that troops could grab reading material for their weeks-long journey to a theater of war. Most ships also had their own libraries. Stocked with books purchased by the Army and Navy, as well as Victory Book Campaign donations, these libraries bragged of incredibly high circulation rates and a constant need for more books.

From the Collection of Molly Guptill Manning