Marion... My dad was Sgt Earl J Saxton, Co A, 1301st Engineers. He had three issues of the Spanner, the newsletter of the regiment, and I made scans of them.
20 Jul 1945, approaching Gibraltar
One copy for each 10 men on account of paper shortages [Why these are hard to find]
Rules for mail censorship.
14 Aug 1945, Pacific
WAR ENDS plus cartoons
17 Aug 1945, Pacific
VJ awards ceremony. Speech by Col Purcell on some highlights of the history of the regiment.
List of those awarded medals that day, and since the regiment landed in France on 6 Aug 1944.
Our honored dead.
All of these were done aboard the SS Sea Quail.
A government publication so public domain.
Legal size, roughly. 8" X 13". One sheet mimeographed on both sides. I did these as jpeg and pdf files, both full color. The black-and-white tiff test file was less legible so I didn't do tiffs. Resolution 600 dpi, the maximum for the copier I was using. (I doubt an Army mimeograph had 600 dpi resolution.) There are some faint areas but they are a problem with the original mimeographing. I've printed these on legal size paper, jpeg from Windows 7 Photo Gallery and pdf from Adobe Reader. Equally legible.
Total 6 pages
File size per page:
jpeg 4.73 MB to 6.92 MB
pdf 4.71 MB to 6.64 MB
Total for the 12 files: 71.88 MB
I could transfer these via Dropbox, or multiple emails.
Best wishes,
Mike
Michael J. Saxton
So happy to have these. Thanks for your time and efforts! I know many will enjoy reading these newsletters from the unit.
These links can also be accessed directly on our Engineer History page on the main site: