Peter Varveris
Military
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FRE 1025
Sergeant Peter Varveris, a gunner of the 303rd Bomb Group, practices his shooting. Image stamped on reverse: ‘Copyright Current Affairs Ltd.’ [stamp], ‘Passed for Publication 16 Dec 1942. [stamp] and ‘238762.’ [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: "YOU BUY THE BONDS - WE'LL KEEP 'EM FLYING". Peter Varveris spent the earlier part of his 22 years as a clerk in the Carnegie Ill. Steel Corporation. He is now a sergeant machine gunner in the Air Corps. The message he sends to his father, at 2249 East 61st Street, is that he is feeling fine and that the British people are treating him and his pals swell. In addition he suggests the best way the old man can help, as quoted above. O.P.S. Peter checking over his machine gun. 45a.'
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://303rdbg.com/rost-tuv.html#T