World War II Airplane Spotter Playing Cards
During World War II, the U.S Military encouraged both combat and civil defense. An example of that are the aircraft spotter cards which were issued by the Coca-Cola Company ( how awesome is that?) These cards were requested by the U.S Military in the 1940s and were a new type of playing cards. But these cards aren’t like any regular cards; these cards helped in the memorization of the shape of friendly and enemy aircraft. Other than being used for training purposes, soldiers and civilians used them for entertainment. These Spotter cards featured the profiles of the Axis and Allied aircraft and each aircraft is shown in three silhouette views for easy identification from ground or air.
These cards are significant because believe it or not, they are still used by the armed forces today! For example, personality identification playing cards were recently distributed in Iraq in order to train soldiers to identify individuals such as Saddam Hussein.
And THAT was my WWII artifact B-)
