Bowman Gum Company (fl. 1951) Fight the Red Menace: The Children's Crusade against Communism trading cards; 20. "Big Mo" in Action
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09627.20 Author/Creator: Bowman Gum Company (fl. 1951) Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Trading card Date: 1951 Pagination: 1 collecting card ; 6 x 8 cm. Order a Copy
One trading card from the Red Menace collection, "20. 'Big Mo' in Action" illustrating pistons firing from a battle ship. Naval officers aboard depicted covering their ears. Center of image is a large explosion. Reverse side contains propaganda narrative mentioning the battleship "Missouri" from the 7th Fleet noted for carrying "one-ton shells from its nine 16-in guns." Text compliments that the manpower from the battleship was responsibile for keeping communist soldiers at bay.
USS Missouri (BB-63), otherwise known as "Big Mo" is a U.S. Navy battleship used prominently during the Korean War. It was previously featured in the Pacific Theater of World War II at Iwo Jima and Okinawa. The battleship was ordered to the Korean peninsula by President Eisenhower after a surprise invasion in 1950.
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