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Description
Paper certificate for life insurance in good functional condition. Mass-produced by the U.S. government in the 1940s. Participant ID 00035, Object ID 00073
Keywords
Official, Combatant, Family, Military, Family Trauma, Service Member Loss
Collection Site
Moab
Copyright
CC-BY-NC
Collection Date
10-22-2022
War Era
WWII
Recommended Citation
Bringing War Home, "Certificate for Life Insurance" (2022). Bringing War Home Collection. 78.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/bwh_collection/78
Object Story
In the 1940's, the participant's family received a certificate for life insurance worth $10,000. The insurance came after the War Department confirmed the participant's father, a second lieutenant was KIA while flying over Croatia with the 450th Bomb Group during WWII. The loss of his father would end up traumatizing his family.