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Lloyd Logan sent this postcard to a family member in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Lloyd Logan sent this postcard to a family member in Arlington, Massachusetts during his military service. He marked the location of his room in this building, the temporary premises of the American Y.M.C.A., with an X on the right side.

Field Service Postcards were designed to allow soldiers to quickly send information home about their current situation, since they did not require review by censors. No additional information could be added to the postcard, though soldiers…

Lloyd Logan sent this postcard depicting, as he wrote, "typical South England scenery" to a family member during the war.

The "News of Men in Service" feature shared news of Hopkins men at the war front. It included letters sent by the men themselves, as well as memorials to individuals who died in service.

The News-Letter's spring 1918 issues prominently feature war-related articles, images, and advertisements, as evidenced by this cover depicting a flag flown on campus honoring Hopkins men engaged in wartime military service.

Even advertisements in the News-Letter were war-themed, as this Murad cigarette ad illustrates.

Field Service Postcards were designed to allow soldiers to quickly send information home about their current situation, since they did not require review by censors. No additional information could be added to the postcard, though soldiers…

After the war, the Federal Board for Vocational Education began funding the education of disabled veterans across the country. On the Hopkins campus, some veterans worked as “protégés,” a kind of paid apprenticeship where they received on-the-job…