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The Masthead
The Masthead
was the official weekly newspaper of the Treasure Island naval base, chronicling major events and the daily life of the island from the first mimeographed edition in October 1941 until the base was closed in the 1990s.
From our collection, the museum has digitized
The Masthead
from August 1944 to December
1945, covering the last year of World War II and
the start of demobilization. The Mastheads
were donated to the museum in 2017 by the
daughter of Yeoman Carolyn Brown (Offen),
who served on the Masthead staff during those
years.
Click the images below to visit the daily life of
U.S. Naval Training and Distribution Center, Treasure Island, during this historic period.
nearly complete collection
of paper copies of
The Masthead,
from the files of the original naval Treasure Island Museum, is available by visiting the
National Archives in San Bruno, CA
August - December 1944
January - June 1945
July - December 1945
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