Cachet Maker USCS Pearl Harbor Study Group
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Pearl Harbor Study Group
Composition: members interested in information about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 and the aftermath.
Organized: Reactivated 1986 (USCS Log August 86, page 97 & September 1986 page 110).
Organizing members: Larry Wendell, Louis Bushnell, Dave Maurer.
Cachet director: B.M.Vesper. - - - Cachet artist: Dave Maurer, Bernhard Vesper.
The purpose of this study group was to compile and exchange information on the Dec 7, 1941 Japanese attack
on Pearl Harbor. The first newsletter for the group was issued in February 1987, Larry Wendell, editor; the
final two issues in 1998 were edited by Phil Bronner. The PHSG sponsored printed covers related to Pearl
Harbor anniversaries. A number of early cachet designs were recycled later. Covers were normally issued with
the autograph of the artist, or the organizer of both, a nice touch.
Sponsor identification: covers - Pearl Harbor Study Group USCS with cachet; post cards - PHSG logo on reverse.
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1986-12-07 |
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Decommissioning of - |
Cachet by Don Abrahamson. This is the Pearl Harbor Study Group's 1st Cover.
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1988-12-07 |
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Remember the USS ARIZONA |
Cachet by Bernhard M. Vesper.
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1989-12-07 |
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Remember the USS OKLAHOMA |
Cachet by Bernhard M. Vesper.
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1991-08-01 |
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5th Anniversary of the Pearl Harbor Study Group |
Cachet by Bernhard M. Vesper. Signed by Bernhard M. Vesper and Larry Wendell.
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1994-12-07 |
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National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day |
Cachet by Bernhard M. Vesper.
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1994-12-07 |
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National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day |
Cachet by Bernhard M. Vesper. "53rd Anniversary" stamped on the left edge and signed by Bernard M. Vesper.
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