Passing trains and hungry faces -- "Yoo-hoo Mrs. Smith" -- Gifts from the heart -- Canteen foods and donations -- Neodesha, Kansas, the first! -- North Platte Nebraska : "our war industry - exporting morale" -- Margaret Clingerman, the lady who made a difference -- Bellefontaine, Ohio, an oasis for the troops -- The German and Italian prison of war trains -- Lima, Ohio, through three wars, the longest -- McCook, Nebraska, magazines and popcorn balls -- Aberdeen, South Dakota, pheasant sandwiches -- Evansville, Indiana, spaghetti and soup -- Clinton, Iowa, cookies by the basketful -- Lincoln, Nebraska, the Cookie Jar Canteen -- Crestline, Ohio ... by the pennies of a town's children -- Troy, Ohio, teenage girls and pecan pies -- Connellsville, Pennsylvania, in the laurel highlands -- Marion, Ohio, popcorn and a white Christmas -- Dennison, Ohio, bologna and cheese -- Waterloo, Iowa, a canteen in memory of the fighting Sullivans -- Reno, Nevada, java, sinkers, soap and song -- Strutter, Illinois, and one got married -- The lives of the canteen volunteers -- When the hospital trains called -- The voice and letters of the troops and their families.
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