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Cracker Jacks are molasses-coated popcorn created by F. W. Rueckheim in 1873, and are sold all over the world.

Did you know that during World War II, the prizes in each Cracker Jacks box were all military-oriented to support the war effort?
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Picture of father and son Date: 1941
Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
Photographer: Unknown
Person(s) left to right: Killis Pope (father), Mike Pope
Description: Picture of father and son

USS Miami, Light Cruiser (CL-89) at Truk Island. Date: 1944
Location: Truk Island
Photographer: Unknown
Person(s) left to right: Unknown
Description: USS Miami, Light Cruiser (CL-89) at Truk Island.

Admiral Whiting in a Boatswain's chair boarding Mr. Pope's ship. Date: 1944
Location: Unknown
Photographer: Unknown
Person(s) left to right: Unknown
Description: Admiral Whiting in a Boatswain's chair boarding Mr. Pope's ship.

Cooling the guns after firing at Japanese planes. Mr. Pope's crew is doing the cooling. Date: 1944
Location: Unknown
Photographer: Unknown
Person(s) left to right: Unknown
Description: Cooling the guns after firing at Japanese planes. Mr. Pope's crew is doing the cooling.

The Order of Neptune while crossing the equator; the 'Shellback' initiation hazing ritual. Date: 1945
Location: Somewhere in the mid-Pacific
Photographer: Unknown
Person(s) left to right: Unknown
Description: The Order of Neptune while crossing the equator; the 'Shellback' initiation hazing ritual.

Church services on ship Date: 1945
Location: Somewhere in the Pacific
Photographer: Unknown
Person(s) left to right: Unknown
Description: Church services on ship

A panoramic image of Task Force S8 in the western Pacific. Date: 1945
Location: Western Pacific
Photographer: Unknown
Person(s) left to right: Unknown
Description: A panoramic image of Task Force S8 in the western Pacific.

On board LCT - 939 at Kwajalein Atoll Date: 1946
Location: Kwajalein Atoll
Photographer: Unknown
Person(s) left to right: Mike Pope
Description: On board LCT - 939 at Kwajalein Atoll

Swimming call (first time to swim in the ocean) on Majuro Atoll. Date: 1946
Location: Majuro
Photographer: Unknown
Person(s) left to right: Unknown
Description: Swimming call (first time to swim in the ocean) on Majuro Atoll.

     



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