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Magazine cover April 1945 issue of Boys' Life magazine, the official youth magazine for the Boy Scouts of America. The cover encourages scouts to collect waste paper for the WWII war effort to earn a General Eisenhower-Boy Scout Waste Paper Campaign Medal.
Magazine Details
Title: Boys' Life
Issue Date: April 1945
Cover Price: 10 Cents A Copy
Publisher: Boy Scouts of America, Inc.
The Eisenhower Waste Paper Campaign
The text on the cover references the wartime efforts of the Boy Scouts of America.
Campaign Goal: To achieve a goal of collecting 150,000 tons of waste paper for recycling to support the war effort.
Award: Scouts who participated could earn a special "General Eisenhower-Boy Scout Waste Paper Campaign Medal".
Memorabilia: The physical medal from this campaign is a historical piece of memorabilia and is available for sale through various online merchants, typically ranging in price from approximately $5 to over $35, depending on the condition and seller. |
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