Dog Tags & Paper Hearts

Send us Fan Mail Notes from Johnnie's train expedition across the United States. Links: Dog Tag & Paper Hearts on Instagram Spotify songs   Please send comments and suggestions to dogtagspaperhearts@gmail.com Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=Jg8CANxwRVCD6smIny0C4Q&pi=dmQkyBg9Rrqiq

Send us Fan Mail Grandpa makes me read between the lines on this one! Links:  1.  Laura – Johnny Johnston   Dog Tag & Paper Hearts on Instagram   Spotify songs   Please send comments and suggestions to dogtagspaperhearts@gmail.com Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=Jg8CANxwRVCD6smIny0C4Q&pi=dmQkyBg9Rrqiq

Johnny moves into a new phase of his military experience. Links: There! I’ve Said It Again – Jimmy Dorsey with Teddy Walters There! I’ve Said It Again – Vaughn Monroe There! I’ve Said It Again – Bobby Vinton     Dog Tag & Paper Hearts on Instagram   Spotify songs   Please send comments and suggestions to dogtagspaperhearts@gmail.com Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJS...

Johnny is seeing things! Links: Walter Winchell News Broadcast Feb. 25, 1945 1942 Michigan Half-Year License Plate Military use of children in WWII “No Can Do” by Guy Lombardo     Dog Tag & Paper Hearts on Instagram   Spotify songs   Please send comments and suggestions to dogtagspaperhearts@gmail.com Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=Jg8CANxwRVCD6sm...

Short and sweet this week. Just the letter. Please send comments and suggestions to dogtagspaperhearts@gmail.com Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=Jg8CANxwRVCD6smIny0C4Q&pi=dmQkyBg9Rrqiq

Johnny uses quaint expressions. He's not feeling the peace jitters quite yet . . . he's just anxious to get going on that furlough! Links: No Soap, No Hope Blues by Anita O’Day Tootsie Yah-Ta-Ta Yah-Ta-Ta (Talk, Talk, Talk) UN Charter Speech   Dog Tag & Paper Hearts on Instagram   Spotify songs   Please send comments and suggestions to dogtagspaperhearts@gmail.com Spotify playlist: h...

Shhhh . . . don't tell the top brass that Johnny is feeling punk! Links: “Feeling Punk” Can Mean Feeling Mildly Ill, Queasy, or Out of Sorts Louis Prima – King of the Swingers Documentary   Dog Tag & Paper Hearts on Instagram   Spotify songs   Please send comments and suggestions to dogtagspaperhearts@gmail.com Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=...

Who knew there'd be a part two???? Something a little different this time. Hope you enjoy. Links: The Waves Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life A Tree Grows in Brooklyn – Armed Services Edition Pepito   Dog Tag & Paper Hearts on Instagram   Spotify songs   Please send comments and suggestions to dogtagspaperhearts@gmail.com Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?...

Johnny sends a few postcards along with this week's letter. The state of wives on the homefront is discussed. Links: Johnny’s postcards The March of Time – February 22, 1945 Boogie Woogie – Live video    Spotify songs: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=C6ut7UWXTxuzYn6iMIW_3g&pi=rSW-kgCWR1mMr Please send comments and suggestions to dogtagspaperhearts@gmail.com Spo...

Belt lines, POEs, SPs . . . who knows what the heck Johnny is writing?  Links: Objective, Burma! Chloe The real Merrill’s Marauders    Spotify songs: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=C6ut7UWXTxuzYn6iMIW_3g&pi=rSW-kgCWR1mMr Please send comments and suggestions to dogtagspaperhearts@gmail.com Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si...

Johnny feels small. Some advice of lettah writing. Links:  1.    Report on sending mail to servicemen    Spotify songs: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=C6ut7UWXTxuzYn6iMIW_3g&pi=rSW-kgCWR1mMr Please send comments and suggestions to dogtagspaperhearts@gmail.com Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=Jg8CANxwRVCD6smIny0C4Q&pi...

Johnny quotes a famous proverb. A municipal employee is dissatisfied. Someone sounds crazy.  Links:   Hudibras Dog Catcher Cartoons Always Spotify songs: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=C6ut7UWXTxuzYn6iMIW_3g&pi=rSW-kgCWR1mMr Please send comments and suggestions to dogtagspaperhearts@gmail.com Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4Eq...

Johnnie enjoys a day of fun and adventure. Links:   Guest Pests – Pete Smith short Sad Sack comics The Blond Sailor by The Andrews Sisters   Spotify songs: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=C6ut7UWXTxuzYn6iMIW_3g&pi=rSW-kgCWR1mMr Please send comments and suggestions to dogtagspaperhearts@gmail.com Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4...

It would appear that boot camp is just one frustration after another. Links: Michigan's history with time zones Always  Spotify songs: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=C6ut7UWXTxuzYn6iMIW_3g&pi=rSW-kgCWR1mMr Please send comments and suggestions to dogtagspaperhearts@gmail.com Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=Jg8CANxwR...

Johnny receives some unwelcome news. Links:   Evelina by Bing Crosby  - Note: This song is not available on Spotify Desertion and Unauthorized Absence Spotify songs: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=C6ut7UWXTxuzYn6iMIW_3g&pi=rSW-kgCWR1mMr Please send comments and suggestions to dogtagspaperhearts@gmail.com Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJS...

Johnnie eagerly anticipates his furlough. Personal ads in 1945. A WWII Memorial. Links: www.mga-architects.net The Michigan WWII Legacy Memorial - Royal Oak, MI    Spotify songs: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=C6ut7UWXTxuzYn6iMIW_3g&pi=rSW-kgCWR1mMr Please send comments and suggestions to dogtagspaperhearts@gmail.com Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playl...

Things heat up! Links: Water fluoridation / Grand Rapids, MI History of the flamethrower    Spotify songs: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=C6ut7UWXTxuzYn6iMIW_3g&pi=rSW-kgCWR1mMr Please send comments and suggestions to dogtagspaperhearts@gmail.com Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=Jg8CANxwRVCD6smIny0C4Q&pi=dmQkyBg9Rrqi...

Johnny describes the final elements of basic training and looks forward to coming home soon. Spotify songs: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=C6ut7UWXTxuzYn6iMIW_3g&pi=rSW-kgCWR1mMr Please send comments and suggestions to dogtagspaperhearts@gmail.com Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=Jg8CANxwRVCD6smIny0C4Q&pi=dmQkyBg9Rrq...

Boot camp is in its final days! Johnny eagerly anticipates his reunion with Mary. Links: Killer’s Kollege – sign at Fort Hood, Texas Julia Compton Moore    Spotify songs: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=C6ut7UWXTxuzYn6iMIW_3g&pi=rSW-kgCWR1mMr Please send comments and suggestions to dogtagspaperhearts@gmail.com Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2...

Johnnie is lonesome enough to eat dog biscuits. Spotify songs: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=C6ut7UWXTxuzYn6iMIW_3g&pi=rSW-kgCWR1mMr Please send comments and suggestions to dogtagspaperhearts@gmail.com Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=Jg8CANxwRVCD6smIny0C4Q&pi=dmQkyBg9Rrqiq

A quick note from Johnny as he sets out on an extended bivouac. Things get chilly back home. Link: Great Snowstorm of 1944 Spotify songs: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=C6ut7UWXTxuzYn6iMIW_3g&pi=rSW-kgCWR1mMr Please send comments and suggestions to dogtagspaperhearts@gmail.com Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=Jg8CANxwRVC...

The surprising wartime output of beloved creators. Also, Johnny explains why he doesn't want to man the machine gun. Links: Browning M1917 Private Snafu film archive Spotify songs: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=C6ut7UWXTxuzYn6iMIW_3g&pi=rSW-kgCWR1mMr Please send comments and suggestions to dogtagspaperhearts@gmail.com Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.co...

Johnny games the system and finds beauty in darkness. Links: 1.                The Hat Man: Legend, Sightings, and what it might mean 2.                TS Card | The Chaplain Kit   Spotify songs: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=C6ut7UWXTxuzYn6iMIW_3g&pi=rSW-kgCWR1mMr Please send comments and suggestions to dogtagspaperhearts@gmail.com Spotify playlist: https://open....

Johnny learns that the army changes rules frequently. Links: The Big Lie about the US Army. What the US Army is not telling the American People. | What Life in the Army is really like. Speed Marching in Military Boots: The Walk-To-Run Transition Speed and Vertical Ground Reaction Forces American Veterans Center    Spotify songs: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=C6ut7UWXT...

Christmas gratitude, getting lost and the thoughts of a soldier. Links: Why Do We Let Kids Sit On Santa's Lap? The Tradition Dates Back To 1890 Training the American GI | The National WWII Museum | New Orleans Spotify songs: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=C6ut7UWXTxuzYn6iMIW_3g&pi=rSW-kgCWR1mMr Please send comments and suggestions to dogtagspaperhearts@gmail.c...