Gum Inc War Gum Cards 1942 - 16 Card Set various condition.

Description

The "War Gum" trading card set by Gum, Inc., 16 total cards various condition. Please see photos. Some have sigs of rubber bands on edges etc.
History of the cards:
The "War Gum" trading card set by Gum, Inc
., was the last of the great bubble gum card series to be issued in the United States before the war effort cut off all supplies of essential materials. The 132-card series began distribution in 1941 and continued well into 1942. The timing of the series allowed the Gum, Inc. team to cover many of the current events of the war; to report the actions of the first American heroes; and to spotlight many Allied leaders as well.
The artwork featured in the series tends to focus on the bravery of Allied servicemen and leaders, rather than on enemy atrocities, i.e. "Horrors of War" series. The cards are captioned both front and Back, however some of the titles differ slightly, mostly in the use of abbreviations. The cards are numbered on the back only. The American Card Catalog number for the series is R164.
This set includes the following cards 38 Cards
109. Human Bombs Blow Up Tanks
111. U.S. Bombers Attack Subs in Aleutians
112. Cutter Rams Big Italian Submarine
114. Dive Bombers Sink Returning Japs
115. Flying Boat Captures Sub Crew
116. Captain George ''Ed'' Kiser
117. Wilkie Visits World Battlefronts
118. MacArthur Honors Fighter Hero
119. Melnick, the Cossack
120. Marines Peppers Attackers of Hero
123. Lieutenant Paine Saves ''Phyllis''
125. Bombers Fire Little Factories
126. Marshall Semion Timoshenko
130. ''Marauder'' Blast Jap Destroyers
131. Australia's General Rowell
132. Heroic Defense of Stalingrad