Vintage WWII Admiralty Islands Mother's Day Bath / Hand Towel Set World War II

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Today we are featuring a rare original set of Admiralty Islands Mother's Day towels dated 1945.
These were found in a Southern Missouri antique store.
The towels were made in the USA by Cannon.
The bath towel measures 22.25 by 44 inches.
The hand towel measures 17.5 by 29 inches.
They are not mint but they are in very good condition. There are a few spots, some dirt on the fold line of the hand towel and a bit of bleeding of the red dye. Please see the photos.
Here is some information on the South Pacific Battle on Admiralty Island. This was taken from Wikipedia.
Admiralty Islands campaign - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admiralty_Islands_campaign
The Admiralty Islands campaign (Operation Brewer) was
a series of battles in the New Guinea campaign of World War II
in which the United States Army's 1st Cavalry Division took the Japanese-held Admiralty Islands. Acting on reports from airmen that there were no signs of enemy activity and the islands might have been evacuated, General Douglas MacArthur accelerated his timetable for capturing the Admiralties and ordered an immediate reconnaissance in force. The campaign began on 29 February 1944 when a force landed on Los Negros, the third-largest island in the group. By using a small, isolated beach where the Japanese had not anticipated an assault, the force achieved tactical surprise, but the islands proved to be far from unoccupied. A furious battle over the islands ensued. In the end, air superiority and command of the sea allowed the Allies to heavily reinforce their position on Los Negros. The 1st Cavalry Division could then overrun the islands. The campaign officially ended on 18 May 1944. The Allied victory completed the isolation of the major Japanese base at Rabaul that was the ultimate objective of the Allied campaigns of 1942 and 1943. A major air and naval base was developed in the Admiralty Islands that became an important launching point for the campaigns of 1944 in the Pacific. This campaign marked the end of MacArthur's Operation Cartwheel, which was a multi-theater operation conducted to turn the powerful Japanese base of Rabaul into a de facto prisoner-of-war camp.
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