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Navy Receiving Station, Boston Massachusetts Christmas Dinner Menu 1942
Holiday Menus from Ship to Shore

Cover - Christmas Dinner, U.S. Navy Receiving Station, Boston Massachusetts, 1942; photo caption: Fargo Barracks.

Cover - Christmas Dinner, U.S. Navy Receiving Station, Boston Massachusetts, 1942; photo caption: Fargo Barracks. 

Menu: Pineapple Juice, Hearts of Celery, Sweet Pickles, Stuffed Green Olives, Ripe Olives, Cream of Tomato Soup, Saltine Crackers, Roast Fresh Native Turkey, Giblet Gravy, Oyster Dressing, Cranberry Sauce, Baked Sugar Cured Virginia Ham, Candied Sweet Potatoes, Mashed White Potatoes, Fresh Hubbard Squash, Buttered Green Peas, Hearts of Lettuce Salad, Mayonnaise Dressing, Fruit Cake, New England Mince Pie, Vanilla Ice Cream, Ribbon Candy, Mixed Nuts, Valencia Oranges, MacIntosh Apples, Cluster Grapes, Butter Rolls, Creamery Butter, Cigars, Coffee, W.E. Giroud, Chief Commissary Steward, U.S. Navy - Christmas Dinner, U.S. Navy Receiving Station, Boston Massachusetts, 1942; photo caption: Fargo Barracks.

Menu - Christmas Dinner, U.S. Navy Receiving Station, Boston Massachusetts, 1942.

Source: Davidson, Robin I., USN , Manuscript collection, Navy Department Library.