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George Pepperdine College World War II Newsletters

Owning Institution: Pepperdine University, Special Collections and University Archives

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On the Beam was a monthly newsletter designed to maintain communications with George Pepperdine College (GPC) students and alumni serving in the U.S. Armed Forces during the Second World War. Carrying the motto “Dedicated to Young Pepperdiners in the Service,” the newsletter ran from June 1943 to at least January 1946. GPC basketball coach Al O. Duer, who edited the newsletter, often closed his monthly message with: “Keep those chins up and stay ‘on the beam’.” The publication included news updates about student and alumni wartime activities and deployments, including photographs and contact information. Although it began life as a simple, typed newsletter, On the Beam switched to a magazine format with its first anniversary issue in June 1944. The newsletter claimed a circulation of 4,500 by July 1945. View this collection on the contributor's website.

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On the Beam, Anniversary Number, June 15 1944
On the Beam, April Edition 1945, no. 4
On the Beam, August Edition 1945, no. 8
On the Beam, Christmas Edition 1944
On the Beam, December Edition 1945, no. 12
On the Beam, February - March Edition 1945, no. 2
On the Beam, February Edition 1945, no. 2
On the Beam, January 25, 1944
On the Beam, January Edition 1945, no. 1
On the Beam, January Edition, 1946, no. 1
On the Beam, July 15, 1944
On the Beam, July Edition 1945, no. 7
On the Beam, June Edition 1945, no. 6
On the Beam, March 1, 1944
On the Beam, March Edition 1945, no. 3
On the Beam, May Edition 1945, no. 5
On the Beam, November 25, 1943
On the Beam, November Edition 1944
On the Beam, November Edition 1945, no. 11
On the Beam, October 25, 1943
On the Beam, October Edition 1945, no. 10
On the Beam, September Edition 1945, no. 8
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