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Bowman Gum Company Fight the Red Menace: The Children's Crusade against Communism trading cards; 43. Huk Raiders

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09627.43 Author/Creator: Bowman Gum Company Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Trading card Date: 1951 Pagination: 1 collecting card Height: 6 cm, Width: 8 cm Order a Copy

One trading card from the Red Menace collection, "43. Huk Raiders" depicting soldiers engaging in combat in tall grass. One soldier shoots another soldier from a distance. Aside from him are two soldiers fighting hand-to-hand combat. Reverse side contains propaganda narrative describing a group of communists in the Philippines known as the Huks. Text describes the terrain where battles take place and where Huks reside. "Their hideouts are in grass seven feet high."

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