Identifier1999-09-25_text_009SourceThe Opray Family Military Aviation Collection (1999-09-25), Folder 3DescriptionPage from The Dirigible, unidentified issue, circa 1919. Later renamed The Daily Zepp, The Dirigible was the onboard newsletter for the USS Zeppelin, a passenger liner that was converted to an American troop transport after the end of World War I. The newsletter was created by and for American soldiers who were returning home on the ship. One typed page.
Inscription on verso: "For Mary. These papers were published aboard the Zeppelin while bringing troops home from Brest, France after the First World War in 1919. The Zeppelin was taken from Germany at the close of the War as a payment of damages to the United States. Daddy had charge of the meals aboard ships, buying their supplies and planning the meals."Creation Datecirca 1919-06SubjectThe Dirigible (Newsletter)World War, 1914-1918USS ZeppelinShipsLanguageEnglishOriginal FormatnewslettersBibliographic CitationThe Opray Family Military Aviation Collection/The Museum of FlightRightsNo copyright - United States
The Dirigible [select pages unidentified issue], [1999-09-25_text_009]. Museum of Flight Digital Collections, accessed 04/12/2025, https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/nodes/view/4626
![The Dirigible [select pages unidentified issue]](/img/placeholder.gif?1761180171 "The Dirigible [select pages unidentified issue]")