Lot #126: Very RARE Framed 1943 WWII COMMEMORATIVE BATH TOWEL by CANNON MILLS, KANNAPOLIS NORTH CAROLINA

Very RARE 1943 WWII COMMEMORATIVE BATH TOWEL by CANNON MILLS, KANNAPOLIS NORTH CAROLINA Detailed with field cannon worked into towel center field, flanked by red and blue border 1943 with phrase “PRAISE THE LORD – AND PASS THE AMMUNITION”. Towel Size: 23” x 41”. Mint Condition, bold colours, framed under glass. "Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition" is an American patriotic song by Frank Loesser,[1] published as sheet music in 1942 by Famous Music Corp. The song was a response to the attack on Pearl Harbor that marked United States involvement in World War II. The song describes a chaplain ("sky pilot") who is asked by a group of soldiers under attack by enemy planes to say a prayer for them. The chaplain puts down his Bible, mans one of the ship's gun turrets and begins firing back, saying, "Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition".[ Pickup category timeslot {A}