3923 - Wilhelmshaven, Lower Saxony, Germany

Wilhelmshaven is a coastal town of 76 000 people in northern Germany. It is found in Jade Bight, a bay of the North Sea. The German Navy's main port is located here. For that reason, Wilhelmshaven was bombed heavily with two-thirds of the town destroyed. The Polish First Armoured Division captured Wilhelmshaven on 28 April 1945. The entire garrison surrendered, which included 200 ships of the Kriegsmarine.

Today, Wilhelmshaven is Germany's only deep water port, and its largest naval base. In 2011, the Bundeswehr (German Armed Forces) made several changes that included reducing the number of military bases in Germany. Because of this reduction, Wilhelmshaven is also Germany's largest military base. The military base make up big part of the local economy.

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3584 - Blaine, Minnesota, United States of America

The sender was in Las Vegas recently and bought this card from The Mob Museum. The Mob Museum, officially known as the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement, is located in downtown Las Vegas. It open in 2012. It features artifacts, stories, and the history of organized crime in the United States, but also the actions and initiatives by law enforcement to prevent such crimes. The museum is found at the former Las Vegas Post Office and Courthouse, which was built in 1933. The quote on this card was from John Gotti. John Gotti (1940-2002) was the mafioso and boss of the Gambino crime family in New York City. After ordering the killing of Gambino boss Paul Catellano in 1985, he took over the family and led what was the United States' most powerful crime syndicate. He was known as The Teflon Don after three high profile trials in the 1980s resulted in acquittals. Later it was revealed that the trials had been tainted by jury tampering, juror misconduct, and...

3564 - Kassel, Hesse, Germany

A wonderful message on this card that translates to to those wh o can wait, everything comes with time.

3566 - Bakhmach, Chernihiv, Ukraine

Bakhmach is locarted in northern Ukraine. I'm taking this next paragraph straight out of Wikipedia: During the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 26, 2022, at least 65 units of Russian military equipment moved through Bakhmach, with about a hundred more on the outskirts. Local residents tried to stop the convoy on their own by blocking tank tracks with makeshift objects and convincing Russian soldiers not to move towards Kyiv . One man attempted to climb onto a tank and block the road with his body (he was not hurt). However, the military equipment continued to move, and Russian forces fired several shots into the air. Слава Україні!

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