Like many ballplayers of the time Joe DiMaggio lost a few years of his career due to military service but that didn't prevent Joltin' Joe from getting his at bats. On February 17 1943 with the nation in the midst of heavy fighting in the Pacific and preparing to enter the European theater the Yankee Clipper enlisted in the United States Army. Assigned to Special Services with the Army Air Force DiMaggio was dispatched to the Santa Ana Army Air Base where he served as a physical education instructor and obviously joined their baseball team. He managed a 27-game hitting streak and also played for an armed forces All-Star team in July of 1943. Camp Cooke the location of this photo was a US military training center that was built in 1941 and served as a location to train armored and infantry divisions throughout the war (and also became the barracks for German and Italian POWs). Today Camp Cooke is Vandenberg Air Force Base near Lompoc California. This postcard is particularly rare one of just a handful known. Aside from being one of a modest number of photos documenting DiMaggio's ballplaying during his military service it is also one of the only cards of DiMaggio issued during the way (the other being the hideous 1943 M.P. & Co card). Picturing the Clipper at the finish of his legendary swing and in front of a crowd of awestruck spectators this is an excellent example of a truly difficult postcard. An exceptional example the card boasts a flawless image with some minor wear to the corners and edges. We submitted the card to SGC for grading but were unfortunately informed that SGC no longer grades the issue. Uncatalogued postcards cannot be graded by PSA and thus we are offering the card in ungraded form. Easily the finest example we have seen likely one of the finest in existence a wonderful WWII-era card of Joe DiMaggio.