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The Pointer

The U.S.N. Armed Guard World War II Veterans Association adopted The Pointer as the name of its publication. The name itself had its origin at the Brooklyn Armed Guard Center. Issues are available on this website from 2000 onward.

• The Pointer, June through September 2011
• The Pointer, March through May 2011
• The Pointer, December 2010 through February 2011
• The Pointer, September through November 2010
• The Pointer, June through August 2010
• The Pointer, January through May 2010
• The Pointer, August through December 2009
• The Pointer, May through July 2009
• The Pointer, February through April 2009
• The Pointer, October 2008 through January 2009
• The Pointer, May through September 2008
• The Pointer, January through April 2007
• The Pointer, September through December 2006
• The Pointer, June through August 2006
• The Pointer, January through May 2006
• The Pointer, June through October 2005
• The Pointer, February through May 2005
• The Pointer, August 2004 through January 2005
• The Pointer, May through August 2004
• The Pointer, January through April 2004
• The Pointer, August through December 2003
• The Pointer, April through July 2003
• The Pointer, January through March 2003
• The Pointer, October through December 2002
• The Pointer, July through September 2002
• The Pointer, April through June 2002
• The Pointer, January through March 2002
• The Pointer, October through December 2001
• The Pointer, July through September 2001
• The Pointer, April through June 2001
• The Pointer, January through March 2001
• The Pointer, November - December 2000
• The Pointer, September - October 2000
• The Pointer, June through August 2000
• The Pointer, April - May 2000
• The Pointer, January through March 2000

During World War II, the Brooklyn Armed Guard Center published a biweekly newspaper that was named The Pointer. This website has copies of several issues of the wartime publication, as follows:

• The Pointer, 11 May 1945
• The Pointer, 27 April 1945
• The Pointer, 13 April 1945
• The Pointer, 30 March 1945
• The Pointer, 19 January 1945
• The Pointer, 27 October 1944
• The Pointer, 29 September 1944
• The Pointer, 15 September 1944
• The Pointer, 14 April 1944
• The Pointer, 21 January 1944
• The Pointer, 7 January 1944
• The Pointer, 24 December 1943
• The Pointer, 20 August 1943