The JAMA Ashtray, Dan DelMonico & The United States Military Ashtray Museum

Please Also View the Gallery: Five Medical Ashtrays

Japanese Air Material Area (J.A.M.A.)

Ashtray
United States Army Air Force
1947-1949
From the Collection of the Center for the Study of Tobacco and Society

Audio clip above:

Alan Blum, MD interviews Dan DelMonico, Founder and Director, United States Military Ashtray Museum (20:33)

Recorded August 28, 2020

Dan DelMonico, a Miami entrepreneur who founded the United States Military Ashtray Museum in 2019, sets the record straight about a valued CSTS artifact and discusses the historical significance of the personal ashtrays of  commanding officers in World War II. Part of the Museum’s collection of 2000 military ashtrays can be viewed at https://navyashtrays.com/home.