Tons of Toys Being Shipped to Europe. 900,000 toys, collected in the American Legion’s “Tide of Toys” program, are loaded aboard the SS American Defender in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for shipment from American children to the toyless children of The Netherlands, Austria and Western Germany. Pic. #NYJA000214 was first published on 02/09/1950. Permission to publish this pic. … Continue reading MDFDE/France-USA: ‘TIDE of TOYS’ 70th ANNIVERSARY: Here is To You, Drew PEARSON & THE AMERICAN LEGION! #MDFDEFriendshipMerciTrain70