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Box 20

 Container

Contains 36 Results:

Guadalcanal Veterans bolo tie

 File — Box: 20, Folder: 26
Identifier: Folder 26
Scope and Contents

Currently in the exhibit case in Special Collections.

Dates: created: 1877-; Other: Majority of material found in 1941-1945; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1996

Honor Flight

 File — Box: 20, Folder: 27
Identifier: Folder 27
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains several unique artifacts related to the 164th’s service in World War II. Included are a Hawaiian tapa blanket, soil from the memorial at Guadalcanal, a captured Japanese flag with names inscribed, a captured Japanese Kyū guntō (old military sword), a Fijian grass skirt, bracelet, Kava bowl, a Higgins boat tiller wheel, and framed items.

Dates: created: 1877-; Other: Majority of material found in 1941-1945; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1996

Coins

 File — Box: 20, Folder: 28
Identifier: Folder 28
Scope and Contents

Various coins from Alvin Tollefsrud's time in the Pacific serving with the 164th.

Dates: created: 1877-; Other: Majority of material found in 1941-1945; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1996

Christmas Card from Paris, France, 1945

 File — Box: 20, Folder: 29
Identifier: Folder 29
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains several unique artifacts related to the 164th’s service in World War II. Included are a Hawaiian tapa blanket, soil from the memorial at Guadalcanal, a captured Japanese flag with names inscribed, a captured Japanese Kyū guntō (old military sword), a Fijian grass skirt, bracelet, Kava bowl, a Higgins boat tiller wheel, and framed items.

Dates: created: 1877-; Other: Majority of material found in 1941-1945; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1996

Pair of 164th Infantry Distinctive Unit Insignia

 File — Box: 20, Folder: 30
Identifier: Folder 30
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains several unique artifacts related to the 164th’s service in World War II. Included are a Hawaiian tapa blanket, soil from the memorial at Guadalcanal, a captured Japanese flag with names inscribed, a captured Japanese Kyū guntō (old military sword), a Fijian grass skirt, bracelet, Kava bowl, a Higgins boat tiller wheel, and framed items.

Dates: created: 1877-; Other: Majority of material found in 1941-1945; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1996

Copy of Scrapbook pages

 File — Box: 20, Folder: 34
Identifier: Folder 34
Scope and Contents

Original pages are located in Box 9.

Dates: created: 1877-; Other: Majority of material found in 1941-1945; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1996