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Box 17

 Container

Contains 1 Result:

Four reels of 8mm film from World War II.

 Item — Box: 17
Identifier: Item 1
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