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Box 9

 Container

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Contains 7 Results:

Fijian grass skirt

 Item — Box: 9
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

(In the display case in Special Collections)

Dates: created: 1877-; Other: Majority of material found in 1941-1945; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1996
Found in: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections / 164th Infantry Association Records / Artifacts

Bracelet given to Gladys Conlon by Ray Conlon

 Item — Box: 9
Identifier: Item 2
Scope and Contents

(In the display case in Special Collections)

Dates: created: 1877-; Other: Majority of material found in 1941-1945; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1996
Found in: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections / 164th Infantry Association Records / Artifacts

Japanese Sword

 Item — Box: 9
Identifier: Item 3
Scope and Contents

(In the display case in Special Collections)

Dates: created: 1877-; Other: Majority of material found in 1941-1945; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1996
Found in: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections / 164th Infantry Association Records / Artifacts

Filipino Bolo Sword

 Item — Box: 9
Identifier: Item 5
Scope and Contents

(Currently in display case in Special Collections)

Dates: created: 1877-; Other: Majority of material found in 1941-1945; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1996
Found in: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections / 164th Infantry Association Records / Artifacts

World War II Scrapbook pages

 Item — Box: 9
Identifier: Item 6
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
Found in: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections / 164th Infantry Association Records / Artifacts

Camp Claiborne Pillowcase

 Item — Box: 9
Identifier: Item 7
Scope and Contents

Pillow case made to recognize the time the 164th spent at Camp Claiborne, LA, including the poem "Mother".

Dates: created: 1877-; Other: Majority of material found in 1941-1945; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1996
Found in: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections / 164th Infantry Association Records / Artifacts

Map of Guadalcanal with Army Confiscation Papers

 Item — Box: 9
Identifier: Item 8
Scope and Contents

Hand-drawn map of Guadalcanal artillery firing lanes (possibly of Japanese origin) that was confiscated from Walter Ensminger, veteran of the 164th. According to the confiscation receipt, the map was "A Jap Cart" (cartography). An envelope accompanying the materials notes, "I was investigated by Army Intelligence because I was bringing out a meaningless piece of cartography concerning local artillery firing lanes." The map is quite fragile and in several pieces.

Dates: created: 1877-; Other: Majority of material found in 1941-1945; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1996
Found in: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections / 164th Infantry Association Records / Artifacts

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