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21. US Army captain's dress jacket worn by a soldier

2006.11.19 front

Date:: issue: approximately 1944

22. US Army khaki winter overalls worn by a soldier

2006.11.6 front

Date:: manufacture: 1942 January 09

23. US Army drawstring button bag and buttons used by a soldier

2006.11.7 front

Date:: issue: approximately 1944

24. Small poster issued to US troops to discourage socializing with Germans received by a US soldier

Date:: creation: 1945 May
received: 1945 May 08-1945 June 09
Artwork Title:: Don't Fraternize

25. Imperial Germany Reichsbanknote, 100 mark, acquired by a US soldier

2013.442.26 front

Date:: issue: after 1908 February 07

26. Imperial Japan, 10 yen note, acquired by a US soldier

2013.442.38 front

Date:: issue: approximately 1930-1943

27. US Army duffel bag used by a soldier

2006.11.9, US Army duffle bag, J. George Mitnick Collection

Date:: manufacture: 1944 June 29

28. US Army canvas first aid bag used by a soldier

2006.11.8, Canvas first aid bag, J. George Mitnick Collection

Date:: issue: approximately 1944

29. Infantry tank officer’s field jacket with several ribbon bars and pins worn by a US soldier

Date:: use: approximately 1944 November-approximately 1945
manufacture: approximately 1944
commemoration: 1939-1945

30. Green armband inscribed Guide Camp Dachau used by medical personnel after liberation and retrieved by a US soldier

1995.105.6 front

Date:: received: approximately 1945 May

31. Pitcher made from an Eatonia Brand butter can and used by an American internee

2018.426.9 side a

Date:: use: 1942 September-1944 September

32. Brown cloth and leather trimmed suitcase used by an American internee

2018.426.2 3/4 view

Date:: use: 1939-1945 December

33. Two-sided 11th Armored Division, US Army, after action poster of battle events received by a soldier

Date:: depiction: 1945 April 01-1945 May 09
publication/distribution: 1945 June 15
Artwork Title:: G-2 After Action Report April 1945 / Miscellaneous Extracts

34. US Army footlocker used by a soldier

2006.11.4, US Army footlocker, J. George Mitnick Collection

Date:: issue: 1942

35. Nazi propaganda leaflet to lower Allied troops morale acquired by a US soldier

Date:: found: 1944 September
Title:: Happy Days.....Gone

36. Pair of US Army paratrooper boots worn by a soldier

2006.11.5_a front

Date:: manufacture: 1943 July 26

37. US 46th Armored Medical Battalion pin that belonged to a US soldier

2005.416.13 front

Date:: use: approximately 1941-1946

38. Great Britain, 1 pound note, acquired by a US soldier

2013.442.35 front

Date:: issue: 1940 March 28-1948

39. Lt. J. George Mitnick stencil used to label his US Army equipment

2006.11.38 front

Date:: issue: approximately 1944

40. US Army footlocker used by a soldier

2006.11.2, US Army footlocker, J. George Mitnick Collection

Date:: issue: approximately 1944

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