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Japanese Military [FR-666 WW II Japanese Artillery Powder Charge Silk Bags]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09620.419 Author/Creator: Japanese Military Place Written: Japan Type: Object Date: 1942-1945 Pagination: 1 ribbon : silk : white, black, and red ; 18.5 x 137.4 cm. Order a Copy

A number of FR-666 Japanese artillery powder charge silk bags sewn together. Japanese characters and symbols of cross cannons are printed on the silk bags. There is a trace of black residue along the bottom half from gunpowder.

Robert "Bob" Stone was a Bombardier in World War II and served in the Pacific Front. These letters, were compiled by Bob's wife, Sheila M. Stone, and Ali Adair into a book named Letters in a Box. This book details Bob's service to his country, and his life after the war. Bob's letters were donated to the collection by his wife, Sheila M. Stone, in 2017. It contains a variety of letters, postcards, patches, pins, photographs, and scrapbooks that relate to Bob's training and combat missions.

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