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Toothbrush with a white celluloid handle. Colonel James C. Hughes acquired this toothbrush while being held as a Prisoner of War (POW) by the Japanese during World War II. Born in Topeka, Kansas, in 1888, Hughes served in the Mexican Border Conflict, World War I, and World War II. In 1942, he was captured by the Japanese on the Bataan peninsula and spent the next 41 months in various Japanese POW camps. In 1945, Hughes was liberated by Russian forces at Camp Hoten, Manchuria. Hughes died in 1964 and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
Date: between 1942 and 1945
Item Number: 313244
Call Number: 1971.73.155
KSHS Identifier: 1971.73.155
Collections - Museum
Collections - Museum - Special exhibits - Captured exhibition
Date - 1940s
Military - Service - Army
Military - Wars - World War II
Military - Wars - World War II - Prisoner of War
Objects and Artifacts - Personal Artifacts - Toilet Article - Toothbrush
People - Notable Kansans - Hughes, Col. James C.
Places - International - Japan
Places - International - Philippines
Thematic Time Period - World War II, 1939 - 1945
Type of Material - Objects and Artifacts
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