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Small mirror in celluloid case. Hinged metal stand attached to the back. The mirror has a Japanese label on the back. It was housed in a wooden Red Cross box, presumably to transport it without breaking it. Colonel James C. Hughes acquired this mirror while being held as a Prisoner of War (POW) by the Japanese during World War II. The label on the back indicates that he probably purchased it at an exchange or canteen in one of the camps. 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. He was liberated by Russian forces at Camp Hoten, Manchuria, in 1945. Hughes died in 1964 and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
Date: between 1941 and 1945
Item Number: 312454
Call Number: 1971.73.185
KSHS Identifier: 1971.73.185
Collections - Museum - Special exhibits - Captured exhibition
Community Life - Clubs and organizations - Charitable - Red Cross
Date - 1940s
Military - Service - Army
Military - Wars - World War II - Prisoner of War
Objects and Artifacts - Personal Artifacts - Toilet Article - Mirror, Hand
People - Notable Kansans - Hughes, Col. James C.
Type of Material - Objects and Artifacts
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