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Standard deck of playing cards. Colonel James C. Hughes acquired these cards, possibly in a Red Cross box, 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. 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 1942 and 1945
Item Number: 313240
Call Number: 1971.73.187
KSHS Identifier: 1971.73.187
Collections - Museum
Collections - Museum - Special exhibits - Captured exhibition
Community Life - Clubs and organizations - Charitable - Red Cross
Date - 1940s
Military - Service - Army
Military - Wars - World War II
Military - Wars - World War II - Prisoner of War
Objects and Artifacts - Recreational Artifacts - Game - Deck, Card
People - Notable Kansans - Hughes, Col. James C.
Thematic Time Period - World War II, 1939 - 1945
Type of Material - Objects and Artifacts
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