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Unopened package of cigarettes. The label on the package is printed in Japanese. Colonel James C. Hughes acquired this pack of cigarettes 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 1943 and 1945
Item Number: 312453
Call Number: 1971.73.144
KSHS Identifier: 1971.73.144
Collections - Museum - Special exhibits - Captured exhibition
Date - 1940s
Military - Service - Army
Military - Wars - World War II - Prisoner of War
Objects and Artifacts - Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology - Merchandising - Pack, Cigarette
People - Notable Kansans - Hughes, Col. James C.
Type of Material - Objects and Artifacts
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