Kuichi Takei's Lighter
notes: label: Description
content: This is Kuichi Takei's lighter, inscribed with "K. Takei". Takei was drafted in February, 1941. He joined the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion of the 442nd and served C Battery. The 522nd Field Artillery Battalion helped to liberate survivors of the Landsberg-Kaufering Dachau Death March and Dachau sub-camps.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Japanese American
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content: Executive Order 9066
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Kuichi Takei Family
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2016.0171.03
label: accession number
content: 2016.0171
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0171.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lighter
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 in x 1 3/16 in x 1/2 in; 5.08 cm x 3.048 cm x 1.27 cm