Prisoner of War Tin Cup with Lacing on Handle
name: label: user
content: Harris, Carlyle
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
label: Description
content: Silver metal cup with lacing wrapped on handle.
label: Description
content: Specific History
label: Description
content: This tin cup has two stripes inscribed around its body. The initials "SH" are scraped onto the finish of the cup. It was used by Colonel Carlyle "Smitty" Harris, U.S. Air Force, who was a prisoner of war from April 4, 1965, until February 12, 1973. Harris, a native of Preston, Maryland, was a Captain when he was shot down while bombing the Ham Rong bridge near Thanh Hoa, North Vietnam. He was flying an F-105 with the 45th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Ubon.
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content: General History
label: Description
content: A prisoner of war (POW) is someone who is captured and imprisoned by an enemy power during a time of conflict or war. In 1949 the Geneva Convention defined who was to be considered a POW and determined how he or she was to be treated. The policies established by the Geneva Convention were based on the international humanitarian law, or laws of war.
place: label: used
content: Vietnam
topic: label: Subject
content: POWs
label: related event
content: Vietnam War
label: related event
content: Postwar United States
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
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content: ThinkFinity
label: Exhibition
content: Price of Freedom
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2004.0083.01
label: accession number
content: 2004.0083
label: catalog number
content: 2004.0083.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cup
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: tin (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: carbon (bottom material)
label: Physical Description
content: twine (part material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8.128 cm x 13.97 cm x 9.525 cm; 3 3/16 in x 5 1/2 in x 3 3/4 in