Safe Conduct Pass
date: label: user
content: 1950-1952
name: label: user
content: Munson, Corporal George E.
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
label: Description
content: Silk with images of allied flags and the phrase "THIS BEARER IS U.N. FORCES" in several languages.
label: Description
content: Specific History
label: Description
content: This safe conduct pass was purchased and carried by Corporal George E. Munson, United States Marine Corps.
label: Description
content: General History
label: Description
content: Pilots and air crews carried small banners, called blood chits, that identified them as members of United Nations forces. In the event they were shot down, the chits offered a reward to anyone who assisted them.
topic: label: related event
content: Korean 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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: George E. Munson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1997.0150.03
label: accession number
content: 1997.0150
label: catalog number
content: 1997.0150.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: safe conduct pass
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 in x 13 in; 22.86 cm x 33.02 cm