Prisoner of War White Cup with Lid
name: label: user
content: Southwick, Charles
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
label: Description
content: White cup with handle and lid; blue trim around rim, on handle, and on lid.
label: Description
content: Specific History
label: Description
content: This enamel cup was given to Captain Charles "EV" Southwick, U.S. Navy, a prisoner of war from May 14, 1967, to March 4, 1973.
label: Description
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 they were to be treated. The policies established by the Geneva Convention were based on the international humanitarian law, or laws of war.
place: label: Associated Place
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2004.0083.18
label: accession number
content: 2004.0083
label: catalog number
content: 2004.0083.18
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cup
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: enamel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/4 in x 5 3/4 in x 4 3/16 in; 13.335 cm x 14.605 cm x 10.668 cm