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History Detectives
History Detective's Most Common Artifacts
Of the thousands of objects submitted to History Detectives each season, by far the most common are from the Pacific theater of World War II. Gwen Wright explains how many wartime souvenirs came home with American G.I.s.
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Shipwreck Cannons; Connecticut Farmhouse; Kahlil Gibran Painting
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Black Tom Shell; USS Olympia Glass; Front Street Blockhouse
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Hindenburg Artifact; Bonus Army Stamp; Dempsey Fight Bell
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China Marine Jacket; Airstream Caravan; Lincoln Forgery
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Japanese Balloon Bomb; Society Circus Program; Camp David Letter
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Red Hand Flag; Seth Eastman Painting; Isleton Tong
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World War II Diary; 1856 Mormon Tale; Annie Oakley Coin
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Great Mexican War Posters; Nora Holt Autograph Book; Muhlenberg Robe
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Investigating a projection screen with possible Cuban Missile Crisis connections.