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Title |
WWII Army Duffle Bag of Joseph Dutilh, c. 1941-1945 |
Object Name |
Bag, Duffel |
Description |
WWII Army Duffle Bag of Joseph Dutilh, c. 1941-1945. Olive green duffel bag with several black metal holes around the top. One of the holes has a metal contraption in the middle that connects to the metal hook stitched on the end of some olive green fabric. In the middle of the duffel bag, there is some olive green fabric looped into a handle that is next to some more stitched olive green fabric. On one side of the duffel bag, printed in black and bold, the text reads "JOSEPH V. DUTILH / 39138990". At the bottom of the duffel bag, painted in white and in bold, the text reads "RE-747 I-V" with some crossed words in black above it. Below the text "RE-747 I-V", printed in black and bold in medium lettering, the text reads "U.S.". Below the text "U.S.", painted in white and bold, the text reads "H&H" with some words crossed out in black underneath the text "H&H". Below the text "H&H", printed in black and bold, the text reads "H". On a torn beige tag attached to the fabric with the metal hook on the end, on the upper right corner, printed in black, bold and small, the text reads "FD-P&T-23". |
Date |
c. 1941-1945 |
Creator |
Unknown |
Role |
Fiber Artist |
Catalog Number |
2017.015.027 |
Dimensions |
H-36.875 W-23.25 D-0.125 inches |
Collection |
3D - Personal Gear |
Inscription Text |
"JOSEPH V. DUTILH / 39138990" (Printed in black and bold on one side of the duffel bag) "RE-747 I-V" (Painted in white and in bold at the bottom of the duffel bag with some crossed words in black above it) "U.S." (Printed in black and bold in medium lettering below the text "RE-747 I-V") "H&H" (Painted in white and bold below the text "U.S." with some words crossed out in black underneath the text "H&H") "H" (Printed in black and bold below the text "H&H") "FD-P&T-23" (Printed in black, bold and small on a torn beige tag attached to the fabric with the metal hook on the end, on the upper right corner) |
Provenance |
Joseph Dutilh served in the U.S. Army during WWII and was in the Battle of the Bulge. |
Notes |
"The Battle of the Bulge (16 December 1944 - 25 January 1945) was the last major German offensivecampaign in its western theater during World War II. It was launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France, and Luxembourg, on the Western Front, towards the end of World War II, in the European theatre. The surprise attack caught the Allied forces completely off guard. American forces bore the brunt of the attack and incurred their highest casualties of any operation during the war. The battle also severely depleted Germany's armoured forces, and they were largely unable to replace them. German personnel and, later, Luftwaffe aircraft (in the concluding stages of the engagement), also sustained heavy losses…. It was the largest and bloodiest battle fought by the United States in World War II…" [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bulge 6/15/2017] |
Search Terms |
Army Bags Dutilh, Joseph V. Uniforms World War II World War Two |
Subjects |
Bags Soldiers World War II |
People |
Dutilh, Joseph V. |
Credit line |
Courtesy of the Estate of Alice Dutilh |