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Description
Propulsion school required the completion of a hand-tool and the participant made the pliers. Made of metal in good, functional condition. Handmade by Burdell Draper. Participant ID_00054, Object ID_00184
Keywords
Military, Non-Combatant; Military
Collection Site
Wendover
Copyright
CC-BY-NC
Collection Date
11-5-2022
War Era
Vietnam
Recommended Citation
Bringing War Home, "Handmade Pliers" (2022). Bringing War Home Collection. 55.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/bwh_collection/55
Object Story
The pliers were made in Great Lakes, Illinois, in 1968 by the participant, who created a keepsake with the photographs from his class so they become heirlooms. They become something with a story, not just junk in a drawers.