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TITLE
Hawaiian shirt
 
DESCRIPTION
Hawaiian shirt

Japanese calligraphy and figures of soldiers in combat, symbols and references to Military Intelligence Service (MIS).
 
CONTEXT
Given to donor's father, Director of MIS Col. Joseph K. Dickey. Col. Dickey started MIS at the Presidio, later moved it (under pressure) to a work camp in Minnesota for homeless men, Camp Savage.
 
CREDIT
Courtesy of Nancy Dickey Harding
 
DATE
ca. 1942