While a prisoner of war, Andrew H. Hines, Jr. kept a diary chronicling his experiences from capture to liberation. He handwrote the diary on the back of cigarette packages and obtained a metal can which another POW fashioned into a case to hold the diary. The can was flattened with improvised “hinges” that held the pages together. The initial “H” is inscribed on the cover.

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