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Once, this training fuse safely simulated a Vietnam-era fragmentation grenade. Now the object is used for those practicing drawing in Fine Arts classes at IU South Bend.

Airplane and decorations made of ammunition, probably from World War II.
Loaned by Dr. Dave Vollrath (IU South Bend faculty)

75mm brass cartridge commemorating the Battle of Soissons (France) during World War I.
Loaned by Dr. Dave Vollrath (IU South Bend faculty)

Like many soldiers, US Marine Corps Corporal Donald Alfred Herrick wrote a letter to home before being shipped off to France in World War I. The artist pulled out and expanded certain passages written by her grandfather that would have carried…

US Air Force, Second Gulf War, 2009-2010
Worn by Corporal TJ Miller (IU South Bend student)

US Army, Cold War, 1982-1992
Worn by Captain Robert J. Girod (IU South Bend faculty)

US Navy, Vietnam War, 1969-1971
Worn by Leading Petty Officer Ralph Bakle

US Army, World War I, France, ca. 1914-1918
Worn by Private First Class Robert Girod

US Army, Second Gulf War, 2003
Used by Sargent Rhiannon Carlson (IU South Bend staff)

US Army, Cold War, 1982-1992
Worn by Captain Robert J. Girod (IU South Bend faculty)