Box, Cartridge
Object number2017.121.3
Datec. 1965
MediumMetal; Rubber; Paint
Credit LineIn memory of John Rush
DescriptionRectangular olive drab painted metal cartridge box. Handle on top. Clamshell lid with hinge along one short side and flip closure clasp on opposite short side. Painted yellow text. Underside of lid has black rubber gasket around perimeter.DimensionsHeight x Width x Length (Closed): 7.25 × 3.813 × 11 in. (18.4 × 9.7 × 27.9 cm)Height x Width x Length (Open): 10.75 × 3.813 × 22.75 in. (27.3 × 9.7 × 57.8 cm)
InscriptionsPainted yellow text on one long face "200 CARTRIDGES / 7.62 MM NATO 0 M82 / CARTONS [two symbols] M 13 / LOT LCL 12737" and top has two painted yellow symbols.
MarksRaised text along bottom of short side with hinge reads "EMCO".
Historical NotesPart of a Vietnam War collection of John J. Rush. John Rush was born in Allegheny General Hospital in 1946 and grew up in Ross Township until the age of 7, when his parents moved to Brighton Heights. He attended the Connelly Votech School for plumbing, graduating in 1964. After spending some time delivering dog food, he was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1965 and spent from July 1966 to July 1967 in the 4th Infantry Division (called Ivy Leaf division), 2nd Brigade in Vietnam as a SP4. In November 1967 he was transferred to USAR Control Group in St. Louis until his discharge in 1971. In 1992, he applied for a Purple Heart for injuries he sustained in Vietnam and received the award (he fractured three vertebrae while exiting a helicopter that was under fire when he had to drop twenty feet with his pack on). After Vietnam he worked for Continental Baking in Pittsburgh for 23 years, then retired from Celone Bread Company at the age of 55. He died in 2016 from Soft Tissue Sarcoma of the nerve sheath caused from exposure to Agent Orange while in Vietnam.
Previous owner
John Joseph Rush
(1946 - 2016)
Related institution
United States Army
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4th Infantry Division
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6th Cavalry Regiment
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Connelly Votech School
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Continental Baking Company
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Cellone's Italian Bread Company
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