Ben Kuroki
Object Details
- associated person
- Chase, Joseph Cummings
- Chase, Joseph Cummings
- artist
- Chase, Joseph Cummings
- Description
- Oil on illustration board in a card board frame. Portrait of Sergeant Ben Kuroki. Army Service Ribbons for Decorations and Medals include: American Campaign, European-African Middle Eastern Campaign with four gold oak leaf clusters, Good Conduct Medal, unknown medal (alternating bands of yellow and light blue), Air Medal with four gold oak leaf clusters, and Asiatic-Pacific Campaign with two gold leaf clusters. Army Aviation Bage includes the Aerial Gunner Badge. Kuroki wears a Air Force Presidential Unit Citation above his right breast pocket. He wears two 8th AF insignia and two Technical Sergeant 2d Grade patches on both sleeves. Kuroki wears a gold ring on his right hand and is sitting in a chair.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Joseph Cummings Chase
- 1945
- associated date
- 1941 - 1945
- ID Number
- AF.47012
- catalog number
- 47012
- accession number
- 166217
- Object Name
- Painting
- Physical Description
- oil (overall production method/technique)
- illustration board (overall material)
- cardboard (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 30 in x 24 in; 76.2 cm x 60.96 cm
- See more items in
- Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
- Military
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- related event
- World War II
- Record ID
- nmah_447690
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-8b15-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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