“Killed in action” soldier's personal effects bag, issued to the US Army Graves Registration Service personnel during WWII. Made of light khaki linen, the pocket, fitted with a drawcord closure, was intended to hold the few things left by military men fallen in the fightings, or died in hospital as a consequence of injuries or diseases. Sewn to the pouch, a square patch in waxed cotton allowed the funeral services official to record the identification details of the fallen, death's circumstances, in addition to burial site and next of kin's address, to which, mercifully, forward the personal effects. Fund of store, the bag, historical find of the strongest emotional impact, comes today as a crude witness of the price of freedom.