Mandolin
SSgt. Ernest F. Smith taught himself to play this mandolin while he was a prisoner of the Germans during World War II. He got it in a trade with a guard and used music to boost camp morale. Smith was shot down in May 1944 and was freed at the end of the war in May 1945. He was a member of the 452nd Heavy Bomb Group. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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