Bags of personal belongings being prepared for returning back to the US

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An Tech. Sergeant Melvin Clott of the Graves Registration Service labels bags (Personal Effects Bag, QMC Stock No. 27-B-250) before being sent to "Effects Quartermaster' Army Effects Bureau, Kansas City Quartermaster Depot, Kansas City, Missouri, ZI."

Each one contains the personal belongings of a US soldier fallen in battle, to be sent back to their next of kin.