Selective Service man of Japanese ancestry proudly looks over his daily rifle score record. Reception Center, Hawaii.
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Tommy Teraji of Los Angeles, Co. A of the 62nd Inf. Trng. Bn. is being thrown by Akira F. Shibukawa, Seattle, Washington, Co. A of the 62nd Inf. Trng. Bn., who is very well-trained in jujitsu. Camp Robinson, Arkansas, February 19, 1942.
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Japanese American Chaplain. This newly-commissioned U.S. Army Chaplain is Lieut. Hiro Higuchi, a native of Hawaii, of Japanese parentage. He is now in training at Harvard, and is the second chaplain of Japanese ancestry to receive a commission in the U.S. Army Chaplains Corps. Higuchi is 36, married, and has a seven year old son. He has attended Oberlin College and the University of Hawaii and California. He represents the Congregational Christian communion. 1943.
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Japanese Americans in Army Train to Avenge Pearl Harbor; 100th Infantry Battalion officers and some of the enlisted men are of Japanese ancestry. American citizens, born in the Hawaiian Islands of unquestioned loyalty and patriotism. Formerly part of The Hawaiian National Guard: Sgt. Hideo Kajikawa, right, supervises the work of, L to R, Cpls. Shigeru Oshita, Kazuo Serda, and Goro Kuwada. 1943.
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Japanese Americans in Army Train to Avenge Pearl Harbor; 100th Infantry Battalion Officers and some of the enlisted men are of Japanese ancestry. American citizens, born in the Hawaiian Islands of unquestioned loyalty and patriotism. Formerly part of The Hawaiian National Guard: Cpl. Toratsugu Ryusaki and Sgt. Masao Uehara working on the motor of a 5x6 Army truck. 1943.
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Japanese Americans in Army Train to Avenge Pearl Harbor; 100th Infantry Battalion officers and some of the enlisted men are of Japanese ancestry. American citizens, born in the Hawaiian Islands of unquestioned loyalty and patriotism. Formerly part of The Hawaiian National Guard: Sgt. Hideo Kajikawa, right, supervises the work of, L to R, Cpls. Shigeru Oshita, Kazuo Serda, and Goro Kuwada. 1943.
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Japanese-American Combat Team. At Camp Shelby, Mississippi, Americans of Japanese ancestry from California, Hawaii and other areas are undergoing intensive training as an Army combat team. One group of Japanese-Americans has already gone and seen action in the Mediterranean Theatre. These pictures show some of the phases of the training of the 442nd Combat Team at Camp Shelby: Infantry regiment band during the first formal review of the Japanese-American Combat Team at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. 1943
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Japanese-American Combat Team. At Camp Shelby, Mississippi, Americans of Japanese ancestry from California, Hawaii and other areas are undergoing intensive training as an Army combat team. One group of Japanese-Americans has already gone and seen action in the Mediterranean Theatre. These pictures show some of the phases of the training of the 442nd Combat Team at Camp Shelby: With rifles ready, these five men from Hawaii are prepared to cross the stream on a raft swung on cables and pulled by men in the water. On raft, left to right are: Pvt. Charles Ouija, Pvt. Francis Hirota, Sgt. Henry Yamane, Pvt. Fusao Hamada and Pvt. George Sunakoda. 1943.
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Sgt. A. Yoshimoto of California delivers mail to Pfc. Kiyoshi Miura, Ewa, 1 of 3 on the jeep.
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Japanese-American Infantrymen of the 100th Infantry Battalion, 34th Division, moving up to the front, on a dusty road in the Valletri area, Italy. May 28, 1944.
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Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson greets an American-Japanese Capt. of the 442nd Inf. on Rt. 68, north of Cecina. Fifth Army, Italy, July 6, 1944.
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A group of five Hawaiian-American soldiers of the 100th Inf. Bn., 442nd Inf. Regt., 34th Div., move up in the battle for Leghorn in a captured German jeep. American born Japanese composing the 442nd Inf. Regt., have established an outstanding record with the international Fifth Army – educated in West Coast schools, and numbering skilled technicians and professionals, it is a self-dependent unit highly respected by fighting men on the Italian front. Casterellina Sector, Italy, July 12, 1944.
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T/5 Thomas N. Goto, Paauilo, Hawaii, switching central operator, shown at a forward C.P., is ready to go on duty while other operators catch up on their sleep. American-born Japanese composing the 442nd Inf. Regt., 34th Div., have established an outstanding fighting record with the International Fifth Army – educated in West Coast schools, and numbering technicians and professionals, it is a streamlined fighting unit. Casterellina Sector, Italy, July 12, 1944.
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Americans of Japanese ancestry of the 100th Infantry Battalion, rest on a street in Leghorn, Italy, after a grueling Fifth Army advance, which terminated with the fall of this important seaport. 19 July 1944.
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Moving up steep hill towards Bruyeres. October 24, 1944.
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First Aid station. Belmont, France. October 29, 1944.
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Moving up steep hill towards Bruyeres. A Japanese soldier of the 7th Army, Battery A, 522nd FA, 442nd Combat Team in France, fits base plate to a 105 mm shell after propaganda pamphlets have been inserted. A small charge of powder in the projectile blows off base plate over enemy territory, allowing leaflets to drift to ground troops below.
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A Japanese-American soldier of the 7th Army, France, prepares to place propaganda leaflets in band of shell, which, when exploded over enemy territory, scatters them among ground troops below. 11/9/44
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Two color guards and color bearers of the Japanese-American 442nd Combat Team, stand at attention, while their citations are read. They are standing on ground in the Bruyeres area, France, where many of their comrades fell. 11/12/44
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Traffic moves over by-pass and fords the Frigido River on the outskirts of Massa. The by-pass was built by an Engr. Co. of the 442nd Regt. 4/13/45, Massa, Italy
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The 442nd Infantry Regiment band, the only Army musical organization whose members all are Americans of Japanese descent, plays for its regiment at a ceremony in Cecina, Italy. The band leader, M/Sgt. Jun Yamamoto, lives at 1214 Hayes St., Boise, Idaho. 7/30/44
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Pfc. Larry Imamura, of Kehaha, Kauai, Hawaii, a Japanese-American with the 442nd Combat Team of the 100th Infantry Bn., in bivouac in the Charmois area of France, writes a letter before meeting the Germans on the front lines for the first time. U.S. Seventh Army. 10/22/44
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Lt. Gen. Lucian K. Truscott, Jr., CG, U.S. Fifth Army,salutes after fastening the Presidential Distinguished Unit Citation Banner to the guidon of Co. L, 3rd Bn., 442nd Japanese-American Combat Team, at a ceremony at Leghorn, Italy. 9/4/45
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Units of the 2nd and 3rd Bns., 442nd Japanese-American Combat Team pass in review before Lt. Gen. Lucian K. Truscott, Jr., CG, U.S. Fifth Army , after he awarded them with the Presidential Distinguished Unit Citation at Yankee Stadium, Leghorn, Italy. 9/4/45
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Lt. Gen. Lucian K. Truscott, CG, U.S. Fifth Army, ties Presidential Citation ribbon on the guidon of the 442nd Infantry Regiment’s 3rd Battalion, during ceremonies at Peninsular Base Section, Yankee Stadium in Leghorn, Italy. Col. V.J. Miller, CO, 442nd Infantry Regiment, stands on Gen. Truscott’s left. 9/4/45
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2nd Bn., 442nd RCT, loading trucks as they prepare to move to new bivouac area.
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Japanese-American infantrymen hike up a muddy French road to their new bivouac area. 10/14/44 2nd Bn., 442nd Combat Team, Chambois Sector, France.
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Studying a map of their new bivouac area at a roadside are l/r: 2nd Lt. Edward E. Androvette, Mountain Lakes, N.J., 2nd Lt. Robert H. Foote, Hebron, Conn., S/Sgt. Min Shumida, Los Angeles, Calif., and Sgt. Minoru A. Ikehara of Honolulu, T.H. 10/13/44. 2nd Bn., 442nd Combat Team, Chambois Sector, France.
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Pfc. Robert N. Maeda, Waipahu, Oahu, Hawaii, munches a candy bar as he waits with Pfc. Lawson I. Sakai, Grand Junction, Colo., for transportation to a new bivouac area in France, 10/14/44. 2nd Bn., 442nd Combat Team, Chambois Sector, France.
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The members of the Free French of the interior, act as guides for men of the Japanese-American Combat Team in France. 2nd Lt. Arthur McColl of Chicago, Ill., (not in the picture,) stands in front of a jeep driven by Pfc William I. Soma, of Kealia, Hawaii. 10/14/44 2nd Bn., 442nd Combat Team, Chambois Sector, France.
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Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark, C.G. of the 5th Army, pinning ribbon awards to each member of the 100th Infantry Battalion, to designate the Presidential Citation awarded to the unit consisting of Americans of Japanese decent. Vada Area, Italy. 27 July 1944
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S/Sgt. Wallace Maeda, Supply Sergeant of Company F, 2nd Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment. Sergeant Maeda, a Japanese in the U.S. Army, served two years in the U.S. Army before Pearl Harbor. 1943
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Men of the Japanese-American Squad of soldiers doing correctly in using natural foliage, take a position behind the embankment, in mock maneuvers preparatory to real fighting against the Germans. 12 Oct 1943.
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Pfc. Arthur Shinyama, Japanese-American soldier of the 100th Battalion, 133rd Infantry, a B.A.R. gunner in position ready to fire, in mock maneuvers preparatory to going out on actual combat duty against the Germans. 12 Oct 1943.
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Crouched low to avoid detection by the enemy, the Japanese-American reconnaissance party of the 100th Battalion, 133rd Infantry, advance on snipers shack in mock maneuvers preparatory to actual combat against the Germans. 12 Oct 1943.
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Americans of Japanese descent of the 442nd Combat Team, 100th Infantry Battalion, in bivouac prepare to go into the front lines for their first contact with Germans in France. WO(JG) James N. Yamamoto, Denver, Colo., and Sgt. Ted. T. Yamate, Ka Pa, Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, with the Headquarters’ pet pigeon. Seventh Army 12 Oct 1944.
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Americans of Japanese descent of the 442nd Combat Team, 100th Infantry Battalion, in bivouac prepare to go into the front lines for their first contact with Germans in France. Sgt. Ted T. Yamate, Kapa, Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, and WO(JG) James N. Yamamoto, Denver, Colo., with the Headquarters’ pet pigeon. Seventh Army 7 Oct 1944.
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Americans of Japanese descent of the 442nd Combat Team, 100th Infantry Battalion, in bivouac prepare to go into the front lines for their first contact with the Germans in France. They line up for chow in the field. Seventh Army. 12 Oct 1944.
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Americans of Japanese descent of the 442nd Combat Team, 100th Infantry Battalion, in bivouac prepare to go into front lines for their first contact with the Germans in France. They play cribbage while awaiting orders. Seventh Army. 7 Oct 1944.
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Americans of Japanese descent of the 442nd Combat Team, 100th Inf. Bn., in bivouac prepare to go into front lines for their first contact with the Germans in France. Here Pfc. Billy S. Takaezu, 1254 Hall St., Honolulu, hangs out his laundry to dry. U.S. Seventh Army. 12 Oct 1944.
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Firing the 105-mm howitzer in the battle for Leghorn are Gunner Cpl. Edward Nakamura, Honolulu, T.H., and Cannoneer Pfc. George Tanna, Honolulu, T.H., American-born Japanese members of the 442nd Inf. Regt., 34th Division. U.S. Fifth Army. 12 July 1944.
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In the Fire Direction Center of the 522nd Field Artillery, 442nd Inf. Regt., 34th Division, Lt. George S. Meany, Greenwich, Conn., left, works with his Japanese American crew. In the center is T/Sgt. Shuichi Sakamoto, Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii, calculating vertical control and S/Sgt. Yuki Amaki, Modesto, Calif., at the horizontal control, for massing artillery fire on the enemy. The 442nd Inf. Regt. includes American-born Japanese who are skilled technicians. U.S. Fifth Army. 12 July 1944.
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Castrellina, Italy. Tec 5 William Hirata, Honolulu, Hawaii, 522nd Field Artillery Bn., 442nd Inf. Regt., 34th Division, and Lorenzo Riba, Italian soldier, right, 11th Pack Mule Co., 34th Division, are comrades-in-arms. U.S. Fifth Army. 12 July 1944
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S/Sgt. Arata Kimura, San Jose, Calif., 522nd Field Artillery Bn., 442 Inf. Regt., 34th Division, observer, left, and cub pilot Lt. Joseph C. Polancii, Winnsboro, La., (Monroe Papers) confer before taking off from a forward airstrip. U.S. Fifth Army. 12 July 1944.
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At an aid station in a wine cellar, Capt. J. Kimura of Berkeley, Calif., lances an infected finger for Pvt. Claude Lunn of Willsville, New York, right, while Tec 5 George Kobayashi of Honolulu, T.H., holds a flashlight. All are of the 442nd Inf. Regt., 34th Division. U.S. Fifth Army.
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At a forward command post, Pfc. Bob T. Nakamura of Oahu, Hawaii, 442 Inf. Regt., 34th Division, makes sure that he will not lose his laundry by hanging it on a jeep. U.S. Fifth Army. 12 July 1944.
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Capt. George Takahashi, San Mateo, Calif., 442nd Inf. Regt., 34th Div., calms an aching tooth for Pvt. James Hoshi, Los Angeles, Calif., 522nd Field Artillery, assisted by Tec 5 Abraham Tokioka of Honolulu, T.H., who holds a flashlight. The scene is in a wine cellar of a recently evacuated German command post. U.S. Fifth Army. 12 July 1944.
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Cpl. Edward Nakamura, Honolulu, T.H., gunner, No. 1 Cannoneer; Pvt. Suehiko Yoshida, Puunene, T.H., No. 2 Cannoneer; and Pfc. Mamoru Yonashiro, Oahu, T.H., telephone operator, all of 522nd Field Artillery, 442nd Inf. Regt., 34th Division, l. to r., are at a 105-mm howitzer firing at the enemy in the battle for Leghorn. 12 July 1944 U.S. Fifth Army.
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Moving into the center of Livorno are troops of the 100th Japanese American Infantry Bn., 34th Inf. Div., in a 6x6 truck. 5A. 19 July 1944.
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American troops of Japanese descent of the 100th Inf. Bn., 34th Division, U.S. Fifth Army, peer through glasses from the flag-bedecked city hall of Santa Luce to the level country ahead, before the gates of Leghorn, Italy. Santa Luce has just fallen to the Allies. 14 July 1944 U.S. Fifth Army.
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Pfc. Genkichi Akamine, Honolulu, T.H., a sniper with the 100th Inf. Bn., 34th Div., is a typical American of Japanese descent. A native of Hawaii, he has three years service in the U.S. Army, and has fought through the entire Italian Campaign, just ending 16 days of hill fighting in the battle for Leghorn. He wears a helmet with a flap at the back to keep rain and dampness out at night in the foxhole. U.S. Fifth Army. 15 July 1944.
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The choir is singing “Abide in Me” at the memorial ceremony for the 72 members of the 2nd Bn., 442nd Inf. Regt., all Americans of Japanese descent, who gave their lives since the Regiment went into action against the Germans in Italy. They are, l. to r., Tec 4 Howard S. Sakura, Seattle, Wash.; Tec 5 Edward T. Kanaya, Honolulu, Hawaii, T.H.; Pfc. Ted K. Ohira, Makaweli, Kauai, T.H.; and Pfc. Calvin I. Yasuhara, Hilo, Hawaii. 30 July 1944.
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Rookuro Moriguchi, an American of Japanese descent, 100th Inf. Bn., Honolulu, Hawaii, fires his M-1 into hills reported active with German snipers. The mortar bursts appear on the hill skyline in the distance. 7 August 1944.
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Gen. Mark W. Clark, CG of the Fifteenth Army Group (touring the 92nd Division Area) welcomes the men of the 442nd Regiment, and the 100th Battalion, who are now under his command. General Clark formerly commanded them while he was CG of the Fifth Army, and they were then with the 34th Division. Fifth Army. 3 April 1945.
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Brescia Area, Italy
Confiscated material goes into a trailer which is run down a line of material at the Fifth Army Concentration Area. L to R: Pvt. George Masushige, Company C, 100th Battalion, 442nd Infantry Regiment, of Poston, Arizona and Pfc. Masao Iraha of Company D, 100th Battalion, 442nd Infantry Regiment of Honolulu, Hawaii. Fifty Army. 18 May 1945
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S/Sgt. George Y. Fujino, Los Angeles, Calif., of Company “C”, 100th Battalion, of the 442nd Infantry Regiment, looks over German clothing and equipment at the Fifth Army enemy concentration area. 18 May 1945.
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The Germans brought with them their own horse-drawn field kitchens, to the Fifth Army enemy concentration area. Here, Pfc. Genzo Toguchi, Headquarters Company, 100th Battalion, 442nd Infantry Regiment of Honolulu, Hawaii and Sgt. Seisaburo Taba, Headquarters Company, 100th Battalion, 442nd Infantry Regiment, also of Honolulu, inspecting a German kitchen. Fifth Army. 18 May 1945.
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Brescia Area, Italy
Pfc. Yoshito, Hilo, Hawaii, of Company "L", 3rd Battalion, 442nd Infantry Regiment, stands guard at the headquarters building of the Fifth Army enemy concentration area. He is an American of Japanese descent. 21 May 1945
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S. Agata Di Goti, Italy
2nd Lt. Hideo Kaichi, 2nd Lt. Yutaka K. Yoshida, and 2nd Lt. Nobuo F. Tanigawa, all from the Hawaiian Islands and veterans of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, just after they received their bars after completing the twelve-week course at the Leadership and Battle School. 14 July 1945
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Pfc. Tom Masamori, Santa Cruz, Calif., 442nd Japanese American Combat Team, sings “God Bless America,” during Salerno Day Ceremony, the day that the Fifth Army became inoperational in the MTO, after two years of operations which ended in victory. Fifth Army. 9 Sept 1945.
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File of Japanese-American Infantrymen moves past wooded area. 24 Oct 1944.
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France
Japanese-American soldiers of Battery A, 522nd Field Artillery, 442nd Combat Team, place projectile in shell casing preparatory to firing. 9 Nov. 1944
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St. Die Area, France. A Japanese-American soldier talks to a buddy through the observation port of a well camouflaged fox-hole. This unit, comprised of Japanese-Americans, are holding a section of the front line. Company “F”, 2nd Battalion, 442nd Regiment, (Combat Team). 13 Nov 1944
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Japanese-American soldiers in the anti-tank company of (4th SC 942-43-128-2) the combat team easing a gun off the bank of a stream to ferry it across on three steel cables. Swimmers in the water below will haul on a line in the water to move the gun. 1st Lt. Charles W. Tayman, Commanding Officer of the company is seen in the foreground, left of the tree. 6 Sept 1943.
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Cecina Area, Italy
The 2nd Battalion of the 442nd Inf. Regt., an American-Japanese unit, gathers in a memorial service for their comrades who have died in combat. Lt. Col. James M. Hanley, Commander, addresses the battalion. 5th Army. 1944
