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Summary of the Fort McClellan, Alabama Incident (ddr-densho-122-875)
Re: incident when Japanese American troops refused to obey orders
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Mother's Day letter (ddr-densho-25-43)
In 1944, Matahichi and Kisa Iseri's son, Mitsuo (Mike) Iseri, was in the army and was stationed at Fort McClellan, Alabama.
Narrator Tetsuo Nomiyama
Kibei-Nisei male. Born January 20, 1916, in Alameda, California. At the age of five, family returned to live in Japan. Attended school in Japan before returning to the U.S. in 1937. Drafted into the U.S. Army, and was in training when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Resisted military orders while in basic training, …
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Single soldier (ddr-csujad-26-99)
A Japanese American soldier poses in front of a building in his gear and holds a rifle. Handwriting on front of photo reads, "To [Henry] and Bob, just tired 'doggie' [Vaj] Ft. Mc Clellan, Ala. 1944." Caption on back of photo reads, "If I look tired - I am or was. It was one of those …
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3rd Platoon Co. B (ddr-csujad-29-264)
Photograph of the 3rd Platoon,Company B- 34 Bn I.R.T.C. with 2nd Lt. Mortimer Rosenberg as the platoon leader and Sgt. Peter S. Aloisio as the platoon sergeant. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P207
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Recruit Training Command (RTC) unit 34A (ddr-densho-255-193)
Portrait of Recruit Training Command (RTC) unit 34A. Caption on front: "Co A-34 BN. Fort McClellan ALA. Nov. 44. Co-Com. Captain R.A. Merrill. 1st Sgt. J.H. Moser."
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Tetsuo Nomiyama Interview (ddr-densho-1000-279)
Kibei-Nisei male. Born January 20, 1916, in Alameda, California. At the age of five, family returned to live in Japan. Attended school in Japan before returning to the U.S. in 1937. Drafted into the U.S. Army, and was in training when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Resisted military orders while in basic training, …