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Soldiers (ddr-densho-22-61)
img Soldiers (ddr-densho-22-61)
Caption in album: "T/5 Virgil Wistdal / T/4 Henry Sakaguchi / T/4."
View down the Autobahn (ddr-densho-22-35)
img View down the Autobahn (ddr-densho-22-35)
Caption in album: "Just after the war the Auto Bahn [sic] was mainly an army road but a few civilian cars was seen used by some forces. Here is pictured the mid section with trees which was laid across road to blockade the highway as the Germans made their retreat."
Trees covered in snow (ddr-densho-22-42)
img Trees covered in snow (ddr-densho-22-42)
Caption in album: "Snow makes a nice picture on trees. This just after a dry snow fall."
Home used by the 442nd radio section (ddr-densho-22-43)
img Home used by the 442nd radio section (ddr-densho-22-43)
Caption in album: "This house we had the radion section in the second floor. A farm town where we had a position. The home we used as it is the most unlikely target the retreating German Army artillery will fire upon."
Picking fruit in a tree (ddr-densho-22-32)
img Picking fruit in a tree (ddr-densho-22-32)
Caption in album: "As spring came and summer and leaves bloomed on trees we waited and saw some trees later bear fruit. This is the only kind of fresh fruit we ever got during the war. For fresh vegetables we traded cigarettes with some German farmer. [?] are made vegetable stew or broth without meat."
Volunteers for the Military Intelligence Service (ddr-densho-22-77)
img Volunteers for the Military Intelligence Service (ddr-densho-22-77)
Caption in album: "Volunteers please / Just prior to V-J day came a survey of Volunteers was made for the Camp Savage (later Fort Snelling) language school for men to ship to go to school and on to Japan to fight. Here the two above photos show as the volunteers were made ready to leave for …
Clarence Matusmura with German girls (ddr-densho-22-72)
img Clarence Matusmura with German girls (ddr-densho-22-72)
Caption in album: "During the last of the war it was still against regulations for fraternization but here during my off guard time I sat showing these young German girls a Life magazine."
442nd snowed in (ddr-densho-22-41)
img 442nd snowed in (ddr-densho-22-41)
Caption in album: "In 1945 about March we had a sudden cold spell. In March during the cold spell we had a snow storm. The snow brought on other difficulties. As we were on the final drive of the war."
Ice skating at an American Red Cross Club (ddr-densho-22-55)
img Ice skating at an American Red Cross Club (ddr-densho-22-55)
Caption in album: "American Red Cross Clubs found at any large city of any U.S. occupied zones or Allied territory was a haven of rest for the tired G.I. as well as a place of rest recreation and fun. Free doughnuts and coffee. Cokes 1/2 mark, snack bars, ping pong. Music and American fun."
Lt. Col. Baya M. Harrison (ddr-densho-22-27)
img Lt. Col. Baya M. Harrison (ddr-densho-22-27)
Caption in album: "LT. Col. Baya M. Harrison / A practicing lawyer in civilian life. / 522md Bn C.O."
Ice skating at an American Red Cross Club (ddr-densho-22-56)
img Ice skating at an American Red Cross Club (ddr-densho-22-56)
Caption in album: "American Red Cross Clubs found at any large city of any U.S. occupied zones or Allied territory was a haven of rest for the tired G.I. as well as a place of rest recreation and fun. Free doughnuts and coffee. Cokes 1/2 mark, snack bars, ping pong. Music and American fun."
442nd Regimental Combat Team plaque (ddr-densho-22-28)
img 442nd Regimental Combat Team plaque (ddr-densho-22-28)
Caption in album: "This plaque was presented to the 442nd for their rescue of the Lost Battalion of World War II."
442nd soldiers cooking C rations (ddr-densho-22-31)
img 442nd soldiers cooking C rations (ddr-densho-22-31)
Caption in album: "At times chow wasn't so good as we got our share of 'C' rations most often. Breakfast, dinner, supper day after day. But when you work hard you get hungry and when you are hungry you can eat anything. Here we heat up a C ration in our mess gear. On the rear …
Disabled German plane on the Autobahn (ddr-densho-22-39)
img Disabled German plane on the Autobahn (ddr-densho-22-39)
Caption in album: "On the Auto Bahn [sic] between Munich to Augsburg many sections were used for airports and planes hid in the trees of the along the road forests."
A plane next to the Autobahn (ddr-densho-22-34)
img A plane next to the Autobahn (ddr-densho-22-34)
Caption in album: "Some sections of the German super highway called the Auto Bahn [sic]. The highway was very equal to some of the U.S. double high speed roads."
View down a street in Germany (ddr-densho-22-78)
img View down a street in Germany (ddr-densho-22-78)
Caption in album: "Volunteers please / Just prior to V-J day came a survey of Volunteers was made for the Camp Savage (later Fort Snelling) language school for men to ship to go to school and on to Japan to fight. Here the two above photos show as the volunteers were made ready to leave for …
Lister bag (ddr-densho-22-30)
img Lister bag (ddr-densho-22-30)
Caption in album: "Here is a lister bag where all water is treated before you drink. Halazone tablets we used during the war. In more permanent positions these bags are set up. You absolutely do not drink untreated water."
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