Women's Army Corps/Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

img Five men eating (ddr-densho-466-312)

Caption on photo: Gramps KIA Man eating with a shovel is Yoshio "Gramps" Iwamasa.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-466-312/

img Ten soldiers sitting on hillside (ddr-densho-466-246)

Inscriptions on photo front: KIA Tak Ito / Yoshio Iwamasa KIA

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-466-246/

img Masao Murata in uniform (ddr-manz-4-20)

Caption: "To / Rev. Nagatomi / Sincerely yours, / Masao Murata / July 1st 1942."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-4-20/

vh Terry Aratani - Fred Matsumura - Kenneth Okuma - Henry Bruno Yamada Interview (ddr-densho-1000-3)

This interview centers on these individuals' military service during WWII as members of I Company, part of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, an all-Japanese American fighting unit and one of the most highly decorated military units in U.S. history. During this interview they discuss their experiences training at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, and fighting in Europe during …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-3/

img Woman poses in uniform (ddr-densho-368-532)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-368-532/

img Portrait of soldier (ddr-densho-368-151)

Portrait of Yoshio Oshiki

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-368-151/

img Soldier in field in front of tent (ddr-densho-368-270)

Caption: Somewhere in Italy. Back row, left to right: Ryo Shinoda, Taro Katajama (deceased), Josh Morimoto. Front row, left to right: Yosh Oshiki, William Iino, Willie Fujioka

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-368-270/

img Portrait of Woman (ddr-densho-368-581)

A portait of a woman in a military uniform.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-368-581/

img Soldier leaning against piller (ddr-densho-368-231)

Soldier of 442nd Regimental Combat Team. Written on front: To Bill/Your Pal/Yosh Oshiki/1944/France

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-368-231/

doc Nisei Vue Vol. 1 No. 2 (Summer, 1948) (ddr-densho-266-2)

Selected article titles: "Fukui Earthquake" (p. 5), "Canada Story" (p. 9), "Kawakita Case" (p. 13), United Veterans of Fresno (p. 16), Vanport Flood (p. 19), Good News from Washington (p. 21), The Unified Nisei Vote (p. 22), The Jacl Queen Contest (p. 23), Lilli Ann Oka (p. 28), Nisei Heroes Buried at Oka (p. 30), Care …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-266-2/

av Go For Broke (ddr-densho-1024-56)

See this item in the Digital Library of the Japanese American Incarceration Films at: https://archive.org/details/cubanc_000163.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1024-56/

av Archival Footage of Japanese American soldiers of the 442nd RCT and 100th Battalion (ddr-densho-1024-15)

See this item in the Digital Library of the Japanese American Incarceration Films at: https://archive.org/details/ajahp-VT_208.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1024-15/

av Voices Behind Barbed Wire (O'ahu Version) (ddr-densho-1024-43)

Short film that tells the story of Japanese Americans on O'ahu who were interned during World War II using a combination of contemporary interviews, historical photographs and footage, and historical reenactments. It is one of a series of four films produced by the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai'i about the internment experience in each of the …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1024-43/

av Yankee Samurai (ddr-densho-1024-44)

Israeli produced film on the exploits of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team told through archival footage, interviews, and contemporary footage of battle locations, including scenes of veterans returning to the Vosges Mountains in France for the unveiling of a monument. See this item in the Densho Resource Guide at: Yankee Samurai. See this item in …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1024-44/

av Go for Broke! (ddr-densho-1024-59)

1951 feature film that tells the story of 442nd Regimental Combat Team and that climaxes with the rescue of the "Lost Battalion." A popular and critical success, Go For Broke! represents a landmark in the representation of Japanese Americans in Hollywood films. The film focuses on the transformation of the initially bigoted Lt. Michael Grayson (played …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1024-59/

av Challenge to Democracy (Japanese Internment) (ddr-densho-1024-18)

See this item in the Digital Library of the Japanese American Incarceration Films at: https://archive.org/details/youtube-6RVMlu8nyWg.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1024-18/

av Honor Bound: A Personal Journey (ddr-densho-1024-24)

Documentary film that tells the story of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team through the story of one soldier, Haruo Howard "Howe" Hanamura, and his daughter, television reporter Wendy Hanamura, who travel to Europe in October 1994 for 50th anniversary ceremonies of the liberation of Bruyeres and Biffontaine by the 442nd. The film was produced by the …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1024-24/

img Nisei soldiers visiting Rome (ddr-densho-164-12)

Nisei soldier's caption: "Arch of Rome. The war bypassed this city, it being declared an open city." Arch in photograph is most likely the Porte d'Aix arch in Marseilles, France.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-164-12/

img 442nd 10th Anniversary Group Photograph (ddr-densho-363-340)

In the right hand corner of the photograph is etched "Honolulu T.H. July 20 1953". The stamp on the back of the photograph reads "House of Photography 1939-1 N. King Street Phone 82872".

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-363-340/

doc 442nd 10th Anniversary Reunion Booklet (ddr-densho-363-326)

Pat Kuroda and a friend attended the 10th Anniversary Reunion of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team in Hawaii. The front cover has several signatures from other attendees.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-363-326/

doc 442nd 10th Anniversary Reunion Program (ddr-densho-363-327)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-363-327/

doc 522nd Field Artillery unit (ddr-densho-122-871)

Notes about liberation of Dachau by the 522nd, personal information redacted

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-871/

av We the People (ddr-densho-1024-121)

In cooperation with the California Museum, the seven part series (which here appears as one video) was designed as an educational tool for the purpose of teaching what had happened to Japanese Americans during WWII. The series includes interviews with those who had been in the camps as children, along with historical research, photos and summary. …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1024-121/

doc 70th Anniversary of the Japanese Congregational Church (ddr-densho-474-53)

The Japanese Congregational Church's 70th Anniversary book traces the history of JCC within the context of national and local events.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-474-53/

av Going for Honor, Going for Broke (ddr-densho-1024-68)

Short 2006 documentary film that gives an overview of the 100th Infantry Battalion and 442nd Regimental Combat Team . Produced, written, directed, narrated & edited by George Toshio Johnston, he film was funded by a grant from the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program. See this item in the Densho Resource Guide at: Going for Honor, …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1024-68/

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