522nd Field Artillery Battalion

The 522nd Field Artillery Battalion of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team was known for its outstanding firing speed and accuracy. Many of the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion men had backgrounds in science and engineering. They needed strong mathematical skills to calculate target distance, gun range, gun angle, and powder strength. In 1945, the 522nd was sent separately to Germany to pursue the hastily retreating German troops. They unknowingly stumbled into the sub-camps of the infamous Dachau death camp and helped to free survivors.

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img Captured German soldiers (ddr-densho-22-108)

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img 522nd Field Artillery Battalion (ddr-densho-22-5)

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doc Order to report (ddr-densho-22-88)

Clarence Matsumura's order to report for a preinduction physical

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-22-88/

img 522nd Field Artillery Battalion soldiers at Berghof (ddr-densho-22-449)

Berghof was Adolf Hitler's retreat above Berchtesgaden in the Bavarian Alps.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-22-449/

img 522nd Field Artillery Battalion in Munich (ddr-densho-22-104)

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doc Registration certificate (ddr-densho-22-86)

Clarence Matsumura's Selective Service registrion certificate

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img Victims, Dachau concentration camp (ddr-densho-22-2)

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img Survivors, Dachau concentration camp (ddr-densho-22-9)

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img 522nd Field Artillery Battalion sign in Donauworth (ddr-densho-22-74)

Caption in album: "Yes as we were here in Donauworth patrolling and cleaning up we were cleaning up what war had made. Not too unexpected had come the news that V-J Victory-Japan had come shortly after the hard fought V-E Victory-Europe day had come. We felt an excitement quite unexplainable but we worked as usuable [sic] …

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img Certificate of honorable discharge (ddr-densho-22-92)

Clarence Matsumura's certificate of honorable discharge from the Army.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-22-92/

doc Instructions for reporting (ddr-densho-22-91)

"Instructions for enlisted men granted delay enroute prior to reporting to AGF Replacement Depot No. 1, Fort George G. Meade, Maryland."

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img Victims, Dachau concentration camp (ddr-densho-22-12)

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img Clarence Matsumura (ddr-densho-22-98)

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img Clarence Matsumura standing next to a 522nd sign (ddr-densho-22-96)

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img Soldier in front of a road sign for Dachau (ddr-densho-22-106)

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img 522nd Field Artillery Battalion at the Eagle's Nest / Kehlsteinhaus (ddr-densho-22-131)

Soldiers of the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion posing at Hitler's retreat near Berchtesgaden, known as the Eagle's Nest in English and Kehlsteinhaus in German.

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img Soldier leaning against a Dachau sign (ddr-densho-22-105)

Melvin Hamamoto standing next to a road sign for Dachau.

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img 522nd Field Artillery Battalion soldiers at Berghof (ddr-densho-22-450)

Berghof was Adolf Hitler's retreat above Berchtesgaden in the Bavarian Alps.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-22-450/

img 522nd Field Artillery Battalion soldiers departing (ddr-densho-22-65)

Caption in album: "522nd FA Bn. Donauworth / As all good things must, end came by the point system the old timers made a departure for a well deserved home and a discharge. The new reinforcements and all the law pointers were."

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img 522nd Field Artillery Battalion soldier (ddr-densho-22-16)

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img Soldier at Camp Shelby [?] (ddr-densho-22-421)

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img 522nd Field Artillery Battalion in formation (ddr-densho-22-428)

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img Clarence Matsumura in Germany (ddr-densho-22-95)

Caption on reverse: "Pfc. Clarence Matsumura / Just relaxing in the snow / Aschelding, Germany / May 1, 1945 / Photo by: Nobuo Takamori."

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img Volunteers for the Military Intelligence Service (ddr-densho-22-79)

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 …

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img Clarence Matsumura and his family (ddr-densho-22-100)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-22-100/