PARTNER

OBJECT ID

ddr-densho-107-36 (Legacy UID: denshopd-p107-00036)

PARENT COLLECTION

Matsumoto Collection

DESCRIPTION

Msgt Matsumoto transferred from Japan to Ryukyu Command, Okinawa, under U.S. jurisdiction until 1956. He was in charge of labor forces of more than 500 native Okinawans working for the Signal Corps on the island, in jobs such as construction crews, splicers, telephone operators, linesmen, radio repairmen, auto mechanics, kitchen personnel, office clerks, etc.

CONTRIBUTOR

Densho

PREFERRED CITATION

Courtesy of the Matsumoto Family Collection and the U.S. Army

RIGHTS