A mother receiving posthumous medal

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OBJECT ID

ddr-densho-114-128 (Legacy UID: denshopd-i114-00128)

PARENT COLLECTION

Seattle Nisei Veterans Committee Collection

DESCRIPTION

Original caption: Honolulu, T.H. Mrs. Shizuko Kina receives the Silver Star Medal posthumously awarded her brother, Pfc. Tomaki Shimabukuro, during a ceremony at 1965 South King Street, Honolulu, T.H. The presentation, by Chaplain Corwin H. Olds, CPBC, is made for gallantry in action with the 2nd Bn., 442nd Reg. Combat Team, near Bruyeres, France, on October 20, 1944. 25 August 1945.

DATE

August 25, 1945

LOCATION

Honolulu, Hawaii

OBJECT GENRE

Photographs

OBJECT FORMAT

Still Image

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CONTRIBUTOR

Densho

PREFERRED CITATION

Courtesy of the Seattle Nisei Veterans Committee and the U.S. Army

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