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Nisei soldiers escorting captured Germans

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OBJECT ID

ddr-densho-37-21 (Legacy UID: denshopd-i37-00021)

PARENT COLLECTION

National Archives and Records Administration Collection

DESCRIPTION

Original caption: "German storm troopers surrender to rifleman of the 100th Infantry Battalion (Americans of Japanese ancestry), after a short but rather sharp exchange of fire. Fifth Army, Orciano area, Italy, July 15, 1944. According to Rudy Tokiwa, the soldier shown on the extreme right, the WRA caption is inaccurate. The captured Germans were not storm troopers. In addition, Tokiwa was actually a member of K Company, 3rd Battalion, of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team.

DATE

July 15, 1944

LOCATION

Orciano area, Italy

OBJECT GENRE

Photographs

OBJECT FORMAT

Still Image

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CONTRIBUTOR

Densho

PREFERRED CITATION

Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration

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