Monument to 54 Nisei War Dead Erected

[Photo caption]: IN MEMORIAM: A crane lowered into position at Lake View Cemetery a granite memorial to 54 Seattle Nisei war dead.

A 15-ton granite monument commemorating the gallantry of 54 Seattle Nisei who gave their lives in the Second World War was assembled yesterday in Lake View Cemetery.

Hewn from rainbow granite in Gold Springs, Minn., the 20-foot, 8-inch monument was transported here on a railroad flatcar.

Inscribed on the granite are the names of the 54 Nisei war dead and the far places where they died: Naples-Foggia, Rome-Arno, the Rhineland, North Apennines, Po Valley, the Aleutians, Guadalcanal, India-Burma, Leyte and the Ryukyus.

Below are the words of Franklin D. Roosevelt:

"Americanism is a matter of the mind and heart. Americanism is not, and never was, a matter of race or ancestry."

A simplified design of the United States shield tops the monument. On one side of the shield, in granite, are leaves of the tropical breadfruit tree. On the other are leaves of the pomegranate tree, such as are found on many Italian battlefields.

The monument was erected in the Japanese section of the cemetery. It was purchased through the Seattle Monument Company with funds raised by the Nisei war-memorial committee.

The monument will be dedicated Memorial Day.