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88 items
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Soldiers taking a break during basic training (ddr-densho-22-490)
Group of soldiers eating watermelon during a break.
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Soldier standing in front of a 442nd sign (ddr-densho-22-475)
Sign reads "Headquarters Company 442nd Infantry Combat Team."
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Basic training (ddr-densho-114-169)
Basic training at Camp Shelby. Nisei soldiers throwing fragmentation grenades.
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Basic training (ddr-densho-114-171)
Basic training at Camp Shelby. Firing Browning 30-Calibre heavy meachine gun.
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Hand grenade drill (ddr-densho-37-754)
Original WRA caption: Hand grenade drill. A company of Japanese-American soldiers are here shown throwing hand grenades into an open trench. The 442nd combat team at Camp Shelby is composed entirely of Americans of Japanese descent who volunteered for service in the armed forces. This unit of approximately 8000 men is undergoing intensive training in all …
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George Sunada (ddr-densho-415-1)
Black and white full body photograph of George Sunada in uniform standing outside with military barracks in the background.
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Group photo outside barracks (ddr-densho-466-938)
Caption below photo on album page: Co. A 442nd in Cp. Shelby
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Group of five men standing by sign (ddr-densho-466-342)
Caption below photo on album page: 1944 Camp Shelby
Narrator John Kanda
Nisei male. Born July 10, 1925, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in the Thomas-Auburn area of Washington. Following Executive Order 9066, family was removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center, then to Tule Lake concentration camp in California. Later transferred to Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Volunteered as a replacement for the 100th/442nd Regimental Combat Team and trained …