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450 items
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Man and woman holding hands in park (ddr-densho-368-180)
Soldier of 442nd Regimental Combat Team
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Three soldiers kneeling along garden path (ddr-densho-368-220)
Soldiers of 442nd Regimental Combat Team
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Soldiers standing on steps outside building (ddr-densho-368-183)
Soldiers of 442nd Regimental Combat Team
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Soldiers sitting on railing of boardwalk near waterfront (ddr-densho-368-236)
Soldiers of 442nd Regimental Combat Team
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Bill and Child Sitting (ddr-densho-368-732)
Photograph of two people. From left to right: unidentified child and Bill Iino.
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Two soldiers walking down garden path (ddr-densho-368-192)
Soldiers of 442nd Regimental Combat Team
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Nisei soldier on the front lines (ddr-densho-114-36)
Original caption: Japanese-American soldier armed with a bazooka, stands guard in the woods near the front lines, he is being relieved by a member of the 442nd Infantry Regiment, Combat Team, 2nd Battalion, H Co., St. Die Area, France. 17 Nov 1944.
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Nisei soldiers standing at attention (ddr-densho-114-163)
Original caption: Two Color guards and color bearers of the Japanese-American 442nd Combat Team, stand at attention while their citations are read. They are standing on ground, in the Bruyeres Area, France, where many of their comrades fell. 12 November 1944.
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Nisei mortar crew (ddr-densho-114-21)
Original caption: A Japanese-American mortar crew at their position, somewhere in France. One of the crew drops an 81 mm shell into the barrel of the mortar. Combat team, 2nd Bn., H Co. 11/17/44. 442nd Regt. St. Die area.
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Lost Battalion Plaque (ddr-densho-368-597)
The Plaque reads "To the 442nd Infantry Regiment with deep sincerity and upmost appreciation for the gallant fight to effect our rescue after we had been isolated for seven days. 1st Bn.. 141st Infantry Regiment Biffonlaine, France From 24th to 30th October 1944".
Narrator George T. "Joe" Sakato
Nisei male. Born February 19, 1921, in Colton, California. In 1942, moved with family to Glendale, Arizona, during the "voluntary evacuation" period. Volunteered for the military and served with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team as a replacement troop. Fought in Italy and France in 1944, and was the recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross, which was …
Narrator Larry R. Pacheco
White male. Born November 4, 1922, in San Jose, California. Drafted into the military after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. During World War II, served as a military police guard at the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Shipped overseas, and was captured in France as a prisoner of war and held in Germany. After completing military service, …
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Dwight D. Eisenhower bidding good luck to paratroopers headed to France (ddr-njpa-1-223)
Caption on reverse: "6/10/44. U.S. Gen. Eisenhower Bids Good Luck to Paratroopers Leaving for France. U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower (hands in pockets), Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force, talks informally with a corporal in an American paratroop unit about to be flown over northern France for landings near German objectives, on June 6, 1944. …
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Genro Kashiwa Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-395-8)
Combat in France: encountering the enemy and being "wounded"
This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the …
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Larry R. Pacheco Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-397-9)
Being captured along with unit in France
This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.
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Kazuo Yamane Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1007-9-11)
Volunteering for a special mission in France
This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.
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Command post on the front lines (ddr-densho-114-74)
Original caption: St. Die Area, France. A Japanese-American unit moves into a new command post which was built for them by the U.S. Army Engineers. This unit is holding a strategic front line position. Company "F", 2nd Battalion, 442nd Regiment (Combat Team). 13 Nov 1944.
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Nisei machine gunner on front lines (ddr-densho-114-90)
Original caption: St. Die Area, France. A Japanese-American machine gunner keeps himself ready for a sight of a German. His unit composed, entirely of Japanese-Americans, are holding a section of the front lines. Company F. 2nd Battalion, 442nd Regiment (Combat Team). 13 Nov 1944.