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Photo of man in uniform lying on cot (ddr-densho-399-20)
Yuichi 'Lou' Sumi / Colonel (1951-1952) / 514th Ordinance Medium Automotive Maintenance Company France
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Portrait of Edouard Herriot (ddr-njpa-1-631)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Edouard Herriot (No. 3,567). Current Prime Minister of France."
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Nisei soldiers in jeep (ddr-densho-114-88)
Original caption: FRANCE. A jeep mounted with a heavy machine gun battles the mud of a French road as it pulls a trailer. Japanese-American troops of the 2nd Bn. 442nd Combat Team, fight in France. 13 October 1944.
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Nisei soldiers (ddr-densho-114-127)
Original captions: France. A Japanese-American Combat Team moves through town. 23 Oct 1944.
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Postcard from Sgt. Frank Honda to Iku Morita (ddr-densho-497-6)
Postcard of Marseille, France. Highlighting N.D. de la Garde, Palais Longchamp, and Pont Transbordeur.
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William Iino in front of statue in Nice, France (ddr-densho-368-275)
Written on front: To dearest mother & father/Love, Billy. Written on back: Southern France
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Portrait of a Solider with Pipe (ddr-densho-368-582)
The inscription on the portrait reads "To Taro, Always a friend, Mitsuo France 1944".
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Portrait of a young man (ddr-densho-368-531)
The inscription on the photograph reads "To Taro Your friend Ryo Joe Yordoro France 1944"
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Monument du Centenaire (ddr-densho-368-550)
Two Japanese American soldiers pose in front of the Mounment du Centenaire in Nice, France.
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Nisei soldier holding a French child (ddr-densho-164-68)
Nisei soldier's caption: Savage Tanaka. Nice, France. A city known as Miami or LA of France with a tropical climate, vegetables grown the year round. Center of perfume industry with most manufactured at Grasse some 20 miles away. Beautifult resorts by the beach.
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Memorial Day services (ddr-densho-114-162)
Original caption: Japanese-American soldiers of the 442nd Regiment Combat Team, 2nd Battalion, salute as the American national anthem is played at the finale of the Memorial Day services held at the front, in France. Seventh Army. 11/11/44. Fay's area, France.
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William Leahy arriving in France (ddr-njpa-1-841)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Ambassador to France Leahy Arrives. (Vichy) Domei. [illegible] new American ambassador to France Admiral William Leahy arrived in Vichy on January 17 and met with Chief of State Petain and engaged in important discussion. Photograph: (from left) General Pierre Flandin, Marshal Petain, Ambassador Leahy. [Stamped] February 5, 1941."
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Nisei soldiers on the move (ddr-densho-114-40)
Original caption: Bruyeres, France. File of Japanese-American Infantrymen moves past wooded area. 24 Oct 1944.
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A treat for wounded American soldiers (ddr-densho-368-692)
A photograph from a newspaper featuring an actress passing out cookies on a hospital train in France.
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Soldier leaning against piller (ddr-densho-368-231)
Soldier of 442nd Regimental Combat Team. Written on front: To Bill/Your Pal/Yosh Oshiki/1944/France
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Two Nisei soldiers (ddr-densho-114-38)
Original caption: Pfc Robert N. Maeda, left, Waipahu, Oahu, Hawaii, munches a candy bar as he waits with Pfc Lawson I. Sakai, of Grand Junction, Colo., for transportation to a new bivouac area in France. 10/14/44. 2nd Bn., 442nd Combat Team, Chambois Sector. France.
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442nd Regimental Combat Team soldier in action (ddr-densho-114-26)
Original caption: Japanese-American infantrymen move into action in a hilly sector of France. 10/24/44. Bruyeres.
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Letter from Jin to Chimata Sumida (ddr-densho-379-45)
Letter from Jin who met Chimata Sumida at Rohwer and is presently in the Infantry "Somewhere in France."
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Postcard from Sgt. Frank Honda to Iku Morita (ddr-densho-497-13)
Postcard of Le Jardin Albert 1st, Nice, France. Honda mentions that this location reminds him of Long Beach.
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Postcard from Sgt. Frank Honda to Iku Morita (ddr-densho-497-4)
Postcard of La Cathedrale vue du Quai de la Joliette, also know as Marseille Cathedral in Marseille, France.
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 19 No. 16 (October 21, 1944) (ddr-pc-16-43)
Selected article titles: "Disclose Japanese Americans in France. Combat Unit Now Fighting as Part of Gen. Patch's Seventh Army on South France Front" (p. 1), "110-Pound Private Carries Wounded Buddy to Safety" (p. 1), "Japanese American Engineers Helped Keep Fifth Army Moving In Italy's Forested Mountains" (p. 2).
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Nisei soldier in bivouac (ddr-densho-114-19)
Original caption: Chambois Area, France. Americans of Japanese descent of the 442nd Combat Team, 100th Infantry Battalion in bivouac prepare to go into the front lines for their first contact with the Germans in France. Pfc. Paul W. Hasegawa, Honokaa, Hawaii eats chow. Seventh Army. 12 October 1944.