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Burden discusses avoiding being sent to the Battle of New Georgia after the Guadalcanal campaign, bringing souvenirs back to Camp Savage, and the difficulties of serving in the jungle. Eric Saul and Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: II B/K #9, Burden/Kihara tape I, 12/15/85

Selected article titles: "History Project Repeats Need for All Documentary Matter" (p. 1), "Portland Attorney Honored by JACL for Fight Against Oregon Alien Land Law" (p. 1), "JACL Policy on Kawakita When Prime Minister Ikeda Visited U.S. Recalled as Nisei Pastor Seeks Presidential Pardon" (p. 1), and "Last Japanese Soldier to Leave Guadalcanal Hosted by North …

Selected article titles: "Nazis Hurled Back 210 Miles in Africa; U.S. Forces Advance East on Guadalcanal. 20,000 Nazi Prisoners Taken; 75,000 Italians Strangled" (p. 1), "Cucumbers on the Mess Tables" (p. 2), "Los Angeles Conditions Told" (p. 2), "Law Dept. Staff Meets Regarded as Democratic Administrative Method" (p. 3), "Army Should Realize Niseis Are Americans" (p. …

Caption on reverse: "New Zealand ace. Squadron Leader M.J. Herrick of the New Zealand Air Force, now flying with the New Zealand fighter unit based on Guadalcanal, has destroyed five Nazi planes and one Jap Zoro this far in the war. On night air raids, New Zealand airmen in the South Pacific, working in close cooperation …

Nisei male. Born December 9, 1917. During World War II, served with the Military Intelligence Service in New Caledonia and Guadalcanal.

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Burden and Kihara discuss Burden's childhood in Japan, his service in Southeast Asia with the 37th Division, leading the first Nisei soldiers into battle at Guadalcanal, the early days of the Military Intelligence Service Language School, Video starts at 0:43. Original title: 138, II B/K #1, Burden/Kihara, Cressey Field, 12/18/85. Conversation continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1654/

Caption on reverse: "American generals plot U.S. strategy in the South Pacific. Three U.S. generals confer on plans for the warfare in the Pacific at a U.S. base. Left to right: Maj. Gen. Alexander M. Patch, Jr., commander of the U.S. forces in the Guadalcanal area; Lieut. Gen. Hillard F. Harmon, commander of the U.S. Army …

Caption on reverse: "American naval chiefs in South Pacific. Three American naval leaders get together on the deck of an American warship during an inspection tour of South Pacific bases by Secretary of Navy Frank Knox. Left to right: Admiral Willliam F. Halsey, Jr., commander of South Pacific forces; Secretary Knox and Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, …

Caption on reverse:: "U.S. officers decorated for campaigns against Japanese. Lieutenant General Thomas Holcomb (right), Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, presents the Legion of Merit decoration to Brigadier General De Witt Peck, USMC (left), and the Navy and Marine Corps Medal to Lieutenant Colonel Frank Dailey, USMC (center). The award to Gen. Peck was for …

Caption on reverse: Headquarters South Pacific Base Command--Stars glittered under a bright tropical sun as five Pacific generals posed for an Army photographer following a review presented by the 25th Infantry Division, veterans of Guadalcanal and New Georgia, for Lieut. Gen. R.C. Richardson, Jr., Commanding General of Pacific Ocean Areas, during his recent inspection tour of …