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img Soldiers socializing outside at camp (ddr-densho-368-136)

Soldiers of 442nd Regimental Combat Team

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img Soldiers in audience of outdoor concert (ddr-densho-368-79)

Soldiers of 442nd Regimental Combat Team

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img Soldiers sitting on wall next to city sidewalk (ddr-densho-368-82)

Soldiers of 442nd Regimental Combat Team

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img Soldiers marching on city street (ddr-densho-368-120)

Soldiers of 442nd Regimental Combat Team

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img Soldier on steps in front of statue (ddr-densho-368-122)

Soldiers of 442nd Regimental Combat Team

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img Soldiers on ship near shore (ddr-densho-368-128)

Soldiers of 442nd Regimental Combat Team

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img Encampment of soldiers (ddr-densho-368-138)

Soldiers of 442nd Regimental Combat Team

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img Military band in parade on city street (ddr-densho-368-96)

Soldiers of 442nd Regimental Combat Team

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img Soldier standing on street next to door (ddr-densho-368-111)

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img Soldier sitting in front of tent (ddr-densho-368-143)

Soldiers of 442nd Regimental Combat Team

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img Military band playing in city plaza (ddr-densho-368-100)

Soldiers of 442nd Regimental Combat Team

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 51, No.9 (August 26, 1960) (ddr-pc-32-35)

Select article titles: "New York writer recalls heroism of Lt. Daniel Inouye, who led platoon up hill in Italy and cleaned out 3 machine gun nets" (p.8); "U.S. Senate urge to arrange goodwill tour of 100 Tokyo student rioters to U.S." (p.8)

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img Daughter of a Nisei soldier (ddr-densho-105-14)

Minoru "Min" Tsubota's daughter, Charlene Sumiko Tsubota. Born March 6, 1944, pictured at 5 months old. Min was sent overseas with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team four days after her birth. This photo was sent to Min while in combat north of Rome, Italy.

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doc Gila News-Courier Vol. III No. 172 (September 26, 1944) (ddr-densho-141-327)

Selected article titles: "Evacuee May Return After Physical Exam" (p. 1), "Forty-five Nisei Deaths Reported by Centers" (p. 1), "Letter: Disturbing to Soldiers" (p. 2), "Langford: Bed Bugs in Barracks Should be Reported" (p. 3), "Nisei Chaplain Leads Rescue Party in Italy" (p. 4).

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doc Gila News-Courier Vol. 3 No. 110 (May 4, 1944) (ddr-densho-141-266)

Selected article titles: "Gilans Prepare Phoenix Exhibit" (p. 1), "Recreation Commission Supervises Finances" (p. 1), "Bricker Replies to Ickes' Attack" (p. 1), "Ickes Defends Justice" (p. 2), "Nisei in Italy 'Deadly Bunch', Officer Reports" (p. 3), "Many Will Not Return to Coast" (p. 3).

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doc Letter to Takeko Miyagi from Bill Miyagi (ddr-densho-416-16)

Letter to Takeko Miyagi from her older brother William "Bill" Miyagi. Bill writes about his military service in Italy and Austria, and his one-day trip to Milan. He also writes about hearing that Hachi Izumi has arrived overseas, but has not seen him yet.

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doc Newspaper clipping regarding Maxim Gorky (ddr-njpa-1-460)

Caption on front: "Soviet Russia's leading writer, Maxim Gorki [sic], who was recalled from exile in Italy to reutrn in triumph to his native land and is now ranked as one of the immortals of the new regime. From a new candid-camera portrait. (Sovfoto.)"

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img Nisei soldier sorts German equipment (ddr-densho-114-14)

Original caption: Breacia Area, Italy. S/Sgt. George Y. Fujino, Los Angeles, Calif., of Company "C", 100th Battalion, of the 442nd Infantry Regiment, looks over German clothing and equipment at the Fifth Army enemy concentration area. 18 May 1945. [The correct spelling of the location is Brescia.]

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img 442nd Regimental Combat Team band (ddr-densho-114-185)

Original caption: The 442nd Infantry Regiment band, the only Army musical organization whose members all are Americans of Japanese descent, plays for its regiment at a ceremony in Cecina, Italy. The band leader, M/Sgt. Jun Yamamoto, lives at 1214 Hayes St., Boise, Idaho. 7/30/44.

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img Award ceremony (ddr-densho-114-22)

Original caption: Units of the 2nd and 3rd Bns., 442nd Japanese-American Combat Team pass in review before Lt. Gen. Lucian K. Truscott, Jr., CO, U.S. Fifth Army, after he has awarded them with the Presidential Distinguished Unit Citation at Yankee Stadium, Leghorn, Italy. 9/4/45.

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img Salerno Day ceremony (ddr-densho-114-75)

Cardone, Italy. Pfc. Tom Masanori, Santa Cruz, Calif., 442nd Japanese-American Combat Team, sings "God Bless America," during Salerno Day Ceremony, the day that the Fifth Army becomes inoperational in the MTO, after two years of operations which ended in victory. Fifth Army. 9 Sept 1945.

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doc Newspaper clipping regarding Henry Ford (ddr-njpa-1-368)

Caption on front: "A famous American receives one of the highest honors of the Italian government: Henry Ford is presented with the Cross of Grand Officer of the Crown of Italy by Count Ugo Berni Canani, Italian Vice Consul to Detroit. (Times Wide World Photos, Detroit Bureau.)"

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doc Envelopes for three letters from Italy to internees in Ft. Missoula, Montana, 1942 (ddr-csujad-55-1343)

Three mounted envelopes for correspondence from internees, postmarked from Missoula, Montana to Italy showing censorship stamps and other postmarks. From the Mary F. Clark scrapbook, "Before I Forget, 1942-1947" page 14. See also sac_jaac_1334 through sac_jaac_1529. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1345

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 19 No. 9 (September 9, 1944) (ddr-pc-16-37)

Selected article titles: "Japanese Americans Honor Fallen Comrades" (p. 1), "Recent Developments Indicate Early Opening of Evacuated Area to Japanese Americans" (p. 2), "45 Japanese Americans from Relocation Centers Killed in Italy to Date, Reports Myer" (p. 3), "JACL Petitions Military for Right to Reopen Coast Office" (p. 3).

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doc Granada Pioneer Vol. I No. 106 (October 6, 1943) (ddr-densho-147-107)

Selected article titles: "Third Polio Victim: Five-Year-Old Boy Stricken" (p. 1), "Labor Camp Incident Provoked by Transients" (p. 1), "Nisei Troops in Italy Prove They are Real Americans" (p. 1), "Discharge of Japs in Service Urged" (p. 2), "Japanese Problem May Become an Important Issue" (p. 3).

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