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Yasuharu Koike giving a fellow soldier a haircut (ddr-ajah-2-852)
Caption below photo: Yasuharu Koike cuts the hair of a friend (not the Schlitz beer he has in his right hand) while serving somewhere in the steaming hot jungles of Burma during WWII. Koike was a member of the MIS, the Military Intelligence Service. Photo August 1944. Koike hailed from Alameda, CA.

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Yasuharu Koike holding rifle with bayonet (ddr-ajah-2-870)
Caption below photo: Yasuharu Koike in Taipha Ga, Burma. Koike served in the MIS in the China-Burma-India campaign in 1944. He may be holding a Japanese rifle. He was from Alameda, CA.

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Yasuharu Koike sitting in a rattan chair (ddr-ajah-2-863)
Caption below photo: Yasuharu Koike, of Alameda, CA., relaxes at the barracks of the American Army Forces headquarters in New Delhi, India. A second AAF CBI headquarters was established there on June 25, 1942. Photo 1944

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Portrait of Yasuharu Koike (ddr-ajah-2-846)
Caption below photo: Nicely dressed in Yasuharu Koike, not long after WWII ended. Koike served with the MIS in the China-Burma-India campaign during WWII. Photo 1944. He was from Alameda, CA., and the photo may have been shot there after his return from the Pacific theater, circa late 1940s.

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Man standing on stairs (ddr-ajah-2-845)
Caption below photo: Yasuharu Koike 2311 Buena Vista Ave, Alameda, CA. Circa early 1940s.

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Three soldiers holding captured Japanese flag (ddr-ajah-2-856)
Caption below photo: Yasuharu Koike (center) displays a captured Japanese flag. Koike served in the MIS in the China-Burma-India campaign in 1944. He was from Alameda, CA.

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Man standing on stairs (ddr-ajah-2-847)
Caption below photo: Nicely dressed in Yasuharu Koike, not long after WWII ended. Koike served with the MIS in the China-Burma-India campaign during WWII. Photo 1944. He was from Alameda, CA., and the photo may have been shot there after his return from the Pacific theater, circa late 1940s.

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Yasuharu Koike with two other men sitting on fence post (ddr-ajah-2-858)
Includes image of CBI China-Burma-India) theatre patch

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Woman carrying bricks on her head (ddr-ajah-2-878)
Caption below photo: Hauling bricks in India as photographed by Yasuharu Koike of Alameda, CA., while he served in the CBI campaign during World War II. Circa 1945

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People planting rice in field (ddr-ajah-2-882)
Caption below photo: Rice planting in Nan Kham, Burma, photographed by Yasuharu Koike of Alameda, CA., while he served in the CBI campaign during World War II. 1945

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Yasuharu Koike with Japanese soldier (ddr-ajah-2-859)
Caption below photo: Yasuharu Koike (left), of Alameda, CA., interrogate Koichi Ogata, a Japanese soldier. 1944

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Group photo at Camp Savage MIS Language school (ddr-ajah-2-850)
Caption below photo: MIS Military Intelligence Service language school Camp Savage, Minnesota, circa 1943

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Wedding portrait of couple (ddr-ajah-6-446)
Caption below photo: Frances Yasuyo Ikeda marries Yasuharu Koike, August 3, 1947. They had met at the Alameda Nursery and were married at Alameda Japanese Methodist Church.

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Yasuyo "Frances" Ikeda with bridesmaids (ddr-ajah-6-447)
Caption below photo: August 3, 1947, wedding party for Frances Yasuyo Ikeda. She married Yasuharu Koike. Yasu's younger sister, Hiyoye is at left, Elly Nomura is at right.

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Commendation letter for Yasuharu Koike and Toichi Ichimura to receive the Silver Star (ddr-ajah-2-877)
From Captain, Erle L. Stewart

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Group of men posing for photo outside barracks (ddr-ajah-2-809)
Caption: MIS Military Intelligence Service language school / Camp Savage, Minnesota. Iwataki graduated for the MIS in December 1942 / Taro Yoshihashi / Grant Hirabayashi (served in Burma) / Joe Iwataki of Alameda, CA (served in Australia) / Yasuharu Koike of Alameda, CA. (served in CBI campaign)

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Alameda Japanese American History Project: World War II (ddr-ajah-2)
Collection consists of photos and records of WWII military service of Joe Iwataki and Yasuharu Koike who served with the MIS in Burma and the Philippines, transcriptions of Sachi Kamiji Fudenna’s diary from Topaz and Tule Lake and photos of crafts from camp, photos and records of Heart Mountain draft resister Ichiro Morita, and transcription of …
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