12 items
12 items

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United States Air Force diploma (ddr-densho-321-364)
Diploma acknowledging Masatoshi Fujii's specialization in Aircraft Observer.

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Sticker for the 18th Fighter Interceptor Squad Air Force (ddr-densho-321-323)
"United States Air Force, 18th Fighter Interceptor Squadron."

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Frank Sato's U.S. Air Force service photograph (ddr-densho-345-13)
Official photograph from McChord Field, U.S. Air Force Base

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Group photograph at the McClellan Air Force Base (ddr-densho-390-102)
A group photograph of McCellan Air Force Base employees. Walter Matsuoka is on the second row, third from the right side.

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Daryl Keck Interview (ddr-densho-1000-177)
White male of German descent. Born December 5, 1921, in Oketo, Kansas. Worked for a shipyard on Terminal Island, California, when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Served in the United States Air Force during World War II, and presently lives in Hammett, Idaho.

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Ira C. Eaker (ddr-njpa-1-255)
Caption on reverse: "Heads U.S. Flyers in Europe. Major General Ira C. Eaker, newly appointed commander of the Eighth United States Army Air Force operating out of Great Britain. He succeeds Major General Carl A. Spaatz, recently assigned to the North African theater. Gen. Eaker has personally bombing raids on the Axis in the Continent."

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Letter from Florrie Stevens to whom it may concern (ddr-densho-446-209)
Certifying that Tsai is an employee of the Office Chief of Staff and verifying his salary and taxes from Dec 1945-May 4, 1946

Narrator Daryl Keck
White male of German descent. Born December 5, 1921, in Oketo, Kansas. Worked for a shipyard on Terminal Island, California, when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Served in the United States Air Force during World War II, and presently lives in Hammett, Idaho.

Narrator Jimmie S. Matsuda
Nisei male. Born June 16, 1927, in Hood River, Oregon. Grew up in Hood River, where parents ran a farm. At the age of thirteen, went to Japan with family for a vacation and ended up staying there. Attended school in Japan and then was trained in the Japanese air force as a kamikaze pilot. Instead …

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Jimmie S. Matsuda Interview (ddr-densho-1000-311)
Nisei male. Born June 16, 1927, in Hood River, Oregon. Grew up in Hood River, where parents ran a farm. At the age of thirteen, went to Japan with family for a vacation and ended up staying there. Attended school in Japan and then was trained in the Japanese air force as a kamikaze pilot. Instead …

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Ira C. Eaker leaving his plan, the "Yankee Doodle" (ddr-njpa-1-256)
Caption on reverse: "These Men Made First All-U.S. Raid on Nazi Europe. A dozen American Flying Fortresses, manned by United States Army Air Force crews and personally led by Brigadier General Ira C. Eaker, bombed Rouen, France, 87 miles northeast of Paris, in the first all-U.S. bombing attack on German-held Europe. Not a single American plane …

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Ben Kuroki's Story (ddr-densho-483-136)
Pamphlet of a speech delivered by Technical Sergeant Ben Kuroki, U.S. Air Force, to the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on January 4, 1944 published by the Pacific Coast Committee on American Principles and Fair Play.