Scope and Contents Note The materials include 45 photographic prints taken by 442nd Regimental Combat Team veteran Masao Sakagami, CDs and DVDs containing several hundred additional digitized images from Sakagami's collection, and a bound volume facsimile reproduction of a photoalbum / scrapbook (also represented among the digitized files). The prints, all annotated, depict 100th Battalion and 42nd Regimental Combat Team veterans' reunions from 1992 to 1996. Most of the images depict either reunions...

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Correspondence, programs, clippings, acknowledgement cards, and other materials pertaining to memorial services for Americans of Japanese ancestry who were killed in action during the Second World War. The materials were collected and/or received by Henry "Hank" Adams as part of his duties as Entertainment Director of the District Special Services Office at the U.S. Army base in Hilo, HI.

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While in the Jerome, Arkansas internment camp, the Kirita family collected three issues of the camp's high school newsletter, "Condensor."

Vol. III, No. 1 (December 2, 1943)
Vol. III, No. 2 (December 16, 1943)
Vol. III, No. 4 (February 3, 1944)

Overview Hideo Nakamine (1922-) served as a machine gunner with the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion during World War II. The 522nd FAB, a unit of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, was one of the most efficient artillery units serving in Europe during World War II. The 522nd FAB saw action in Italy and France alongside the 442nd RCT. In March 1945, the 522nd FAB was detached from the 442nd RCT and reassigned to provide artillery support to various units participating in the Allies’ drive into Southern...