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Japanese American veterans -- Hawaii

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Hiro Higuchi Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MANUSCRIPT-M00031b
Overview Hiro Higuchi (1907-1981), a clergyman for the United Church of Christ, served as a chaplain in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team during World War II. As a chaplain, he provided comfort and solace to the troops, held religious services on the front lines, transported the wounded and dead from the battlefield, comforted injured soldiers at first aid stations, wrote letters to the families of those killed in action, held memorial services, and performed various administrative duties. By the...
Dates: 1934 - 1947; Majority of material found within 1943 - 1945

Kiyoshi Sasaki Papers

 Collection — Box 1-5
Identifier: MANUSCRIPT-M00043
Abstract

Kiyoshi Sasaki (1921-2016) served in the U.S. Army Military Intelligence Service (MIS) in China and worked as a translator in occupied Japan. The collection consists primarily of an autograph book filled with photographs and inscriptions by Sasaki’s classmates at the MIS Language School, and a scrapbook containing memorabilia and documents collected during Sasaki’s World War II career, but especially during his training period on the U.S. Mainland.

Dates: 1944-2003; Majority of material found within 1944-1949