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
Found in:
University of Hawaii at Manoa Libraries
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
Found in:
University of Hawaii at Manoa Libraries