Digital Collections

- Welcoming of Camp Shelby soldiers to Hospitality Center at Jerome Relocation Center.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Japanese American [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Japanese American soldiers [lcsh]; Concentration camps -- Arkansas [lcsh]; Jerome Relocation Center (Ark.) [aacr2];
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- USO girls at Jerome Relocation Center.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Japanese American [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Japanese American women [lcsh]; Concentration camps -- Arkansas [lcsh]; Jerome Relocation Center (Ark.) [aacr2];
- The USO girls organized visits of more than 3,000 Nisei soldiers training at Camp Shelby.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Portrait of Nick Nakano in military uniform.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Japanese American [lcsh]; Nakano, Yoni Nick [aacr2]; Japanese American soldiers [lcsh]; United States. Army. Regimental Combat Team, 442nd [lcna];
- Nick Nakano was a member of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team in WWII. "Go for Broke" patch is seen on arm. Photograph from the Nakano family album. Asataro Nakano and Misao Gyotoku Nakano immigrated from Japan in the early 1900s. They settled in...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Mr. and Mrs. Takehara sending son, Paul Takehara, off to the army.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Japanese American [lcsh]; Takehara, Paul [aacr2];
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- United States World War II military jacket decorated with medals and ribbons.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Japanese American [lcsh]; United States -- Armed Forces -- Japanese Americans [lcsh]; World War, 1939-1945 -- Medals [lcsh]
- Military uniform worn by Kiyoto T. Nishimoto who served in the Military Intelligence Service (MIS) from 1941 to 1945. Japanese Americans were recruited by the Military Intelligence Service (MIS) during World War II to act as interpreters,...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Portrait of Zentaro (George) Akiyama in military uniform.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Japanese American [lcsh]; United States. Army. Regimental Combat Team, 442nd [lcna]; Japanese American soldiers [lcsh]; Akiyama, Zentaro George [aacr2];
- Zentaro (George) Akiyama, Nisei soldier, was born May 11, 1919, Broderick, California. He was a member of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, Company F. He was killed July 3, 1944 at the Battle of Hill No. 140, Castellino, Italy.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- "Go for Broke: The Japanese American World War II Veteran's Monument" shirt.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Japanese American [lcsh]; United States. Army. Regimental Combat Team, 442nd [lcna]; Japanese American veterans [lcsh]; War memorials [lcsh]; Japanese American World War II Veterans Monument [lcna]
- "Go for Broke" was the motto of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- U.S. military button with American Eagle.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Japanese American [lcsh]; United States. Army. Regimental Combat Team, 442nd [lcna]; United States -- Armed Forces -- Japanese Americans [lcsh]; Armed Forces -- Insignia [lcsh];
- Worn on World War II U.S. military uniform, most likely by a Japanese American member of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Small U.S. military button with American Eagle.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Japanese American [lcsh]; United States. Army. Regimental Combat Team, 442nd [lcna]; United States -- Armed Forces -- Japanese Americans [lcsh]; Armed Forces -- Insignia [lcsh];
- Worn on World War II U.S. military uniform, most likely by a Japanese American member of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- United States World War II military medals and regalia.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Japanese American [lcsh]; United States. Army. Regimental Combat Team, 442nd [lcna]; United States -- Armed Forces -- Japanese Americans [lcsh]; World War, 1939-1945 -- Medals [lcsh]
- Military patches, pins, ribbons and regalia earning during World War II by a member of the Taniguchi family, who served in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Rue du 442eme regiment americain d'infanterie.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Japanese American [lcsh]; United States. Army. Regimental Combat Team, 442nd [lcna]; War memorials -- France [lcsh]; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France [lcsh];
- Street sign in Bruyeres, France that commemorates the 442nd Regimental Combat Team victory in the battle of Bruyeres, France, October 30, 1944.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- United States World War II military shirt.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Japanese American [lcsh]; United States. Army. Regimental Combat Team, 442nd [lcna]; World War, 1939-1945 -- Medals [lcsh];
- Shirt is decorated with medals. Sleeve has 442nd Regimental Combat Team insigna patch. Military uniform includes: coat, shirt, two pants, two ties, and field cap.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Monument at Rohwer memorial cemetery showing names of Japanese Americans soldiers who died during WWII.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Japanese American [lcsh]; War memorials -- Arkansas -- Rohwer [lcsh]; Japanese American soldiers [lcsh]; Rohwer Relocation Center (Ark.) [aacr2]; Cemeteries -- Arkansas [lcsh]
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Monument near Bruyeres, France erected in memory of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team members killed in the battle of Bruyeres on October 30, 1944.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Japanese American [lcsh]; War memorials -- France [lcsh]; United States. Army. Regimental Combat Team, 442nd [lcna]; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France [lcsh];
- Reads, "To the men of the 442d RCT, U.S. army, who reaffirmed an historic truth here . . . that loyalty to one's country in not modified by racial origin. These Americans, whose ancestors were Japanese, on October 30, 1944 during the battle of...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Julia Dakuzaku serving at the WAC office.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Japanese American [lcsh]; Women soldiers -- United States [lcsh]; Japanese American women [lcsh]; Dakuzaku, Toshiko Julia [aacr2];
- Julia Dakuzaku serving at the WAC office during Spring, 1945, in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Later she joined the WACs and was in training at Pasco, Washington.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Portrait of Tadashi Takeuchi in military uniform.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Japanese American [lcsh]; World War, 1939-1945 -- Medals [lcsh]; Japanese American soldiers [lcsh]; United States. Army. Regimental Combat Team, 442nd [lcna]; Takeuchi, Tadashi [aacr2];
- Corporal Tadashi Takeuchi was killed in action in the rescue of the Lost Battalion, Vosges Mountains, France, October 30, 1944. Corporal Tadashi Takeuchi was from Company C, 100th Battalion, 442 Regimental Combat Team. He received the Purple Heart...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Portrait of John Aiso in military uniform.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Japanese American [lcsh]; World War, 1939-1945 -- Military intelligence; Aiso, John [aacr2]
- Pvt. John Aiso was recruited as the chief instructor of the 4th Army Intelligence school that opened in a converted hangar at Crissy Field in the Presido of San Francisco. They added Akira oshida, Shig Kihara, Tetsuo Imagawa, among others to the...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Mary Tsukamoto receives plaque on the national day of apology and redress.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Reparations [lcsh]; Japanese American women [lcsh]; Tsukamoto, Mary [aacr2]; Reporters and reporting -- California [lcsh]; Tachibana, Judy [aacr2];
- Judy Tachibana (right), a Sacramento Bee reporter, takes notes.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Al and Mary Tsukamoto with Judge Marutani.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Reparations [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- California -- Florin [lcsh]; Tsukamoto, Al [aacr2]; Tsukamoto, Mary [aacr2]; Japanese American Citizens' League [lcna]; Marutani, Judge [aacr2];
- Most likely Florin Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) honoring leaders in Washington pushing for redress.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Pin worn for support of Japanese American redress/reparation.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Reparations [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh];
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase