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World War, 1939-1945--Japanese Americans

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

442nd Regimental Combat Team Photograph Album

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01573
Scope and Contents 18 black and white photographs spanning 8 pages which feature soldiers from a Japanese American segregated regiment. Most of the photographs are of the soldiers posing, working, and relaxing at camp, most likely Camp Shelby in Mississippi. Three photos are accompanied by captions. The regiment was made up mostly of second generation Japanese citizens who fought mostly in Europe. Their motto was "Go for Broke" and they are the most decorated unit in the history of American war fighting. ...
Dates: 1942-1944

Colorado River Relocation Center Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: SC 00691
Scope and Contents Scrapbook believed to have been created by a female employee of the Colorado River Relocation Center in Poston, Arizona. The collection includes photographs, a poem, programs, correspondence, and other material. The Colorado River Relocation Center is also known as the Poston Relocation Center and was one of the internment camps created for Japanese Americans and Japanese nationals by the U.S. government during World War II. Poston is located in present day La Paz County, Arizona. The woman...
Dates: 1943-1944