1939-1945: World War II > The 442nd Regimental Combat Team
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Title: A serious moment for this 21-year-old Japanese-American, for he has just signed voluntary enlistment papers which puts him into a special combat team in the Army of the United States. Mitsuma Yokohari, a former resident of Red Bluff, California, was evacuated from west coast defense areas and had been a resident at the Granada Relocation Center for several months before enlistment. The enlisting soldier at is Sergeant Robert I. Bischoff, a member of the special recruiting crew sent to the project for enlisting the Japanese-American Combat Unit. -- Photographer: Parker, Tom -- Amache, Colorado. 2/10/43 Contributing Institution: The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. These images depict the Japanese American 442nd Regimental Combat Team. The photographs were mostly taken by government photographers; the artwork by Japanese Americans illustrates the emotional experience of these men. For the complete selection of images, visit: http://www.calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu/themed_collections/subtopic5f.html Learn more about World War II at: http://www.calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu/themed_collections/topics5.html Calisphere is the University of California's free public gateway to a world of primary sources. More than 150,000 digitized items — including photographs, documents, newspaper pages, political cartoons, works of art, diaries, transcribed oral histories, advertising, and other unique cultural artifacts — reveal the diverse history and culture of California and its role in national and world history. Calisphere's content has been selected from the libraries and museums of the UC campuses, and from a variety of cultural heritage organizations across California. Visit Calisphere at: http://www.calisphere.org Comments No comments have been left for this image.Leave a comment This image does not allow anonymous comments.
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