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209th Two hundred and ninth AAA Group Indiantown Gap 1952

442nd Combat RegimentBiblio.com

WWII Japanese American Nisei Soldiers of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team Photographed in Training and European Theater

1945213801945. Japanese American soldier photograph archive documenting Nisei service in the United States Army during World War II in the European Theater a body of material connected to the generation of second-generation Japanese Americans who entered military service while many of their families were confined in American incarceration camps following Executive Order 9066. The photographs depict a uniformed soldier and fellow servicemen in training camp life and travel scenes during wartime service. Images include rifle drills field training exercises barracks and tent encampments and informal portraits of soldiers lifting barbells or posing at military installations. Such imagery is closely associated with the wartime mobilization of Japanese American troops that culminated in the formation and deployment of segregated Nisei units including the 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team formations that fought extensively in Italy France and Germany while their families remained subject to wartime incarceration in the United States. Archive of 19 original black and white photographs documenting Japanese American soldiers during World War II service and training connected to the European Theater. Each measuring approximately 2.5" x 3" to 3.5" x 5" each. Photographs appear to date from the early to mid-1940s and show multiple scenes of military life including rifle training with U.S. service weapons soldiers conducting ground drills outside wooden barracks encampments of canvas military tents transport vehicles and informal moments of recreation including weightlifting and camp leisure. Several images depict European landmarks and travel scenes including a clear photograph of the Leaning Tower of Pisa and war-damaged Italian architecture indicating presence in Italy during the Allied campaign. Verso inscriptions appear on several photographs including handwritten captions such as "That's me in down town Chattaroy" and "Remembrance from leave 10 Min to Roberts 6345 Selma Ave Hollywood Calif." suggesting correspondence between soldiers and family or friends in California and documenting the personal circulation of these photographs during wartime service. Photographs measure approximately snapshot format to larger prints and consist primarily of silver gelatin prints typical of mid-twentieth-century military photography. The images collectively document the lived experience of Japanese American soldiers during the war including training camp life leisure travel and combat preparation. The presence of identifiable locations in Italy aligns the archive with the Italian campaign of 1943-1945 where Nisei units gained international recognition for battlefield performance while also serving as a powerful counterargument to domestic anti-Japanese prejudice in the United States. Light edge wear scattered corner creases and minor surface marks visible on several prints with occasional small stains and light curling typical of handled snapshot photographs; overall condition good. A visually varied documentary archive of Nisei military service during World War II preserving both training scenes and personal inscriptions connected to the Japanese American wartime experience. unknown

Max Rambod Inc. · États-Unis1 850,00 $US≈ 1 565,29 €

442nd Infantry Regiment; 100th Infantry BattalionBiblio.com

Frank Capra WWII Newsreel Highlighting Japanese American 442nd and 100th Infantry Battalion Army Navy Service 16mm Film Roll 1945

1945232061945. Capra Frank. Japanese-Americans a 1945 wartime military screen magazine segment film reel highlighting Japanese American service in the U.S. Army's information and morale boosting film distributions during the final year of World War II. Produced for exhibition to servicemen as part of Army-Navy Screen Magazine No. 45 the segment is also an example of the wartime contributions of legendary Italian-American filmmaker Frank Capra one of Hollywood's most influential directors best known for It Happened One Night Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and It's a Wonderful Life. During World War II Capra became a major figure in official U.S. military filmmaking directing or supervising films that translated government policy and Allied war aims into accessible emotionally forceful cinema for soldiers and civilians. Here his Army film work presents Nisei troops not as an isolated human-interest subject but as participants in a broader program joining military projection democratic rhetoric and controlled public acknowledgment of Japanese American loyalty after mass incarceration. The film's focus on the 100th Infantry Battalion the 442nd Regimental Combat Team battlefield casualties and a widow receiving the Silver Star shows how Capra's wartime production apparatus helped frame Japanese American military service for uniformed audiences in 1945. Capra Frank producer. Japanese-Americans. Segment from Army-Navy Screen Magazine No. 45. U.S. Army Signal Corps Army Pictorial Service 1945. Black and white sound film reel 16mm. Present on a large reel in metal can the lid handwritten in grease pencil "ARMY/NAVY SCREEN MAG." and "NO #45." The identified segment shows a spokesman in Hawaii praising Japanese Americans in the U.S. Army a war widow receiving a Silver Star scenes of Nisei troops in the Italian campaign the 100th Infantry Battalion entering Livorno wounded men being evacuated and General Mark Clark citing soldiers of the 34th Infantry Division. The physical reel remains tightly wound; the present housing and handwritten can notation directly support identification to issue no. 45. Issued at a time when Japanese Americans were serving in segregated units even as many of their families remained confined under wartime exclusion policy the segment shows how Capra's Army film production participated in reconciling racial tension and patriotic messaging to American servicemen. Japanese American servicemen are honored here as heroes and patriots. Light wear and dust to can; reel housed and tightly wound; surface inspection only. A strong piece of World War II military film notable both for its Japanese American subject matter and as a sample of Frank Capra's influential wartime propaganda work for the U.S. Army. unknown

Max Rambod Inc. · États-Unis1 850,00 $US≈ 1 565,29 €

442nd Regiment of Japanese AmericansBiblio.com

Japanese American Soldiers of 442nd Regimental Combat Team Photo Archive

1944217981944. Japanese American WWII 442nd Regimental Combat Team soldier and family photograph archive showing Japanese American military service and community life in Hawaii during and immediately after World War II. This group documents the lives of Nisei soldiers connected to the 442nd Regimental Combat Team a segregated United States Army unit composed primarily of second generation Japanese Americans. The material shows individual soldiers with their families and communities while also documenting expressions of American patriotism among Japanese Americans during the period of wartime incarceration and discrimination generated by Executive Order 9066. Archive of 11 pieces including 10 silver gelatin photographs and one periodical issue. The photographs produced in Hawaii during the 1940s and early 1950s range in size from approximately 6.25 x 4 inches to 3.5 x 2.5 inches and depict Japanese American soldiers and members of their extended social circle in both military and civilian settings. One image presents a formal studio portrait of a Japanese American soldier in United States Army uniform wearing a cap and corporal's chevron. Other photographs show groups of men gathered outdoors among tropical plants and residential houses including scenes of veterans posing together in civilian clothing that suggest continuing friendships after military service. One image shows several Japanese American men raising an American flag while another depicts a group of young men lying closely together on the ground with their heads touching in a circle an intimate scene of camaraderie. Additional photographs depict domestic and social life within the Japanese American community including a young woman in Western dress seated with two soldiers on a porch and a young girl wearing a lei. Included with the photographs is the July 1945 issue of Reader's Digest containing the article "Hail Our Japanese-American GIs!" by Blake Clark and Oland D. Russell which publicly praised the service of Japanese American soldiers and called for recognition of their loyalty and wartime contributions. The 442nd Regimental Combat Team became the most decorated unit for its size and length of service in United States military history earning thousands of individual decorations for valor during combat operations in Europe. Many Nisei soldiers volunteered from mainland incarceration camps while others enlisted from Hawaii where Japanese Americans were not mass imprisoned but remained under intense scrutiny after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Contemporary publications such as the 1945 Reader's Digest article included here sought to influence public opinion by highlighting the loyalty of Japanese American soldiers at a time when their families continued to experience displacement discrimination and political marginalization. Photographic documentation of Nisei soldiers within family and community spaces is comparatively scarce particularly images that bridge wartime service and postwar civilian life in Hawaii. Minor edge wear and light handling marks visible to several photographs and the magazine otherwise well preserved with clear photographic contrast; overall very good condition. This archive provides direct documentation of Japanese American military participation and community during one of the most consequential periods in twentieth century civil rights and wartime history. unknown

Max Rambod Inc. · États-Unis2 200,00 $US≈ 1 861,42 €

[Japanese-Americana - World War Two - 442nd Infantry Regiment] Hamada, HarryBiblio.com

‘Go For Broke’ / 442nd Combat Team Song

1944List2436Hattiesburg: Earl M. Finch 1944. Sheet music measuring 12 x 9 inches 4 pp. Signature of a Nabuko Hayashida on front cover. Slight tears at fold some toning two small pinholes very good overall quite attractive. Very Good. In Hawaii in May 1942 a battalion of Nisei volunteers was assembled for service in World War Two despite earlier failures of efforts to recruit Japanese-Americans due to the Armyâ€™s labeling of Nisei recruits as 4-C enemy aliens. Designated as the 100th Infantry Battalion they were deployed to North Africa in June 1943 integrating with the 34th Division in active combat. Their subsequent deployment to Italy in September 1943 exposed them to intense warfare earning them the moniker of the "Purple Heart Battalion" due to their notably high casualty rate. In January 1943 the U.S. War Department officially declared the establishment of the segregated 442nd Regimental Combat Team RCT which was comprised of Nisei volunteers originating from Hawaii and the mainland. The culmination of this initiative transpired in June 1944 when the 442nd RCT merged forces with the 100th Infantry Battalion in Europe subsequently absorbing the latter into its structure. The notable achievements of Nisei soldiers in combat operations prompted the reinstatement of the draft in January 1944 specifically targeting Nisei detainees to augment the ranks of the 442nd. Over time the 442nd RCT expanded to encompass the 2nd 3rd and 100th Battalions; the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion; the 232nd Engineering Company; the 206th Army Band; Anti-Tank Company; Cannon Company; and Service Company. Offered here is a very scarce piece of sheet music entitled â€œGo For Brokeâ€ which was written by the Hawaiian musician Harry Hamada reflecting the slogan of the 442nd and performed by Shelby and others during the war as part of efforts to boost morale. Hamada would feature in the 1951 movie â€œGo For Brokeâ€ as Masami alongside several other veterans of the 442nd. This publication of â€œGo For Brokeâ€ is from 1944 seven years before the movieâ€™s release. The piece is dedicated to Colonel C.W. Pence. Hamada was a Hawaiian musician who performed with a band called the Shelby Hawaiians or the Shelby Serenaders. They performed as early as 1943. The Hattiesburg Mississippi merchant Earl M. Finch who ran an Army and Navy store close to Camp Shelby befriended Hamada and other members of the 442nd and acted as a sponsor for the group and eventually published this version despite his business being a dry goods merchant house and not a publishing house. The group with the support of Finch performed throughout the country to lift morale. At some point Hamada penned this composition likely in 1944 as we find no reference to it in 1943 articles and Finch published it - Hamadaâ€™s composition would become the theme song of the 442nd and Hamada would perform at the Halloran General Hospital in New York and the Walter Reed Hospital in Washington D.C. in 1944 likely performing this composition. Another composition called â€œGo For Brokeâ€ exists as well and it is unclear to what degree Hamadaâ€™s work caught on among the regiment. We find two records of Finchâ€™s published version of the composition one listed as part of an online remembrance of the 442nd by the Smithsonian Institution https://americanhistory.si.edu/explore/stories/day-remembrance-70-years-after-executive-order-9066 which appears to have been on loan from the National Japanese American Historical Society and another copy held at Stanford though not listed in OCLC. Finchâ€™s story is also interesting and is the subject of a remembrance on a 100th Battalion History page online https://www.100thbattalion.org/history/stories/earl-finch/. We find no copies listed in OCLC. Overall a very scarce piece of Japanese-American wartime history. Earl M. Finch unknown

Auger Down Books · États-Unis1 500,00 $US≈ 1 269,15 €

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