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![[Veterans of the 100th Infantry Battalion paying respects at Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, California, September 3, 1950]](/internal/media/dispatcher/8294/preview)
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[Veterans of the 100th Infantry Battalion paying respects at Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, California, September 3, 1950]
Maker
Rafu Shimpo
Maker
Toyo Miyatake Studio
Date1950
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LinePhotograph by Toyo Miyatake Studio, Gift of the Alan Miyatake Family
Object number96.267.57
Description4 negatives : b&w ; 4 x 5 in.;Six veterans of the 100th Infantry Battalion from Hawaii paying respects at World War II Nisei memorial at Evergreen Cemetery in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, California, September 3, 1950. Monument is dominated by a statue of a soldier, Sadao Munemori, standing atop a tall white column flanked by plaques with quotes and dedication. Veterans are dressed in suits and lay flowers on graves. The men are identified (97.267.57_4) Henry Nakamura, Henry Oyesato, Ken Okamoto, John Ushijima, Akira "Sunshine" Fukunaga, and George Miki.
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