[Photo album with photographic reproductions of Battery A of the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion in Germany and France, 1945]

Maker Ichiuji, Joseph

Date1945

Mediumplastic, fabric

DimensionsH: 6.5 in, W: 5 in, D: 2 in

ClassificationsPhotographic Archives

Credit LineGift of Mr. Joseph Ichiuji

Object number95.122.6

Description1 dark green and brown vinyl leather photo album with black interior and individual plastic photo sleeve pages; white label on front cover, "Battery A 522nd FA Battalion / Photographs / Donated by Joseph Ichiuji." 143 reproduction photographs are sleeved with typewritten captions on white adhesive labels at top. Shows Japanese American soldiers of Battery A of the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion in non-combat situations in the towns of Germany and France during World War II. The Germany photographs include many individual and group portraits of soldiers at Donauworth, Germany, bombed underground munitions plant, SS checkpoint, liberated Jewish inmates, European American soldiers, frauleins, bombed city of Stuttgart and a train station in Karlsruhe. The France photographs include the Eiffel Tower and Seine River, Parisian life and American Red Cross in Paris; Battleground near Strasbourg.

Soldiers identified: Joseph Ichiuji, George Goto, Teruhisa Nishiyama, Albert Ouchi, Tosh Ota, Tee Sugita, Suguru Mizukami, James Mayeda, Terry Kurimura, John Kawata, Tom Namba, Tetsuo Tomita, Taneji Kumashiro, Nabo Okazaki, Wataru Kamiya, Ted Higashi, Masa Chinen, George Kuwamoto, John Ogishima, Joseph Hattori, Teru Anzai, James Kasai, Osamu Hirata, Masao Imada, Seijin Taba, Sadashi Ohara, Leo Shigemi, Royce Higa, Fred Yasukochi, Shigeyoshi Kawafuchi, Tom Kono, Minoru Okabe, Archie Soken, S. Yamashita, George Utsunomiya, Henry Shikuma. Takao Matsuoka, Hiroshi Yokoyama, Hideo Enomoto.;1 photograph album : b&w ; 6.5 x 5 in. , Photographs are reproductions.