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Title
[Documents regarding Colonel Young O. Kim's Medal of Honor]
Creator
Gillespie, James J., Colonel: author
Date Created and/or Issued
2003
Contributing Institution
California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections
Collection
CSU Japanese American Digitization Project
Rights Information
Permission to publish the image must be obtained from the CSUDH Archives as owner of the physical item and copyright. In instances when the copyright ownership is not clear it is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain copyright permission.
Description
Includes photocopied documents to support Colonel Young O. Kim's Medal of Honor. Photocopied excerpt from "Mud and blood," by Colonel James J. Gillespie, which was originally published in "Infantry journal magazine, December 1944, is also included.
The Henry Y. Ikemoto Collection contains correspondence, photographs, articles, chronologies, rosters, books, booklets, programs, reunion yearbook, and album. It depicts Americans of Japanese ancestry’s military service, mainly Anti-Tank Company, 100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team, and Military Intelligence Service. It also describes activities by organizations and reunions of Japanese American veterans and the Rohwer incarceration camp.
Type
text
Format
Correspondence; Maps; Excerpts
18 pages, 11 x 8.5 inches, typescript
application/pdf
Identifier
ike_03_11_001
csudh_ike_0199
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/7962
Language
English
Subject
World War II--Military service
World War II--Military service--100th Infantry Battalion
Military service--Veterans' organizations
World War II--Military service--Medals and awards
Source
CSU Dominguez Hills Department of Archives and Special Collections;
Relation
California State University Japanese American Digitization Project
http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c85t3r5t/
Henry Y. Ikemoto Collection

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