Kay Ishibashi, the son of Kumekichi Ishibashi, poses in a military uniform along with other members of the family. Kay Ishibashi served in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, a fighting unit composed almost entirely of Japanese-American soldiers. The collection documents the personal life and business records of the Ishibashi family; one of the pioneer Japanese American farming families on the Rancho Palos Verdes Peninsula in Los Angeles, California from about 1910 until 2012.
Type
image
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Photographs 2.25x2.75 inches, black and white image/jpeg
Identity and values--Japanese American identity Military service World War II World War II--Military service--442nd Regimental Combat Team Identity and values--Nisei
Source
CSU Dominguez Hills Department of Archives and Special Collections;
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