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Presentation of the Distinguished Service Cross was posthumously made to Pfc. Kiyoshi Muranaga at one o'clock Saturday, April 21, 1945

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Title: Presentation of the Distinguished Service Cross was posthumously made to Pfc. Kiyoshi Muranaga at one o'clock Saturday, April 21, 1945
Date Created and/or Issued: 1945-04-25
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Contributing Institution: UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
Collection: War Relocation Authority Photographs of Japanese-American Evacuation and Resettlement
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Description: Full title:Presentation of the Distinguished Service Cross was posthumously made to Pfc. Kiyoshi Muranaga at one o'clock Saturday, April 21, 1945, in the high school auditorium. His mother, Mrs. Kikuyo Muranaga, received the medal, which was presented by Col. Polk Atkinson of Fort Collins, acting under the Seventh Service Command of Omaha, Nebraska. Muranaga was killed in action last June 26 near Sureveto, Italy, while serving on the crew of a mortar. His action in staying with his gun caused the withdrawal of the enemy crew manning an 88 millimeter. Just before withdrawing, a direct hit from the gun killed Muranaga instantly after the rest of the group manning the mortar had taken positions of comparative safety. Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru Amache, Colorado.
Type: image
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft5c6006p8
WRA no. I-862
Subject: Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945--Photographs

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