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Title
Pvt. Yoshinao Omiya, Hawaiian-born Nisei who served with the famed 100th Infantry Battalion and lost his eyesight during the crossing
Date Created and/or Issued
1944-09
Publication Information
The Bancroft Library;;University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, Phone: (510) 642-6481, Fax: (510) 642-7589, Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu;;, URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
Contributing Institution
UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
Collection
War Relocation Authority Photographs of Japanese-American Evacuation and Resettlement
Rights Information
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Description
Full title:Pvt. Yoshinao Omiya, Hawaiian-born Nisei who served with the famed 100th Infantry Battalion and lost his eyesight during the crossing of the Volturno River in Italy on October 13, 1943, recently spent a weekend in New York City renewing acquaintances and making new friends. He is shown surrounded by a bevy of former Los Angeleans from the Granada Relocation Center at a get-together in the quarters of the Japanese American Committee for Democracy in New York City. Left to right are: Yuri Hara, Connie Nakashima, Mae Tanaka, Ann Tanaka, Florence Abe, Margaret Suzuki, and Aiko Nomiyama. Photographer: Fujihira, Toge New York, New York.
Type
image
Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft6779p07n
WRA no. -720
Subject
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945--Photographs

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