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Title
Monument near Bruyeres, France erected in memory of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team members killed in the battle of Bruyeres on October 30, 1944
Creator
Unknown
Publication Information
California State University, Sacramento. Library. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives
Contributing Institution
California State University, Sacramento Library
Collection
Japanese American Archival Collection
Rights Information
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts or photographs must be submitted in writing to California State University, Sacramento. Library. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of California State University, Sacramento. Library. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Description
Reads, "To the men of the 442d RCT, U.S. army, who reaffirmed an historic truth here . . . that loyalty to one's country in not modified by racial origin. These Americans, whose ancestors were Japanese, on October 30, 1944 during the battle of Bruyeres broke the backbone of the German defenses and rescued the 141st Infantry Battalion which had been surrounded by the enemy for four days. Presented by the Japanese American Citizens League."
Type
image
Format
10 x 8 in.
Photographic print.
col.
9.93 x 8.00 in.
Epson Expression 1600
Photoshop 6.0
None
600 dpi
RGB
24 Bit
5958 x 4800 pixels
83790 kb.
Tiff
Identifier
JC17:432
ark:/13030/kt2x0nc3jt
356.jpg
http://csus.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/jaac/id/355
Language
English
French
Subject
World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Japanese American
War memorials--France
United States. Army. Regimental Combat Team, 442nd
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France
Relation
From the Japanese American Archival Collection. MSS-94/01. California State University, Sacramento. Library. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives

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