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Title
Portrait of John Aiso in military uniform
Creator
Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
1941/1945
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
Pvt. John Aiso was recruited as the chief instructor of the 4th Army Intelligence school that opened in a converted hangar at Crissy Field in the Presido of San Francisco. They added Akira oshida, Shig Kihara, Tetsuo Imagawa, among others to the teaching staff. The first class consisted of 60 (58 Nisei and 2 Caucasians), 45 graduated. 35 of the first class went to Australia, New Caledonia and Alaska. As part of the recruitment, the students were inaccurately told that they would all receive commissions upon completion of the course. There were no commissions for the Nisei upon graduation.
Type
image
Format
3 3/4 x 5 1/2 in.
Photographic print.
b&w
3.69 x 5.47 in.
Epson Expression 1600
Photoshop 6.0
None
600 dpi
Grayscale
8 Bit
2214 x 3282 pixels
7101 kb.
Tiff
Identifier
JC17D:71
ark:/13030/kt829022w8
644.jpg
http://csus.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/jaac/id/643
Language
English
Subject
World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Japanese American
World War, 1939-1945--Military intelligence
Aiso, John
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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