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Signed in medium, bottom right corner: H. Sugimoto. Written on back: "Uncle Ralph and Sumile" / in Camp Jerome / 23 1/2" x 19 1/2" A young soldier, Sugimoto's younger brother Ralph, stands on the right, next to a little girl, Sugimoto's daughter Madeleine Sumile. Sumile wears a red jacket over blue and white dress and a red, white and blue bow in hair. Both have eyes downcast. Behind then are leafless trees and in the distance barracks are visible. Stretched and unframed. "My younger brother Ralph went into the U.S. Army. He fought on the European battlefield as one of the 442nd battalion. He was injured and received a Purple Heart...These nisei soldiers in the 442nd fought for their native land and also for the future welfare of all Japanese in this country." (Henry Sugimoto, draft of redress testimony given in 1981)
Concentration Camps, Jerome Jerome Relocation Center (Denson, Ark.) 442nd Regimental Combat Team Soldiers Girls Japanese Americans Sugimoto, Madeleine Sugimoto, Ralph
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