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Title
George Oki in air control tower speaking into microphone at Itazuke Air Force Base
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1945-1948
Contributing Institution
California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections
Collection
CSU Japanese American Digitization Project
Rights Information
All request for permission to publish must be submitted in writing to California State University, Sacramento, University 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. Further information available online: www.lib.csus.edu/scua
Description
Photograph of George Oki in air traffic control tower at Itazuke Air Force Base, speaking into a microphone. He is wearing a military uniform with an Army Air Forces Communications System Unit shoulder sleeve insignia. From Oki Scrapbook 1 Page 16.
George Oki (Nisei), born March 9, 1927 to Magoichi and Masayo (nee Kamada) Oki in Sacramento, California. He was incarcerated at Pinedale Temporary Assembly Center and Poston II Incarceration Camp. He became a control tower operator in the Army Air Forces Communications System Unit in post-WWII occupied Japan at Itazuke Air Force Base in Kyushu, Japan.
Type
image
Format
Photographs
black and white, 2.25 x 3 inches
image/jpeg
Identifier
sac_oki_0051
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/57671
Language
English
Subject
Military service--Postwar occupation of Japan
Identity and values--Nisei
Identity and values--Men
Place
Kyushu, Japan
Source
California State University, Sacramento, Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Relation
California State University Japanese American Digitization Project
George Oki Collection

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