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Photograph of Mitsuru Yagura in military 442nd Regiment uniform and a man of Japanese descent at Poston Incarceration Camp. Barracks can be seen in the background. From Hashimoto Poston Photograph Album, page 28. Suyeko Sue Hashimoto (nee Yagura) was born in 1921 in Sanger, California to Nakazo and Chiye Yagura. She was incarcerated in Poston, Arizona. Her brother, Mitsuru “Mits” Yagura served in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and participated in the rescue of the Lost Battalion. Sue married Yasuo Hashimoto, the second son of a farming family in the Bradshaw area of Sacramento, California.
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image
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Photographs black and white, 4.5 x 3.25 inches image/jpeg
World War II--Military service--442nd Regimental Combat Team World War II--Incarceration camps--Incarcerees World War II--Incarceration camps--Housing--Barracks Identity and values--Men Identity and values--Nisei Geographic communities--Arizona
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