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Read Part 1 >> A visit in 1960 by then Army Master Sgt. Wilbert “Sandy” Holck (442nd’s Cannon Company), as an international gesture of goodwill, …
In October 1944, soldiers of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team liberated the French villages of Bruyères, Belmont and Biffontaine just 20 months after the regiment …
Far from the battlefields of Europe and Africa, another war was brewing in 1943 in the thick, remote jungles of the China-Burma-India Theater. As enemy …
Read Part 3 >> You were a part of these major battles that were significant. And I think a lot of people today see those …
Read Part 2 >> What are some vivid memories you have of basic training, being at Camp Shelby, and getting to know your fellow soldiers? …
Read Part 1 >> Can you describe what happened when your parents found the Colorado church and were able to avoid camp? When the evacuation …
“We all knew, we are going to go battle. And we expect to win. But we never knew what immediate death was like until we …
“I can still recall the pit in my stomach as I read full-page ads urging Japanese American residents not to return to their community from …
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Lo primero que sorprende de Shigueko Unten es que no aparenta ni por asomo sus 93 años, casi 94. Uno le echaría fácil setenta y …
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