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Two Japanese American Soldiers, Two Best Friends, And a Crossroad

BShindo

Published: Nov. 18, 2007 Modified: April 11, 2025

Album

The all Japanese American 100th / 442nd Regiment Combat Team is a symbol of a “Y” shaped crossroad for my familial history; however, unlike a typical crossroad of either right or left, no path was disloyal or unjust, but rather both paths led to the same end road that was the result of bravery and courage.

Photos and Background Information Provided by Sumiko Kusumi (unless otherwise specified)

[Editors note: Read Brandon's article in which he writes about creating this collection – Two Japanese American Soldiers, Two Best Friends, and a Crossroad]

Nice, France; (left to right: Richard, Kay, Joe) (442nd)

100th/442nd Regimental Combat Team (442nd)

(Go For Broke Monument)

(Their Stories...)

(Soldier of the 442)

Pvt Masao Shigezane; BS, PH, CIB (Friends of the 442nd)

When School was the Only Japanese American Child's Worry (Better days)

The Traditional Nisei Role in the Family (Family)

(442nd Infantry)

Camp Shelby, Mississippi

A War Abroad, and A War at Home (Back At Amache 2)

(On the European Front)

Tec/5 Kay Kei Kusumi; CIB (Private Kay K. Kusumi)

A Simplier Time (Those Simply Days...)

The Generation of the American Heroes (If Only They Knew)

Draft

442nd Regimental Combat Team Japanese Americans

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