Scarce Book on the Japanese American 442nd Combat Team

Nisei in Uniform

Notes: A pamphlet extolling the heroism of Japanese American soldiers during the Second World War. This publication was issued by the War Relocation Authority (WRA), the agency supervising the mass internment of Japanese Americans on the West Coast. Illustrated with 57 black-and-white photographs of soldiers and a few WACs, with accompanying descriptive text.

Most of the pamphlet is devoted to the 442nd Combat Team and the 100th Battalion, the two Japanese American units deployed to Europe during the war. Somewhat scarce, with perhaps 20 library holdings of the physical book. [24] pages. 8-1/2 by 11 inches.

Edition + Condition: Pages a bit wavy, thus very good.

Publication: [Washington, DC]: Department of the Interior, War Relocation Authority, [1944].

Item No: #307080

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