Title:
In the public relations office of Dibble General Hospital, at Menlo Park, Palo Alto, California, are shown PFC Walter Heirakuji
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Date:
1945-07-14
Subject:
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945--Photographs
Note:
Full title:In the public relations office of Dibble General Hospital, at Menlo Park, Palo Alto, California, are shown PFC
Walter Heirakuji and S/Sgt. Jack Kawamoto, wounded Nisei veterans from Hawaii. Heirakuji hails from Hawi and was a member
of the famous 442nd Infantry. He was wounded at St. Luciano, Italy, July 17, 1944. In civilian life he was a painter. Heirakuji
wears the following: Purple Heart, ETO one Battle Star, Combat Infantry Badge, and Good Conduct medal. S/Sgt. Jack Kawamoto,
in one leap jumped from his high school class room with his sheepskin into the 442nd and after training at Camp Shelby, Mississippi,
went overseas in April 1944 to run into a sniper's bullet at Leghorn, Italy after four months of overseas service. Since being
hospitalized at Dibble, Jack has spoken at a score of public meetings with WRA officials in the interest of relocation.<lb/>
Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru<lb/> Palo Alto, California.
Local Call Number:
WRA no. -73
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In the public relations office of Dibble General Hospital, at Menlo Park, Palo Alto, California, are shown PFC Walter Heirakuji
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