Title:
Time out for watermelon. Many farms within the military area surrounding Camp Shelby were permitted to continue operation.
The farmers ...
Date:
1943-07
Subject:
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945--Photographs
Note:
Full title:Time out for watermelon. Many farms within the military area surrounding Camp Shelby were permitted to continue
operation. The farmers find a ready market for their watermelons among officers and men conducting maneuvers in the area.
Here a truck load of Japanese-Americans split a melon while awaiting orders to advance. The 442nd combat team at Camp Shelby
is composed entirely of Americans of Japanese descent who volunteered for services in the armed forces. This unit of approximately
8000 men in undergoing intensive training in all branches of combat duty, and they are looking forward with eagerness to actual
services at the front.<lb/> Photographer: Mace, Charles E.<lb/> Camp Shelby, Mississippi.
Local Call Number:
WRA no. H-155
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Time out for watermelon. Many farms within the military area surrounding Camp Shelby were permitted to continue operation.
The farmers ...