Title:
PFC Kiyotaka Uchimura is a member of the famous 100th Infantry Battalion --the Purple Heart Battalion of this man's army--
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Date:
1945-07-14
Subject:
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945--Photographs
Note:
Full title:PFC Kiyotaka Uchimura is a member of the famous 100th Infantry Battalion --the Purple Heart Battalion of this man's
army-- who came through the Italian Campaign unharmed, only to run into a German Artillery shell in Bellefontaine, France
in October, 1944. He hails from Kealakekua, Hawaii, where his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Takeo Uchimura reside. PFC Kiyotaka enlisted
in March, 1943 and received his basic training at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. In civilian life he was a carpenter on defense
work at the time of Pearl Harbor. He is 23 years old and unmarried. PFC Kiyotaka wears the following: Purple Heart, Combat
Infantry Badge, Unit Citation, ETO with two Battle Stars, Good Conduct medal.<lb/> Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru<lb/> Palo
Alto, California.
Local Call Number:
WRA no. -70
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PFC Kiyotaka Uchimura is a member of the famous 100th Infantry Battalion --the Purple Heart Battalion of this man's army--
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