Title:

Mrs. Duayne M. Kimball of 820 Humboldt Street greets her brother, 1st Lt. Howard Y. Miyake, wounded Japanese war veteran, ...

Date:

1945-01-06

Subject:

Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945--Photographs

Full title:Mrs. Duayne M. Kimball of 820 Humboldt Street greets her brother, 1st Lt. Howard Y. Miyake, wounded Japanese war veteran, upon his arrival in Denver for a visit with her. Mrs. Kimball, who is married to a Seamen First Class in the United States Navy, surprised her brother with the news that she had enlisted in the WAC and was to be inducted January 16. Mrs. Kimball and her brother are residents of Honolulu, T.H. Lt. Miyake, then an enlisted man, was stationed at Schofield Barracks, Honolulu, the day of the Pearl Harbor attack. He and other members of his company of Japanese Americans were sent to the mainland for further training at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. They went abroad in August 1943 as members of the famous 100th Infantry Battalion which took part in the invasion of Italy and fought with such distinction that it was singled out for citation by Lt. General Mark Clark. More than 1000 of the Company of 1300 were wounded in action. Lt. Miyake was wounded by mortar fire June 3, 1944, within one day's march from Rome. He was returned to this country and assigned for treatment to the Newton D. Baker General Hospital, Martinsburg, West Virginia. He received a battlefield promotion from the rank of Platoon Sergeant to that of 2nd Lieutenant on January 7, 1944. He received his 1st Lieutenant's commission on July 18, 1944. He possesses the Purple Heart, Silver Star, and the Combat Infantryman's Badge. Mrs. Kimball was living with her husband in Los Angeles when the army ordered all persons of Japanese ancestry evacuated from the West Coast in March, 1942. She was sent to the Heart Mountain Relocation Center in Wyoming but relocated in Denver shortly afterward.<lb/> Photographer: Aoyama, Bud<lb/> Denver, Colorado.

WRA no. G-796

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Collection:

War Relocation Authority Photographs of Japanese-American Evacuation and Resettlement