Satoru Nakamura album and records, bulk 1940-1944

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Summary

Title:
Satoru Nakamura album and records
Dates:
bulk 1940-1944
Creators:
Nakamura, Satoru, 1916-2011 and Seki, Owen
Abstract:
The collection contains 126 photos from the Satoru Nakamura's photo album from his time at the 442nd Regimental Combat Team training camp. There are also loose documents including Nakamura's discharge papers and photographs of WWII reunions. There is also a 442nd 1943 Album with annotations by Nakamura.
Extent:
63.1 Megabytes
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

([Item], [Collection], Go For Broke National Education Center, Los Angeles, California).

Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains 126 photos from the Satoru Nakamura's photo album from his time at the 442nd Regimental Combat Team training camp. There are also loose documents including Nakamura's discharge papers and photographs of WWII reunions. There is also a 442nd 1943 Album with annotations by Nakamura.

The photos are mostly black and white and show day to day life during Satoru Nakamura's traning experience with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team.

Biographical / historical:

Satoru Nakamura was born on September 22, 1916 in Hawaii. Satoru was a World War II veteran and former first sergeant of Company B of the following units, 370th Engineers, later redesignated as 1399th Construction Engineers (Schofield Barracks, Hawaii), 442nd Infantry Regiment, 171st Infantry Battalion and 100th Infantry Battalion of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. He passed away on October 26, 2011.

Processing information:

Processed by Erin Sato March 23, 2015.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Nicole McKeon
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2018-05-15 09:39:03 -0700 .

Access and use

Preferred citation:

([Item], [Collection], Go For Broke National Education Center, Los Angeles, California).

Location of this collection:
355 East 1st Street, Suite 200
Los Angeles, CA 90012, US
Contact:
(310) 328-0907