James Mita Collection Finding Aid 2015.014
Nicole McKeon
Go For Broke National Education Center
2018-11-29
355 E. 1st Street, Suite 200
Los Angeles, CA 90012
archives@goforbroke.org
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Go For Broke National Education Center
Title: James Mita Collection
creator:
Mita, James
Identifier/Call Number: 2015.014
Physical Description:
0.42 Linear Feet
2 folders, 1 oversize panoramic
Date (inclusive): 1944-2009
Abstract: Personal materials from James Mita's time serving in the 442nd RCT in Company F. There are also materials from his post-war
life serving on the Go For Broke National Education Center board.
Container: Cabinet 19 Collections
Personal materials from James Mita's time serving in the 442nd RCT in Company F. There are also materials from his post-war
life serving on the Go For Broke National Education Center board.
There is a panoramic of James' training group, Company B 208th Infantry Training Battalion, 64th Training Regiment, at Camp
Blanding in Florida. There is also a training manual, IRTC I am a Doughboy with autographs at the end with James' fellow trainees.
The bulk of the collection is post-World War II material as James was active in the veteran reunion community as well as the
early days of Go For Broke National Education Center.
James Koji Mita was born in 1923 in Oregon. He enlisted in the Army in 1944 and trained at Camp Blanding in Florida with the
Company B 208th Infantry Training Battalion, 64th Training Regiment, where he went on to join F Company in the 2nd Battalion
of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. After the war he became involved with veteran organizations and went on to be on the
founding board at Go For Broke National Education Center.
[Item], [Collection], Go For Broke National Education Center, Los Angeles, California.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Japan
Japanese Americans
Japanese Americans -- History -- 20th century
Go For Broke National Education Center
United States. Army. Infantry
United States. Army. Regimental Combat Team, 442nd
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans