Ewart Yasukawa Collection Finding Aid 2018.007
Nicole McKeon
Go For Broke National Education Center
2018-12-06
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: Ewart Yasukawa Collection
creator:
Yasukawa, Ewart (Ewart Suyehiro Yasukawa)
creator:
Lee, Ted
Identifier/Call Number: 2018.007
Physical Description:
0.42 Linear Feet
1 folder
Date (inclusive): 1942-1993
Abstract: This collection consists of personal materials from Ewart Yasukawa's time serving in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team Company
I in World War II.
Container: 2018 Collections Box 3
This collection consists of personal materials from Ewart Yasukawa's time serving in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team Company
I in World War II.
Most of the materials are from his time in the Army but there are some post-War materials relating to his Company.
Ewart Suyehiro Yasukawa was born in 1916 in Sacramento. He enlisted in the Army in 1941 and joined the 442nd Regimental Combat
Team, Company I.
[Item], [Collection], Go For Broke National Education Center, Los Angeles, California.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
California
Japanese Americans
Japanese Americans -- History -- 20th century
United States.
United States. Army. Infantry
United States. Army. Regimental Combat Team, 442nd
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans
Army Records Series 1 1942-1945
Contains:
- Copy of Ewart Yasukawa discharge (1945)
- Ewart Yasukawa vehicle card (1944)
- War Department envelope
- "60 Questions and Answers You and Your Family Should Know" publication prepared for Army Ground Forces Replacement depot,
Ft. Mede (1944) with Kay K. Yasumara and Ewart Yasukawa handwritten names and signatures
- Camp Roberts Infantry Replacement Training orders for transferred grades (1942)