Henry Kuwabara Personal Papers, bulk 1930-2002

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Summary

Title:
Henry Kuwabara Personal Papers
Dates:
bulk 1930-2002
Creators:
Kuwabara, Henry, 1919-2005 and Kuwabara
Abstract:
This collection comprises seven boxes and two oversize items. The collection contains mainly paper items like handwritten research notes and periodicals. The creator was in the military for 20 years, in both World War II and the Korean War and has many research materials pertaining to both wars as well as Japanese American incarceration.
Containers:
object: 2016.004
Extent:
2.7 Linear Feet 8 boxes, 2 oversize items
Language:
English and Materials are mostly in English with some items in Japanese.
Preferred citation:

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

Background

Scope and content:

This collection comprises seven boxes and two oversize items. The collection contains mainly paper items like handwritten research notes and periodicals. The creator was in the military for 20 years, in both World War II and the Korean War and has many research materials pertaining to both wars as well as Japanese American incarceration. There are also some more personal items like photographs of the creator, his military awards, and his typewritten manuscript. The collection comprises research materials relating to mainly World War II, specifically the Pacific War and China Burma India (CBI) theaters. There are also personal records relating to the creator's military career in both World War II and the Korean War. The first oversize item is a felt mounted frame with eleven military pins and badges attached. The second oversize item is a binder of his typewritten manuscript. The third oversize item is a framed military portrait.

Biographical / historical:

Henry Hideo Kuwabara was born on April 21, 1919 in Malad, Idaho and began his 20 year military career on November 1, 1942 in Rivers, Arizona. Kuwabara volunteered for the Army and served in the Southeast Asian Translation and Interrogation Center (SEATIC) in New Delhi, India from November 1943 to April 1944. The Center conducted translation and interrogation for the Allied headquarters in Tokyo, Japan. It was comprised of British, Indian, Australian and New Zealander and United States forces. From May to November 1944, he was stationed at Norward Headquarters, U.S. Army Northern Combat Area Command in north Burma. From December 1944 to November 1945 he was stationed in Burma as SEATIC on temporary duty with several detachments where he interrogated Japanese Prisoners of War, translated captured Japanese documents and prepared covert and non-covert propaganda leaflets for two audiences—the Japanese troops in Burma and the Burmese people.

Kuwabara's post-war assignments included Allied Translator and Interpreter Service (ATIS), General Headquarters, Tokyo and many others, ending his career as Lieutenant Colonel in July of 1962. He retired in December of the same year, but then moved to Japan where he had a 20 year career as a translator and then moved to Los Angeles where he worked at LAX for ten years. Kuwabara retired after that and passed away on May 7, 2005.

Processing information:

Boxes 1-5 processed by Gavin Do January 2016. Boxes 6 and 7 processed by Nicole Mckeon March 2018.

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 2018-11-28 11:56:17 -0800 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is available for research upon request. Some materials have personal information and will have to be redacted before viewing.

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
archives@goforbroke.org
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