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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Go For Broke National Education Center
Title: Shiyo Doiwchi Collection
creator:
Doiwchi, Shiyo, 1916-2005
creator:
Zaima, Carole
Identifier/Call Number: 2016.010
Physical Description:
0.42 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1943-2000
Abstract: This collection contains personal materials from Shiyo Doiwchi's time serving in the C Battery of the 522 Field Artillery
in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team during World War II.
Container: 2016.010
This collection contains personal materials from Shiyo Doiwchi's time serving in the C Battery of the 522 Field Artillery
in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team during World War II. The majority of the collection consists of military ribbons and medals.
There are also post-war material.
Shiyo Doiwchi was born in 1916 in Los Angeles. He volunteered for the Army and served with the C Battery of the 522 Field
Artillery of the 442nd Regimental Combat as a gunner. He served in Italy, France, and Germany. After World War II ended he
returned to Los Angeles and later participated in the Go For Broke Hanashi Oral Histories. Shiyo passed away in 2005.
[Item], [Collection], Go For Broke National Education Center, Los Angeles, California.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
522nd Field Artillery Battalion
California
France.
Go For Broke National Education Center
Germany
Italy
Japanese Americans
Japanese Americans -- History -- 20th century
Los Angeles (Calif.)
United States.
United States. Army. Infantry
United States. Army. Regimental Combat Team, 442nd
World War, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans
World War, 1939-1945