Robert Masao Baba collection, bulk 1945-1946
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Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Baba, Robert Masao, DDS, 1917-2018 and Baba, Robert Masao, DDS, 1917-2018
- Abstract:
- This collection contains 29 photos of Dr. Baba's comrades, parade, 442nd mascot, return home, and visit to comrade's grave. Robert Masao Baba arrived in Italy around the time of Germany's surrender. Baba was a member of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team.
- Extent:
- 8.2 Megabytes 1 CD
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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[Item], [Collection], Go For Broke National Education Center, Los Angeles, California.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection contains 29 photos of Dr. Baba's comrades, parade, 442nd mascot, return home, and visit to comrade's grave. Robert Masao Baba arrived in Italy around the time of Germany's surrender. Baba was a member of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team.
The images are all black and white and capture casual activity, travel and sailing on the USS Wilson Victory.
- Biographical / historical:
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Robert Masao Baba was born to immigrants from Japan, Yukichi and Momoe Baba, on September 2, 1917 in Sacramento, California. After high school, he worked his way through California State College at Fresno. However, he left college, one semester short of graduation, when, in February, 1942, Executive Order 9066 forced him to Gila River Detention Camp in Arizona. He worked as a medic in the Gila River Camp hospital. Dr. Baba then went on to serve as a medic in Italy during World War II. He was a member of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, the highly decorated Japanese American military unit.
After World War II ended, he returned to California, where he found anti-Japanese sentiments still strong, so he then moved to Chicago, Illinois. While in Chicago, he attended Loyola University Chicago Dental School, simultaneously working fulltime in the blood bank of Cook County Hospital. He graduated dental school in 1957. He returned to California and opened his dental practice in Whittier, California, in 1957. He passed away on January 4, 2018.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Erin Sato 03/23/2015.
- Physical facet:
- analog and digital version of scanned photographs
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
- Copyright information not filled out by donor.
- Preferred citation:
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[Item], [Collection], Go For Broke National Education Center, Los Angeles, California.
- Location of this collection:
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355 East 1st Street, Suite 200Los Angeles, CA 90012, US
- Contact:
- (310) 328-0907