Robert Masao Baba collection 2014.002
Nicole McKeon
Go For Broke National Education Center
2018-04-19
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: Robert Masao Baba collection
creator:
Baba, Robert Masao, DDS, 1917-2018
source:
Baba, Robert Masao, DDS, 1917-2018
Identifier/Call Number: 2014.002
Physical Description:
8.2 Megabytes
1 CD
analog and digital version of scanned photographs
Date (bulk): 1945-1946
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.
Container: 2014-2015 Collections
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.
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.
[Item], [Collection], Go For Broke National Education Center, Los Angeles, California.
Existence and Location of Originals
Digital surrogates at http://ndajams.omeka.net/collections/show/1002. Requests for high quality photographs should be made
to the Archivist.
Access Information
Copyright information not filled out by donor.Processed by Erin Sato 03/23/2015.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Japanese Americans
United States. Army. Infantry Battalion, 100th
United States. Army. Regimental Combat Team, 442nd
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans
Italy
Gila River Detention Camp
Baba, Robert Masao, DDS, 1917-2018