Minoru Shinmoto photographic collection finding aid 2015.009
Nicole McKeon
Go For Broke National Education Center
05/22/2018
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: Minoru Shinmoto photographic collection
creator:
Shinmoto, Minoru
source:
Shinmoto, Minoru
Identifier/Call Number: 2015.009
Physical Description:
1.2 Gigabytes
JPEGs and TIFs
Date (bulk): 1944-1945
Abstract: These four panoramic photographs show Minoru "Min" Shinmoto and his company, 34th Infantry Division Company B, at basic training
at Fort McClellan, Alabama as well as Company D at basic training at For Snelling, Minnesota.
These four panoramic photographs show Minoru "Min" Shinmoto and his company, 34th Infantry Division Company B, at basic training
at Fort McClellan, Alabama as well as Company D at basic training at Fort Snelling, Minnesota.
Two of the images are photographs and two are black and white sketches.
Minoru "Min" Shinmoto was born in Upland, California on June 30, 1925. When America entered World War II, the Shinmoto family
was incarcerated in Gila River Concentration Camp, Arizona, where Min graduated from Canal High School in 1943.
Min was drafted into the US Army in 1944 and took basic training at Fort McClellan, Alabama. He spent the next few months
in Fukuoka, Japan with the Occupation Forces, and later lead a contingent of ten MISers, interrogating repatriates from Manchuria.
Finally, he was discharged from the US Army in November, 1946.
Min spent the following 51 years in the family's retail nursery business, Southern California Nursery, Inc. in Culver City.
The family-owned business closed on March 1, 1999 and Min retired with his wife of 55 years in Torrance, California. Min passed
away April 21, 2018.
[Item], [Collection], Go For Broke National Education Center, Los Angeles, California.
Processed by Erin Sato 03/23/2015.
Existence and Location of Originals
Digital surrogates can be found at: https://ndajams.omeka.net/collections/show/1312
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Fort Snelling (Minn.)
Japanese Americans
Japanese Americans -- History -- 20th century
World War, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans
World War, 1939-1945
United States. Army. Regimental Combat Team, 442nd
United States. Army. Infantry Battalion, 100th
Minnesota
Alabama
Infantry Replacement Training Center (Fort McClellan, Ala.)
United States. Army. Volunteer Infantry Regiment, 34th
United States. Army. Volunteer Infantry Regiment, 34th. Company B
Shinmoto, Minoru