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Go For Broke National Education Center
355 East 1st Street, Suite 200
Los Angeles, California 90012
Phone: (310) 328-0907
Fax: (310) 222-5700
Email: archives@goforbroke.org
Collections with online items: 26
Physical collections: 38
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Bob Akaki photograph collection

These photographs were sent to Mitzie Matsunaga who was incarcerated at Rohwer Concentration Camp. Joseph (Joe) Nishikawa and Yukio Kishi, subjects of the photographs, volunteered out of Rohwer into the 442nd.

 
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Frances Yokoyama Collection

Photos of Frances Yokoyama with her friends and family in the 1940's and 1950's. The photographs are mostly portraits at various locations in the US and Japan.

 
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George Fujimori Collection

This collection contains 99 photographs, some from a scrapbook of George Fujimori's time serving in the Military Intelligence Service in World War II.

GFBNEC Oral History Project Collection

This collection, also known as the Hanashi (“to talk” in Japanese) oral history project, is the world’s largest collection of oral histories from Japanese American World War II veterans. Started in 1998, the project has recorded over 1,200 oral histories...

Gilbert Tanji photograph album

This collection contains 79 photos from Gilbert Tanji's album which depicts Gilbert and his family's life in the American Concentration Camps and his time serving with the MIS in Washington DC.

 
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Henry Ikemoto Collection

This collection contains newspapers and newspaper clippings about World War II Japanese American veterans. There are also many loose photographs of post World War II activities, particularly the creation of the monument and veteran reunions. There is also a scrapbook...

Henry Kondo Collection

This collection includes letters written by Henry Kondo to his sister Misa (Kondo) Hoshino in 1944 while he was overseas in the European Theater, as well as various photographs from the pre-war period of Kondo and his family, and of...

Hiroshi Mizuki photographs

This collection contains scans of 477 photographs that Hiroshi Mizuki took during his time with the 442nd Regimental Team in the European Theater of World War II. Many of the photos show Italy, both the city and country, as well...

 
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James Mita Collection

Personal materials from James Mita's time serving in the 442nd RCT in Company F. There are also materials from his post-war life serving on the Go For Broke National Education Center board.

James Murata Photographic Collection

Two photographs from James Murata's time training for World War II with the Military Intelligence Service at Fort Snelling, Minnesota and Camp Stoneman, California.

Joe Chino photographs

This collection contains 234 scanned photographs, many likely taken by Joe Chino, the collector. Chino was a soldier in the MIS and many of the photographs depict him and other soldiers. There are also many photographs of the US Army...

 
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Mary Yamamoto Shimizu Collection

This collection consists of photographs scanned from a scrapbook belonging to Mary Yamamoto Shimizu depicting life events including commencement ceremonies and social activities in Long Beach, Los Angeles, Massachusetts and Dartmouth College. The bulk of the photographs are of George...

Minoru Shinmoto photographic collection

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.

 
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Paul William Nishimuta Collection

This collection contains approximately 150 photographs, 3 letters, 2 newspaper clippings, 2 packs of negatives, and 1 photograph album that describe Paul William Nishimuta's service as a member of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, 100th Infantry Battalion (Separate) during World...

 
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Ralph Kaneshiro Photographic Collection

Five photographs of Ralph Kaneshiro's time in the MIS in the Philippines and Japan between September 1945 and October 1946.

Ralph Shigeto Iwamoto Collection

This collection consists of eight photographs and a memorandum related to Iwamoto's military service as a member of the 441st Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment.

Robert Ichikawa Collection

Robert Ichikawa was part of the 442nd RCT, E Company. These photos depict his time in Nice, France; Sospel, France; and Camp Shelby, Mississippi in 1944 and 1945.

Robert Masao Baba collection

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...

 
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Satoru Nakamura album and records

The collection contains 126 photos from the Satoru Nakamura's photo album from his time at the 442nd Regimental Combat Team training camp. There are also loose documents including Nakamura's discharge papers and photographs of WWII reunions. There is also a...

 
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Takeshi Shindo papers

This collection contains nine scanned photographs of Takeshi "Tak" Shindo in Military Intelligence Service Language School (MISLS) at Fort Snelling. There is also a scanned graduation (1945) pamphlet, a news clipping, and a letter.

Tatsuo Yamane photographs

This collection contains 94 digital surrogates of photographs documenting Tatsuo Yamane's MIS training and his military time serving in Asiatic-Pacific Theatre in New Guinea and Morotai Island in Indonesia. Yamane was a Japanese interrogator for the Military Intelligence Service in...

Ted Tsukiyama Collection

This collection includes photographs from Ted Tsukiyama's time serving with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and the Military Intelligence Service in World War II. There are also a lot of photographs from his childhood and time before World War II...

Tomio Gohata Collection

The Tomio Gohata Collection consists of five photo albums and some textual material that describe Gohata’s military service as a member of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, specifically in the I Company.

 
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Walter Tadao Oka Collection

3 photographic albums and 52 loose photographs (total of 199 images) from Walter Tadao Oka's time serving as an interpreter in Occupied Japan 1946-1948.

 
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Yuki Akaki Collection

This collection contains 30 letters written to Yuki Akaki to his sister, Miss Hatsume Akaki, while he was serving with the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion in World War II. There are also photographs of his time serving in Japan and...

Yukihiro Collection

This collection contains army records and ephemera from Tsutomu George Yukihiro's service in World War II. Tsutomu served in the Counter Intelligence Corps in their 441st Detachment stationed in Japan, from 1945-1948.