The 442nd in Italy, and night-riders in California, May 1945
Two stories ran side by side in this eight-page issue. Japanese American soldiers of the 442nd fought in northern Italy,…
Print Issue: 1945
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Casualties and the Turin entry: the 442nd in Italy, April 1945
The 442nd Infantry Regiment’s last weeks in Italy led this eight-page issue. The Office of War Information announced that 30…
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Nisei casualties in Italy and a California jury’s acquittal
The 442nd Infantry Regiment’s spring drive along Italy’s Ligurian coast led the news. Seven Nisei soldiers were killed and 44…
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Nisei soldiers in Italy and the fight over returning home, 1945
Japanese American troops in Italy led the news in this 8-page issue. Captain Harry Kawano of the 442nd Regiment told…
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The 442nd in Italy and the death of President Roosevelt
The 442nd Infantry Regiment led the news. It rejoined the Fifth Army in Italy and bore the main burden of…
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Hostility toward returning Nisei, and the 442nd in the Alps
Japanese Americans returning to the West Coast faced hostility, and the paper reported it closely. Secretary of the Interior Harold…
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March 1945: a revised draft oath and the fight over Japanese Americans’ return
A change to the draft oath led the news. The War Department revised the oath on Selective Service Form 304A,…
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Nisei soldiers honored while the West Coast debated their return
The Lost Battalion of the 36th (Texas) Division presented a silver plaque to the 442nd Regimental Combat Team for its…
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Nisei soldiers in France and hostility toward returnees in 1945
The 100th Infantry Battalion of the 442nd Combat Team led the news. More than 1,547 Purple Hearts and Oak Leaf…
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Returning home: violence, honor rolls and the 442nd in 1945
Japanese Americans’ return to the West Coast ran through much of this eight-page issue. Richard W. Johnston, a United Press…
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The Lost Battalion’s plaque for the 442nd, and attacks on returning Nisei
The surviving members of the Lost Battalion presented a silver plaque to the 442nd Infantry Regiment, the unit that rescued…
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Violence against returning Japanese Americans and the Hood River memorial
Attacks on Japanese Americans returning to the West Coast ran through this eight-page issue. A second shotgun attack on the…
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February 1945: Nisei casualties, the Korematsu ruling and return to the West Coast
Japanese American soldiers and the question of returning to the West Coast ran through this 8-page issue. The front page…
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Nisei casualties in Europe and the fight over returning home
The War Department’s list of Nisei soldiers killed, wounded and held prisoner on the Western Front led this eight-page issue:…
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Violence against returning Japanese Americans, and the 442nd’s honors
News of the war and of the return home ran side by side in this eight-page issue. The War Department…
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Night-riders in Placer County and the return to the West Coast
Violence and resistance met Japanese Americans who began returning to the West Coast. Sumio Doi, a returned evacuee near Auburn,…