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Under Sec'y of War, Robert Patterson, congratulating Lt. Masand Otake, Lahaina, Mauith, Hawaii, 100th Inf. Bn., an American of Japanese descent on the outstanding job done by the Battalion. Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark [and others], C.G. Fifth army, stands behind them. Fifth Army, Leghorn Area, Italy – Historic Print

Under Sec'y of War, Robert Patterson, congratulating Lt. Masand Otake, Lahaina, Mauith, Hawaii, 100th Inf. Bn., an American of Japanese descent on the outstanding job done by the Battalion. Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark [and others], C.G. Fifth army, stands behind them. Fifth Army, Leghorn Area, Italy — historic photograph
Under Sec'y of War, Robert Patterson, congratulating Lt. Masand Otake, Lahaina, Mauith, Hawaii, 100th Inf. Bn., an American of Japanese descent on the outstanding job done by the Battalion. Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark [and others], C.G. Fifth army, stands behind them. Fifth Army, Leghorn Area, Italy. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

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This rare historic photograph captures Under Sec'y of War, Robert Patterson, congratulating Lt. Masand Otake, Lahaina, Mauith, Hawaii, 100th Inf. Bn., an American of Japanese descent on the outstanding job done by the Battalion. Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark [and others], C.G. Fifth army, stands behind them. Fifth Army, Leghorn Area, Italy in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Under Sec'y of War, Robert Patterson, congratulating Lt. Masand Otake, Lahaina, Mauith, Hawaii, 100th Inf. Bn., an American of Japanese descent on the outstanding job done by the Battalion. Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark [and others], C.G. Fifth army, stands behind them. Fifth Army, Leghorn Area, Italy

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Under Secretary of War Robert Patterson is shown congratulating Lt. Masand Otake, a Japanese American officer from Lahaina, Maui, on the work of his unit, the 100th Infantry Battalion. Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark, commander of the Fifth Army, stands nearby. The battalion was made up largely of Nisei soldiers from Hawaii, who were sent to fight in Europe at a time when many Japanese Americans on the mainland were held in internment camps. The photograph was taken in August 1944 in the Leghorn (Livorno) area of Italy, where Fifth Army units were regrouping after the campaigns of that summer.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notes1944 Aug.
SubjectsThis record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: World War II--Italy; Japanese in U.S.; BI; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,249 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-134000

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