Doing some cleaning out of old family photos from my mom (passed 3 years ago) and her sister who we moved into an assisted living facility. It is funny some of the things they keep throughout the years and things I never knew about them.
I knew my mom was born in Nebraska in 1925 with an older brother and two sisters. They are all gone except for my 95 yo aunt. Anyway, I found interesting things during the time they were growing up.
War Ration Books, Fuel Ration Books, to photos from the time my dad was sent to Tule Lake Internment camp showing the barracks the had to live in, to the canteen store and schoolroom they had to send children to.
I also found out that my uncle was part of the “Go For Broke” 442 Infantry Regiment (never knew that about him)
The 442nd Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of the United States Army. The regiment including the 100th Infantry Battalion is best known as the most decorated unit in U.S. military history, and as a fighting unit composed almost entirely of second-generation American soldiers of Japanese ancestry who fought in World War II. Beginning in 1944, the regiment fought primarily in the European Theatre, in particular Italy, southern France, and Germany. The 442nd Regimental Combat Team was organized on March 23, 1943, in response to the War Department's call for volunteers to form the segregated Japanese American army combat unit.
I knew my mom was born in Nebraska in 1925 with an older brother and two sisters. They are all gone except for my 95 yo aunt. Anyway, I found interesting things during the time they were growing up.
War Ration Books, Fuel Ration Books, to photos from the time my dad was sent to Tule Lake Internment camp showing the barracks the had to live in, to the canteen store and schoolroom they had to send children to.
I also found out that my uncle was part of the “Go For Broke” 442 Infantry Regiment (never knew that about him)
The 442nd Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of the United States Army. The regiment including the 100th Infantry Battalion is best known as the most decorated unit in U.S. military history, and as a fighting unit composed almost entirely of second-generation American soldiers of Japanese ancestry who fought in World War II. Beginning in 1944, the regiment fought primarily in the European Theatre, in particular Italy, southern France, and Germany. The 442nd Regimental Combat Team was organized on March 23, 1943, in response to the War Department's call for volunteers to form the segregated Japanese American army combat unit.
