Merry Christmas 442nd Combat Team Card
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content: The 442nd Combat Team was a segregated division of the US Army made up of second-generation Japanese Americans. Many of these men left the relocation camps to fight in combat. Family members stayed connected to their loved ones overseas, sending them small gifts and mementos. This Christmas card was sent to a special person in Topaz Relocation Center from Ken Nihei, a 442nd soldier stationed in Italy.
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content: Currently not on view
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, General
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content: Military
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Japanese American Internment Era
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Takako Tsuchiya Endo; Tama Tsuchiya Koda; Keyko Tsuchiya Hall and Takenori Tsuchiya
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.3132.01
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content: 1986.3132
label: catalog number
content: 1986.3132.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: card
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cardstock (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/2 in x 6 in; 8.89 cm x 15.24 cm