jacket, Eisenhower or "Ike" style, used from 1944 to 1947, Baltimore, Maryland, 12/16/1944
date: label: date made
content: 1944-12-16
name: label: maker
content: Raleigh Manufacturers, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: This is a military uniform jacket belonging to one of the three Masuda brothers who served in the Armed Forces during World War II. The uniform is in the style of the Eisenhower, or the "Ike" style that was an authorized Army uniform from 1944 to 1947 during World War II. This jacket bears patches and insignia, listed below.
label: Description
content: There is a 442nd Regimental Combat Team patch on the left shoulder of the jacket, three service stripes (denoting nine years of service), a Staff Sergeant insignia, US and infantry lapel pins, WWII Honorable Discharge patch, and six awards: Purple Heart, Good Conduct, European Campaign with three bronze stars, a World War II Victory Medal and an Americann Campaign Medal.
label: Description
content: The Masuda family was imprisoned in the Japanese American prison camps Jerome in Arkansas, and Gila River in Arizona. The Masuda family included father Gensuke, mother Tamae, and their nine children Masao, Mary, June, Kazuo, Takashi, Shizuko, Masakichi, Hisako, Nobuo, and Mitsuo.
label: Description
content: Kazuo, Masao, Mitsuo, and Takashi all served in the Armed Forces in the Army. Kazuo and Takashi joined the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and Masao joined MISLS F-5 and the 519th Military Police Battalion as a Military Intelligence Japanese Language Interpreter and Translator. Kazuo was killed in action when he sacrificed his life to save two of his comrades, and was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross medal. Takashi was wounded in action. Mitsuo also joined MISLS F-5 as Military Intelligence and received a medical discharge.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Maryland, Baltimore
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Japanese American
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content: Executive Order 9066
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Masao Masuda
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2015.0105.001
label: accession number
content: 2015.0105
label: catalog number
content: 2015.0105.001
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jacket
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 27 1/2 in x 21 in x 1 in; 69.85 cm x 53.34 cm x 2.54 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, maximum (exhibit or expanded): 23 1/2 in x 28 in; 59.69 cm x 71.12 cm