Kuichi Takei's Dog Tags
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content: Kuichi Takei's dog tags from his service in WWII. One tag reads, "Takei, Kuichi / 39003452 T41 43 A / NS" while the other reads "Kuichi Takei / 39003452 T42 A / Yasu Takei / RT. 3 Box 79 P / Santa Cruz, CALIF." Takei was drafted in February, 1941. After Pearl Harbor, he, like other Nisei in the military who were not discharged, had their weapons taken away and were placed under guard. He joined the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion of the 442nd and served C Battery. The 522nd Field Artillery Battalion helped to liberate survivors of the Landsberg-Kaufering Dachau Death March and Dachau sub-camps.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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: Gift of Kuichi Takei Family
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2016.0171.02
label: accession number
content: 2016.0171
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0171.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dog tags
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: engraved (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: part: tag: 1 1/2 in x 2 in x 5/32 in; 3.81 cm x 5.08 cm x .381 cm
label: Measurements
content: part: necklace: 13 in x 1/4 in x 5/32 in; 33.02 cm x .635 cm x .381 cm