“Soldiers’ Stories” Photos

Photo of young Japanese American soldier in WWII next to a photo of the same man 25 years later with wife. Photo of JA soldier next to a photo of the same man decades later, posing with his wife.
Kazuo Takahashi, shown in Japan with the MIS (you can see the outline of the atomic bomb dome in Hiroshima behind him) (courtesy of NJAHS and Diane Yuen); and decades later with his wife, Fusa; and Toshiro Minamoto, who was with the 16th Infantry in Germany; and decades later, with his wife Harue Minamoto (courtesy of Gay Kaplan).
Two U.S. Army photos of young JA soldiers in uniform. Next to photo of Thomas Sagimori, the text "KIA -- 4/5/1945, Monte Folgorito, Italy." Next to John Harano, "KIA - 10/29/1944, rescue of the'Lost Battalion,' France.
Two “Berkeley boys,” Thomas Sagimori and John Harano, were killed in action in Europe–Tom in Italy, and John in the rescue of the Lost Battalion in the Vosges Mountains. (Photos courtesy of Wendy Ng and the Harano family).

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