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TITLE
Chaplain (Lt.) Masao Yamada, of Hawaii
 
DESCRIPTION
Chaplain (Lt.) Masao Yamada, of Hawaii

Original caption: "Chaplain (Lt.) Masao Yamada, Hawaii, junior regimental chaplain of the 442nd Infantry, the first person of Japanese ancestry to be commissioned a Chaplain in the US Army reporting to Col. C. W. Pence, Commanding Officer of the Japanese American Combat Team at Camp Shelby."
 
CREDIT
Courtesy of National Archives
 
DATE
1943