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Yukio Kawamoto, Camp Robinson, Arkansas, 1942.

Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945
  • Branch of Service: Army
  • Unit of Service: 37th Infantry Division Headquarters
  • Location of Service: Camp Robinson, Arkansas; Camp Crowder, Missouri; Savage-Snelling, Minnesota; Angel Island, San Francisco, California; New Caledonia; Bougainville Island (Solomon Islands); Luzon (Philippines); Pacific Theater
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/7420

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"I did my best under trying circumstances with my parents in the camps." (Video \\nInterview, Part 2, 14:51)

While most Americans were celebrating VJ Day in August 1945, Yukio Kawamoto had more urgent family matters to attend to. His parents had been interned in a Utah relocation camp for the duration of the war, while he served with the Army's Military Intelligence Service in the Pacific, translating documents and interrogating prisoners. When the relocation camps began closing in the spring of 1945, he was given an early release from the Army to help his parents move back to their former hometown of Berkeley, California.

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About this Item

Title

  • Yukio Kawamoto Collection

Names

  • Shima, Terry T.
  • Japanese-American Veterans Association (JAVA)
  • Ninomiya, Calvin
  • Kawamoto, Yukio

Home State

  • Virginia

Headings

  • -  Kawamoto, Yukio
  • -  World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Army.

Repository

  • Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Gender

  • Male

Status

  • veteran

Service History

  • World War, 1939-1945

    • Branch of Service: Army
    • Unit of Service: 37th Infantry Division Headquarters
    • Location of Service: Camp Robinson, Arkansas; Camp Crowder, Missouri; Savage-Snelling, Minnesota; Angel Island, San Francisco, California; New Caledonia; Bougainville Island (Solomon Islands); Luzon (Philippines); Pacific Theater
    • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
    • Dates of Service: 1942-1945
    • Military Status: veteran

Materials

  • Video: Digital Betacam [1 item] -- Digitized Copy (collected 2003-07-22)
  • Video: Digital Betacam [1 item] -- Digitized Copy (collected 2003-07-22)
  • Manuscript: Biographical information [1 item] -- (collected unknown)
  • Photograph: Mixed (Multiple types of photographs) [10 items] -- Photograph (collected 1942-1977)
  • Video: MiniDV [2 items] -- Oral history interview (collected 2003-07-22)
  • Manuscript: Transcript [1 item] -- Transcription of video recording (collected 2003-07-22)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/7420

Cite as

  • Yukio Kawamoto Collection (AFC/2001/001/7420), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Online Format

  • image
  • online text
  • video

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Materials as a whole:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Manuscript material:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Memoirs (MS02), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Transcript (MS04), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Correspondence (MS01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Recording:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Audio recording (SR01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Video recording (MV01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Photograph:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Photographs (PH01), photographer unknown, Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Photographs (PH03-PH14), Ralph Williams photographer, Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Computer file:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Computer file (CF01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Artifact:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Artifact (AR01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

Shima, Terry T, Japanese-American Veterans Association, Calvin Ninomiya, and Yukio Kawamoto. Yukio Kawamoto Collection. 1942. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.07420/.

APA citation style:

Shima, T. T., Japanese-American Veterans Association, Ninomiya, C. & Kawamoto, Y. (1942) Yukio Kawamoto Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.07420/.

MLA citation style:

Shima, Terry T, et al. Yukio Kawamoto Collection. 1942. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.07420/>.