UUM_P1430.xml Guide to the Mitsuru Fujinami photograph collection Fujinami (Mitsuru) photograph collection Finding aid created by Claire A. Kempa. J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections

2022
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-01-22. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Mitsuru Fujinami photograph collection Kasai, Mitsugi M., 1918-2013 P1430 1 items 1 box 1943-1946 Mitsuru "Mits" Fujinami (1924-2019) was a veteran of the United States Army who served during World War II. This collection contains one portrait photograph of Fujinami during his military service. English .

Mitsuru "Mits" Fujinami (1924-2019) was born on January 18, 1924, in Brawley, California to Tomakichi and Kichi Fujinami. Between ages 13 and 16, Fujinami was educated in Japan. During World War II, the United States government sent the Fujinami family to Clearfield, Utah. On May 18, 1944, Mits Fujinami joined the United States Army Military Intelligence Service as a linguist with the 167th Language Detachment X Corps, serving in Mindanao, Philippines. He also served with the I Crop Hiroshima Bomb Survey Team in Japan. Fujinami was discharged from the Army on May 4, 1946.

After returning to the United States, Fujinami attended the University of Utah, where he studied biology. On September 19, 1948, Mits Fujinami married Taiko "Terry" Kawaguchi; together, the couple had two sons. Fujinami worked for the Tooele Army Depot and Hinckley Dodge Chrysler Jeep. He was a member of the Salt Lake Buddhist Temple, and served as its president, for which he received the Sangha and Dharma Awards. Fujinami was a recipient of the Congressional Gold Medal for his military service. Mitsuru Fujinami died on June 1, 2019. (Adapted from obituary.)

The Mitsuru Fujinami photograph collection contains 1 black-and-white photograph of Fujinami during his service in the United States Military during World War II, dating from approximately 1943 to 1945. This image was collected in conjunction with an exhibit on Japanese American veterans.

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Donated by Mitsugi M. Kasai in 2007.

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Forms part of the Mitsugi M. Kasai Memorial Japanese American Archive.

 Fujinami, Mits (Mitsuru), 1924-2019--Photographs Japanese American soldiers--Utah--Photographs World War, 1939-1945--Japanese Americans--Photographs Photographs Black-and-white prints (photographs) Photographs Portraits Portrait 1 1