Sam Yokota digital photograph collection, 1944-1946

The Sam Yokota digital photograph collection consists of digitized black-and-white and color photographs from two albums containing 548 photographs documenting Sam Yokota's tour of duty while a Sergeant of Company L in the 100th Battalion of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team during World War II. The photographs are well identified with names of individuals and some places. Locations include: Camp Shelby, Mississippi; Italy (Pisa, Florence, and other locations); the S. S. Wilson Victory; Camp Kilmer; Washington, D.C.; and Arlington National Cemetary. Subjects include: soldiers engaging in leisure activity and sport, including baseball, table tennis, and bowling; camp; clearing a beach; dogs; entertainers at Camp Kilmer; march down down Constitution Avenue to the Ellipse south of the White House. Several photographs also include President Harry S Truman interacting with the 442nd Regiment; and memorials and cemeteries.

The original images were loaned to the library and were scanned and then returned to the donor. The image files can be requested, but the library no longer has the original images.