Tsukio Yamagato is presented with the Purple Heart medal by Colonel J.D. Entringer, Hawaii, 1945
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Photograph. Army Private Tsukio Yamagato is presented with the Purple Heart medal by Colonel J.D. Entringer in Hawaii. Official Caption: "Rome, 7/4/45--Medal for Heroes--For wounds received in action on the Volturno front in Italy, Private Tsukio Yamagato (R), American of Japanese descent, is presented with the Purple Heart medal in Hawaii by Colonel J.D. Entringer. The bravery of Americans of Japanese ancestry in the 100th battalion won eight Distinguished Crosses, 44 Silver Stars, 31 Bronze Stars and three Legion of Merit medals a well as many Purple Hearts during the Italian campaign.--Army photo through Rome OWI--approved by appropriate military authority--(List A out). 6993." Hawaii. 4 July 1945
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07/04/1945
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Items from the service of Isaac "Ike" Bethel Utley, who was born in Smith Mills, Kentucky on 3 March 1920. Ike enlisted in the Army Air Corps on 19 January 1942. He was shipped overseas to the European Theatre and worked with a supply division based out of the city of Naples with an office set up in a residential villa. Utley worked with the Office of War Information and used their photographs in news articles to inform soldiers of the progress of the war. At war's end, Utley returned stateside. A trunk full of over 800 photographs from the O.W.I. arrived on his doorstep from his office in Italy, sender unknown. This collection consists of those photographs.
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Hawaiian Islands
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-23.500
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-165.000
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Soldiers--American--Hawaii
Military officers--American--Hawaii
Military decorations--Hawaii
Shaking hands--Hawaii