Photo album, 1945 May - July

Item — Box: 6, Object: 1

Identifier: 2011.042.6

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The military records, service medals and insignia, photo albums, scrapbook and personal ephemera of George Akira Doi, who served during WWII in the 100th Infantry Division, an otherwise all-white unit. He saw combat in Europe and was decorated as “unquestionably the company’s best soldier.” George Akira Doi was the maternal grandfather of Kristi Yamaguchi (Olympic Gold Medalist figure skater).

Dates

Creation: 1945 May - July

Access

This material is open for research use by any registered reader.

Extent

1 item

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Dimensions

25 x 34.5 x 5 cm

General

Features sites and scenes including: Brussells (Belgium), Eden Roc (French Riviera), Cannes, Aix, Goppingen (Germany), Schorndorf (Germany), Augsburg (Germany), Heilbronn (Germany), and Zuffenhausen (Germany). 20 pages.