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Box 1

 Container

Contains 3 Results:

Certificate, 1952 November 14

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Object: 1
Identifier: 2011.042.1.1
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: 1952 November 14

Cover letter, 1952 November 14

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Object: 2
Identifier: 2011.042.1.1
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: 1952 November 14

Official circular, 1952 September 29

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Object: 4
Identifier: 2011.042.1.1
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: 1952 September 29