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Box 1

 Container

Contains 3 Results:

Official circular, 1947 November 17

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6, Object: 1
Identifier: 2011.042.1.6
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: 1947 November 17

Official receipt, 1947 April 8

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6, Object: 2
Identifier: 2011.042.1.6
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: 1947 April 8

Official letter, 1947 April 1

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6, Object: 3
Identifier: 2011.042.1.6
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: 1947 April 1