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26 States, Hawaii Represented in 522nd Field Artillery Unit
From Pacific Citizen October 20, 1945
Donauworth, Germany — Twenty-six states, the Territory of Hawaii and the District of Columbia are represented in the home addresses of officers and men of the 522nd (Japanese American) Field Artillery Battalion now stationed here.
Hawaiian leads with 331 men out of the battalion and 120 of these men called Honolulu home. Seventy others are from other sections of Oahu, while the other islands are represented by the following: Hawaii, 58; Maui, 48; Kauai, 32; Molokai, 2 and Lanai, 1.
California leads all the states with 85 men calling the Golden State home. Actually, more than 100 men of the battalion were born in California but now list other states has home addresses because of relocation or resettlement.
Home addresses of other men of the Japanese American battalion are listed as follows: Colorado, 39; Idaho, 22; Arizona, 15; Illinois, 13; Utah, 12; Washington, 10; Wyoming and Ohio, 8; Oregon, 7; Michigan and New York, 6; Massachusetts, Nevada, New Jersey, Texas, and Florida, 2; Arkansas, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Washington DC, Alabama and North Carolina, 1.
Source Information
October 20, 1945
Page: 8
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Media Type: Newspaper
Place: Los Angeles
State: California
Country: United States
The Pacific Citizen, created as the organizational newsletter of the Japanese American Citizens League, became a full-fledged newspaper during World War II. During the war years, it represented the most articulate voice of mainland Japanese Americans, and acted as the principal purveyor of news to the community.
The Pacific Citizen was founded in 1929 as the bulletin of the San Francisco "New American Citizens League," under the name Nikkei Shimin. Three years later, it was adopted as the official organ of the fledgling JACL and renamed. During the 1930s it was taken over by Seattle-based editor James Sakamoto as an adjunct of his newspaper Japanese American Courier.
With the advent of World War II, the newspaper moved to Salt Lake City, chronicling the stresses and agonies of the Japanese Americans ripped from the homes and imprisoned in the desolate and forbidding "relocation camps" that had been hastily constructed. It covered the progress of the struggle to persuade the government to allow Nisei men to volunteer and fight against the fascist forces of sweeping through Europe and Asia. And then followed with the stories of sacrifice and heroic victories of the Nisei soldiers fighting in Europe.
After the war the newspaper relocated to Los Angles, CA, and continues to publish as a national, award-winning semi-monthly newspaper focused on covering Asian Pacific American (APA) news.
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