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442nd Anti-Tank Company Wins “America Sings” Contest
From Hattiesburg American July 7, 1943
There are songs aplenty these days around the Anti-Tank company of the Japanese-American Combat Team since it was awarded the music book, “America Sings” by junior regimental chaplain Lt. Thomas E. West for being the first company to learn the words of America’s national songs. Donated by friends of Chaplain West as a gift to the Nisei soldiers, “America Sings” contains hymns, negro spirituals, patriotic, secular and folk songs. Attractively bound in red, the book contains songs for all occasions and especially selected for soldiers. As an additional gift to the champion singers of the Combat Team, Chaplain West gave the Anti-Tank men six gallons of ice cream which was supplemented at supper with a giant cake bought with the company fund.
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July 7, 1943
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+ Hattiesburg American
Media Type: Newspaper
Place: Hattiesburg
State: Mississippi
Country: United States
The Hattiesburg American was founded in 1897 as a weekly newspaper, the Hattiesburg Progress.[2] In 1907, the Hattiesburg Progress was acquired by The Hattiesburg Daily News. When the U.S. entered World War I in 1917, the newspaper was renamed the Hattiesburg American.
The Hattiesburg American was purchased by the Harmon family in the 1920s and was sold to the Hederman family in 1960.[2] Gannett acquired the newspaper in 1982.
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People mentioned in this clipping: Thomas E. West