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Disabled Hero Convalescing
From Gila News-Courier April 21, 1945
Private Koo Ito, Nisei hero who last 4th of July lost his right leg when hit by a burst of German shrapnel in Italy, has returned to an Army hospital in Battle Creek, Mich., after a month’s convalescent leave in Long Beach.
This disabled veteran, who attended Compton Junior College near Los Angeles, and played baseball on the school team, was married just before his induction in 1943 to Elaine Ikoma, a Long Beach Sansei who studied nursing at the University of California. The marriage was solemnized at the Jerome Relocation Center.
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April 21, 1945
Page: 3
+ Gila News-Courier
Media Type: Camp Newspaper
Place: Rivers
State: Arizona
Country: United States
The Gila News-Courier (September 12, 1942 to September 5, 1945) was the main publication of the Gila River camp, and one of the last of the ten War Relocation Authority camp newspapers to begin regular production and distribution. The News-Courier alternated from publishing every Wednesday and Saturday in its earliest weeks, to every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, out of the Canal News office located in Rec Hall 8. It was distributed free of charge to every barrack room.
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People mentioned in this clipping: Koo Ito Elaine Ikoma