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It was while the famous 442nd Combat Infantry Team was engaged in driving through stubborn German defenses to rescue the 141 Regiment of Caucasians in the Vosges Mountains of France that Corporal Steve Shimizu went out of action with a serious shrapnel wound in his right arm. Corporal Shimizu hails from 2320 Young Street, Honolulu, Hawaii, where he enlisted in March of 1943. After receiving his basic training at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, Corporal Steve went overseas in May 1944 and saw eight months of combat action in both Italy and France. He is now a patient at Dibble General Hospital, Palo Alto, California. Corporal Steve is 25, a welder by trade and not married. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Buichi Shimizu of Kukuihaele, Hawaii. -- Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru -- Palo Alto, California. 7/14/45

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The Bancroft Library. University of California, Berkeley.