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Junwo “Jimmy” Yamashita wore this coat while serving as a member of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team during World War II.
At the outset of WWII, most Japanese Americans were considered ineligible to serve in the U.S. military, but by 1943, as the military struggled to fill quotas, Japanese Americans were deemed eligible to serve. By the war's end, more than 30,000 Japanese Americans volunteered for military service, even as many of their families were incarcerated by the U.S. government.
Most of those who served were members of the 100th Infantry Battalion from Hawai'i and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, segregated units that fought together in Europe. In some of the most grueling battles of the war, they became among the army’s most decorated units. The Army initially issued members of the 100th/442nd Regimental Combat Team a racially insensitive insignia with a yellow hand wielding a bloody sword. The soldiers’ objected and designed a new insignia featuring a torch of liberty. The second insignia can be seen on the shoulder of Yamashita's coat.
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