May 13, 1943 · Panoramic photograph
Company E, 442nd Infantry Regiment, in Formation at Camp Shelby
Pvt. Raymond D’Addario, U.S. Army Signal Corps
Why it matters
The formation makes the racial category unstable by showing Japanese American citizens serving in a segregated U.S. Army unit while people of the same ancestry were incarcerated at home.
- Publication
- U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph
- Holding institution
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
- Shelfmark
- 111-SC-176302; Signal Corps Photo 165-NR1-43-95; NAID 404790290
Citation
Raymond D’Addario. Company E of the 442nd Infantry Regiment in formation at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. May 13, 1943. U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph 111-SC-176302, 165-NR1-43-95. U.S. National Archives, NAID 404790290.
