Japanese American soldiers of Company E, 442nd Infantry Regiment stand in long formation at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, with barracks extending behind them.

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
Rights
Public Domain; work of the United States Government

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.