Location: Camp Shelby, Mississippi Original caption: Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Japanese-American Combat Team. At Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Americans of Japanese ancestry from California, Hawaii and other areas are undergoing intensive training as an Army combat team. One group of Japanese Americans has already gone and seen action in the Mediterranean Theatre. These pictures show some of the phases of the training of the 442nd Combat Team at Camp Shelby. With camouflaged helmet blending into the leafy shrubbery, Pvt. Robert Onizuka takes cover during field maneuvers. He is a former student of the University of Hawaii. 1943. Courtesy of the Seattle Nisei Veterans Committee and the U.S. Army

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