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Funeral service for Japanese American serviceman, June 1948
Order an ImageJapanese Americans in the coastal areas of the western United States were removed from their homes in 1942, when the United States entered World War II. In spite of this, Japanese Americans served in the United States armed forces with distinction. Veterans of the war were buried with military honors.
In this June 1948 photo, Japanese American veterans honor a unit member as his coffin is carried from the entrance of Seattle's First Methodist Church.
Title from original inventory: Flag-draped coffin being carried from church before honor guard, Seattle
Written on negative: Nisei war dead-First Methodist Church, 6/19/48
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): June 19,1948
In this June 1948 photo, Japanese American veterans honor a unit member as his coffin is carried from the entrance of Seattle's First Methodist Church.
Title from original inventory: Flag-draped coffin being carried from church before honor guard, Seattle
Written on negative: Nisei war dead-First Methodist Church, 6/19/48
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): June 19,1948
ID Number: PI28191
Date: 1948
Physical Description: 1 negative : safety film, b&w ; 4 x 5 in.
Credit: MOHAI, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, PI28191
Copyright: All Rights Reserved
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