todaysdocument: President Truman walking past members of the Nisei 442nd Regimental Combat Team, 7/1
todaysdocument: President Truman walking past members of the Nisei 442nd Regimental Combat Team, 7/15/1946This regiment of Japanese-Americans was the most decorated in U.S. military history, even while many soldiers’ families were being held in internment camps by the U.S. government.Series: Photographs Relating to the Administration, Family, and Personal Life of Harry S. Truman, 1957 - 2004Collection: Audiovisual Collection, 1957 - 2006Image description: Japanese-American soldiers stand at attention as President Truman walks past them. The soldiers wear khaki field uniforms and helmets, and hold rifles at their sides. -- source link