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Andy Volk


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Post  Posted 15 Oct 2020 11:11 am    
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Japanese American soldiers of the 442nd Combat Team at dance, Camp Shelby, Mississippi, with Japanese American girls from Jerome and Rohwer Relocation Center in Arkansas: Private Harry Hamada doing hula dance and his guitar-ukulele orchestra. 1943. National lap steel.




Download a Hi-Res copy here: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/97506930/
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John Mulligan

 

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Post  Posted 15 Oct 2020 12:42 pm    
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I have that National! Or, you know, one just like it.
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Joe Burke

 

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Post  Posted 15 Oct 2020 2:08 pm    
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Lovely picture. Where did you find it?

Oh - I clicked on the link and got my answer. Really nice.
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Nic Neufeld


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Post  Posted 15 Oct 2020 3:36 pm    
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Possibly nisei from Hawaii...that was the same unit that Sen Daniel Inouye served in.
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Noah Miller


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Post  Posted 15 Oct 2020 4:15 pm    
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String-through pickup and multi-color fretboard; that National couldn't have been more than a year or two old in 1943.
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Andy Volk


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Post  Posted 15 Oct 2020 4:28 pm    
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Nic, I believe you’re correct. The unit whose motto was “Go for Broke.”
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Dave Mudgett


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Post  Posted 15 Oct 2020 6:44 pm    
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Great shot.

More history of the 442nd here - https://mashable.com/2016/11/11/japanese-american-soldiers-wwii/ - and it includes an even more-high-res version of that photo.
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