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Chaplain Higuchi Wartime Correspondence:
Hiro Higuchi, 1943-1945
Wartime Letters of Chaplain Hiro Higuchi: 1943
- 30 August 1943
Ft. Ethan Allen, VT: Hiro writes of his arrival in Vermont
- 7 September 1943
Ft. Ethan Allen, VT: Hiro describes his activities in Vermont
- 20 September 1943
Ft. Ethan Allen, VT: Hiro gives a description of his recent activities
- 30 September 1943
Chaplain School, Harvard, MA: Hiro writes home the day before Chaplain School begins
- 4 October 1943
Chaplain School, Harvard, MA: Hiro describes his activities at Chaplain School
- 21 October 1943
Chaplain School, Harvard, MA: Hiro discusses life at Chaplain School
- 24 October 1943
Chaplain School, Harvard, MA: Hiro writes to Hisako in the style of a military letter
- 11 November 1943
Camp Shelby, MS: Hiro describes the beginning of his training at Camp Shelby, Mississippi
- 12 November 1943
Camp Shelby, MS: Hiro gives an account of his activities during training
- 25 November 1943
Camp Shelby, MS: Hiro describes going on maneuvers
- 4 December 1943
Camp Shelby, MS: Hiro discusses his activities during training
- 8 December 1943
Camp Shelby, MS: Hiro writes Hisako about the birth of their daughter
- 15 December 1943
Camp Shelby, MS: Hiro describes training in poor weather conditions
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Wartime Letters of Chaplain Hiro Higuchi: 1944
- 7 January 1944
Camp Shelby, MS: Hiro describes a recent bivouac
- 4 February 1944
Camp Shelby, MS: Hiro writes about life at camp and rumors of going into combat
- 21 February 1944
Camp Shelby, MS: Hiro discusses camp life and the attitude of mainland AJA soldiers
- 29 February 1944
Camp Shelby, MS: Hiro compares training at Camp Shelby to Chaplain School
- 6 March 1944
Camp Shelby, MS: Hiro writes about life at camp and giving morality lectures
- 30 March 1944
Camp Shelby, MS: Hiro returns to camp following a two week furlough
- 7 April 1944
Camp Shelby, MS: Hiro writes about the origins of the phrase “Go for Broke”
- 10 April 1944
Camp Shelby, MS: Hiro discusses his preparations for going overseas
- 19 April 1944
Camp Shelby, MS: Hiro describes recent activities and camp life
- 31 May 1944
Crossing the Atlantic: Hiro writes about his voyage across the Atlantic
- 4 June 1944
Italy: Hiro gives his impressions of Italy shortly after his arrival
- 16 June 1944
Italy: Hiro describes conditions in Italy and the reputation of the 100th Infantry Battalion
- 8 July 1944
Italy: Hiro provides an account of his first battle experience
- 22 July 1944
Italy: Hiro describes conditions in Italy and on the front lines
- 15 August 1944
Italy: Hiro discusses casualties during the recent fighting
- 24 August 1944
Italy: Hiro writes about services he conducted on the front lines
- 27 August 1944
Italy: Hiro gives an account of life on the front lines
- 4 September 1944
Italy: Hiro describes a trip into a mine field
- 8 September 1944
Italy: Hiro explains his duties and speculates on the future of veterans after the war
- 20 September 1944
Italy: Hiro writes while in transit to a new location
- 17 October 1944
France: Hiro conditions the conditions and recent fighting in France
- 18 October 1944
France: Hiro writes about helping wounded soldiers during battle
- 20 October 1944
France: Hiro gives an account of his encounter with a wounded German soldier
- 31 October 1944
France: Hiro describes the fighting in France
- 2 November 1944
France: Hiro discusses recent shelling and casualties
- 6 November 1944
France: Hiro describes his attempts to hold services on the front lines
- 17 November 1944
France: Hiro writes about the recent memorial service and the food people sent him
- 4 December 1944
France: Hiro describes his activities during a break from combat
- 24 December 1944
France: Hiro gives an account of the Christmas services he held
- 30 December 1944
France: Hiro describes writing letters to the families of soldiers who have died
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Wartime Letters of Chaplain Hiro Higuchi: 1945
- 7 January 1945
France: Hiro writes about the “Champagne Campaign”
- 24 February 1945
France: Hiro reflects on some of the close calls that he experienced during battle
- 7 March 1945
France: Hiro describes his recent activities
- 25 March 1945
Italy: After relocating, Hiro thinks the 442nd is about to go back into battle
- 6 April 1945
Italy: Hiro describes the attack on the Gothic line and his interactions with German prisoners
- 14 April 1945
Italy: Hiro gives an account of his experiences during the recent fighting
- 8 May 1945
Italy: Hiro writes about he service he held following the announcement of peace in Europe
- 22 May 1945
Italy: Hiro discusses his activities working with German prisoners
- 11 June 1945
Italy: Hiro describes his trip to France to visit the graves of fallen 442nd soldiers
- 6 July 1945
Italy: Hiro writes about his recent activities
- 21 July 1945
Italy: Hiro gives a description of his German orderly and his upcoming trip to Athens
- 6 August 1945
Italy: Hiro describes about his work as regimental chaplain and his Legion of Merit citation
- 20 August 1945
Italy: Hiro writes about his work as regimental chaplain and the end of the war in the Pacific
- 2 September 1945
Italy: Hiro gives an account of his recent trip to Palestine
- 14 September 1945
Italy: Hiro shares the latest rumors of when he will get to come home
- 18 September 1945
Italy: Hiro writes that he hopes to be home by Thanksgiving
- 26 October 1945
Italy: Hiro writes that he is at the depot waiting for a ship to cross the Atlantic
- 19 November 1945
Charlottesville, VA: Hiro sends Hisako a telegram upon his arrival in the United States
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