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Signal Corps Photographs:
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Soldiers playing cribbage

Description: Members in the 100th Infantry Battalion of the 442nd RCT in bivouac prior to going the front for their first contact with the Germans in France

Date: 07 October 1944

Location: France

Collection: 442nd Veterans Club

ID Number: SC340906


100th soldier stands guard in France

Description: A soldier stands guard at the 100th Infantry Battalion bivouac while the unit prepares to go to the front lines

Date: 12 October 1944

Location: Chambois Sector, France

Collection: Hawaii War Records Depository

ID Number: 1436


100th soldiers in bivouac in France

Description: Members of the 100th Infantry Regiment in bivouac prior to going to the front lines

Date: 12 October 1944

Location: Chambois Sector, France

Collection: Hawaii War Records Depository

ID Number: 1438


A soldier hangs his laundry in France

Description: A soldier of the 100th Infantry Battalion hangs his laundry while in bivouac in the Chambois Sector, France

Date: 12 October 1944

Location: Chambois Sector, France

Collection: Hawaii War Records Depository

ID Number: 1520


100th chow line

Description: Members of the 100th Infantry Battalion in bivouac prior to going to the front lines

Date: 12 October 1944

Location: Chambois Sector, France

Collection: Hawaii War Records Depository

ID Number: 1521


Soldiers wait for transportation

Description: Soldiers in the 2nd Battalion of the 442nd RCT wait for transportation to a new bivouac area in France

Date: 14 October 1944

Location: Chambois Sector, France

Collection: 442nd Veterans Club

ID Number: SC253985


Artillery firing in Bruyeres, France

Description: Members of the 442nd RCT firing artillery during an infantry attack

Date: [18 October 1944]

Location: Bruyeres Sector, France

Collection: Hawaii War Records Depository

ID Number: 1616q


442nd soldiers in a Jeep in France

Description: Two soldiers of the 442nd RCT are in a Jeep accompanied by two French guides

Date: [October 1944]

Location: Chambois Sector, France

Collection: Hawaii War Records Depository

ID Number: 1516


442nd Color Guard standing at attention

Description: Color Guard of the 442nd RCT stands at attention while citations are read following the fighting in Bruyeres, France

Date: 12 November 1944

Location: Bruyeres Sector, France

Collection: 442nd Veterans Club and Hawaii War Records Depository

ID Number: SC196716 and HWRD 1616j


The 442nd advances in Chambois, France

Description: Members of the 442nd RCT riding in trucks advance in the Chambois Sector, France

Date: Unknown

Location: Chambois Sector, France

Collection: Hawaii War Records Depository

ID Number: 1616n


An advance at Chambois, France

Description: Members of the 442nd RCT advance in the Chambois Sector, France

Date: Unknown

Location: Chambois Sector, France

Collection: Hawaii War Records Depository

ID Number: 1616p


442nd soldiers fire a mortar

Description: Members of the 442nd RCT prepare to fire a round of mortar

Date: Unknown

Location: St. Die Area, France

Collection: Hawaii War Records Depository

ID Number: 1616i


Soldiers salute at Memorial Day ceremony

Description: Members of the 442nd at a Memorial Day service

Date: Unknown

Location: Fay's Area, France

Collection: Hawaii War Records Depository

ID Number: 1616k


Soldier preparing artillery shell

Description: A soldier in the 552nd Field Artillery of the 442nd RCT fits a base plate to a 105-mm shell after propaganda pamphlets have been inserted

Date: Unknown

Location: France

Collection: 442nd Veterans Club

ID Number: SC196385


A memorial service in Cecina, Italy

Description: Members of the 442nd RCT at a memorial ceremony honoring fallen comrades

Date: Unknown

Location: France

Collection: Hawaii War Records Depository

ID Number: 1616s

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