I'm very proud of my husband, says Mrs. John M. Sakai, as she shows the Purple Heart to her guest ...

1944-09-20

War Relocation Authority Photographs of Japanese-American Evacuation and Resettlement, 1942-1945 circa 1941-1947

WRA no. I-523

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Full title:I'm very proud of my husband, says Mrs. John M. Sakai, as she shows the Purple Heart to her guest Aiko Shintani. Her husband was wounded in Italy in July, for which he received the Purple Heart. My husband gave me the Purple Heart, added Mrs. Sakai, because he knew in my small way I was fighting beside him and that we are both fighting for the same cause. Mrs. Sakai is from the Gila River Relocation Center. Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru St. Louis, Missouri.
Part of: War Relocation Authority Photographs of Japanese-American Evacuation and Resettlement

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