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  • 1. A Japanese-American soldier with the 522nd Field Artillery battalion poses outside in the snow in Waakirchen, Germany.

    A Japanese-American soldier with the 522nd Field Artillery battalion poses outside in the snow in Waakirchen, Germany.

    Waakirchen, [Bavaria] Germany ... the town of Waakirchen on May 2, 1945.

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  • 2. Liberated prisoners from a Dachau death march stand outside of a barn in Waakirchen, Germany, where Japanese-American soldiers with the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion found them shelter.

    Liberated prisoners from a Dachau death march stand outside of a barn in Waakirchen, Germany, where Japanese-American soldiers with the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion found them shelter.

    Waakirchen, [Bavaria] Germany ... the town of Waakirchen on May 2, 1945.

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  • 3. Survivors liberated by Japanese-American troops with the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion line the road into the town of Waakirchen where U.S.

    Survivors liberated by Japanese-American troops with the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion line the road into the town of Waakirchen where U.S.

    Waakirchen, [Bavaria] Germany ... road into the town of Waakirchen where U.S. forces set up a field hospital to care for them. The ... survivors are Jews from Kovno, who were liberated near the town of Waakirchen while on a death march from

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  • 4. A Japanese-American soldier poses next to his jeep in the town of Waakirchen, where the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion set up a temporary field hospital for survivors of a Dachau death march.

    A Japanese-American soldier poses next to his jeep in the town of Waakirchen, where the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion set up a temporary field hospital for survivors of a Dachau death march.

    Waakirchen, [Bavaria] Germany ... the town of Waakirchen on May 2, 1945.

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  • 5. George Oiye (right), a Japanese-American soldier with the 522nd Field Artillery battalion, prepares a camp fire for concentration camp prisoners liberated by his unit near the town of Waakirchen.

    George Oiye (right), a Japanese-American soldier with the 522nd Field Artillery battalion, prepares a camp fire for concentration camp prisoners liberated by his unit near the town of Waakirchen.

    Waakirchen, [Bavaria] Germany ... the town of Waakirchen on May 2, 1945.

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  • 6. Tahae Sugita (right), a Japanese-American soldier with the 522nd Field Artillery battalion, stands next to a concentration camp survivor he has just liberated on a death march from Dachau.

    Tahae Sugita (right), a Japanese-American soldier with the 522nd Field Artillery battalion, stands next to a concentration camp survivor he has just liberated on a death march from Dachau.

    Waakirchen, [Bavaria] Germany ... the town of Waakirchen on May 2, 1945.

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  • 7. Survivors from a death march from Dachau huddle around a camp fire prepared by Japanese-American soldiers with the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion.

    Survivors from a death march from Dachau huddle around a camp fire prepared by Japanese-American soldiers with the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion.

    Waakirchen, [Bavaria] Germany ... the town of Waakirchen on May 2, 1945.

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  • 8. Japanese-American troops with the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion collect the belongings of three captured German Waffen-SS soldiers.

    Japanese-American troops with the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion collect the belongings of three captured German Waffen-SS soldiers.

    Waakirchen, [Bavaria] Germany ... the town of Waakirchen on May 2, 1945.

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  • 9. German troops who surrendered to Japanese-American troops with the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion receive orders to go home after they have been disarmed.

    German troops who surrendered to Japanese-American troops with the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion receive orders to go home after they have been disarmed.

    Waakirchen, [Bavaria] Germany ... the town of Waakirchen on May 2, 1945.

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  • 10. Clarence Matsumura, a Japanese-American soldier in the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion in Germany, poses next to a 522 EMS club sign.

    Clarence Matsumura, a Japanese-American soldier in the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion in Germany, poses next to a 522 EMS club sign.

    from a death march in Waakirchen. ... the town of Waakirchen on May 2, 1945.

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  • 11. A group of concentration camp prisoners who were liberated on a death march from Dachau, sit on a bench waiting to receive food from Japanese-American soldiers with the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion.

    A group of concentration camp prisoners who were liberated on a death march from Dachau, sit on a bench waiting to receive food from Japanese-American soldiers with the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion.

    Waakirchen, [Bavaria] Germany ... the town of Waakirchen on May 2, 1945.

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  • 12. Japanese-American soldiers with the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion catch a ride on a tank destroyer near Dachau.

    Japanese-American soldiers with the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion catch a ride on a tank destroyer near Dachau.

    the town of Waakirchen on May 2, 1945.

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  • 13. Melvin Hamamoto, a Japanese-American liberator, poses next to a road sign outside of Dachau as trucks with the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion press on towards the town.

    Melvin Hamamoto, a Japanese-American liberator, poses next to a road sign outside of Dachau as trucks with the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion press on towards the town.

    the town of Waakirchen on May 2, 1945.

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  • 14. Members of the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion in Germany stand in formation with the American and battalion flags.

    Members of the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion in Germany stand in formation with the American and battalion flags.

    the town of Waakirchen on May 2, 1945.

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  • 15. Two Japanese-American soldiers with the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion stand in front of the crematorium in the Dachau concentration camp soon after the liberation.

    Two Japanese-American soldiers with the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion stand in front of the crematorium in the Dachau concentration camp soon after the liberation.

    the town of Waakirchen on May 2, 1945.

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  • 16. A Japanese-American soldier poses outside the destroyed Berghof, Hitler's mountain retreat in the Bavarian Alps.

    A Japanese-American soldier poses outside the destroyed Berghof, Hitler's mountain retreat in the Bavarian Alps.

    the town of Waakirchen on May 2, 1945.

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  • 17. Royce Higa (left) and Hideo Nakamine (right), Japanese-American soldiers with the 522nd Field Artillery battalion, pose outside the destroyed Berghof, Hitler's mountain retreat in the Bavarian Alps.

    Royce Higa (left) and Hideo Nakamine (right), Japanese-American soldiers with the 522nd Field Artillery battalion, pose outside the destroyed Berghof, Hitler's mountain retreat in the Bavarian Alps.

    the town of Waakirchen on May 2, 1945.

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  • 18. Japanese-American soldiers with the 522nd Field Artillery battalion, pose outside the destroyed Berghof, Hitler's mountain retreat in the Bavarian Alps.

    Japanese-American soldiers with the 522nd Field Artillery battalion, pose outside the destroyed Berghof, Hitler's mountain retreat in the Bavarian Alps.

    the town of Waakirchen on May 2, 1945.

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  • 19. Japanese-American liberator Clarence Matsumura (l) is introduced by survivors Uri Chanoch and Solly Ganor to Dov Shilansky (r), Speaker of the Knesset at a ceremony at the Knesset commemorating the 47th anniversary of the liberation of Dachau.

    Japanese-American liberator Clarence Matsumura (l) is introduced by survivors Uri Chanoch and Solly Ganor to  Dov Shilansky (r), Speaker of the Knesset at a ceremony at the Knesset commemorating the 47th anniversary of the liberation of Dachau.

    the town of Waakirchen on May 2, 1945.

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  • 20. Japanese-Americans with the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion pose outside the Kehlsteinhaus (also known as the Eagle's Nest).

    Japanese-Americans with the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion pose outside the Kehlsteinhaus (also known as the Eagle's Nest).

    the town of Waakirchen on May 2, 1945.

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  • 21. Portrait of a Jewish father and daughter in Kovno, Lithuania.

    Portrait of a Jewish father and daughter in Kovno, Lithuania.

    village of Waakirchen. After a period of recuperation at the army hospital in Bad Tolz, he went to live

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  • 22. A group of children pose outdoors at a school for Jewish DPs in Munich.

    A group of children pose outdoors at a school for Jewish DPs in Munich.

    village of Waakirchen. After a period of recuperation at the army hospital in Bad Tolz, he went to live

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  • 23. Students at a school for Jewish DPs in Munich, attend a demonstration calling for free immigration to Palestine.

    Students at a school for Jewish DPs in Munich, attend a demonstration calling for free immigration to Palestine.

    village of Waakirchen. After a period of recuperation at the army hospital in Bad Tolz, he went to live

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  • 24. Jewish DP children celebrate Tu B'Shvat at a seder in the Siebertsrasse school in Munich.

    Jewish DP children celebrate Tu B'Shvat at a seder in the Siebertsrasse school in Munich.

    village of Waakirchen. After a period of recuperation at the army hospital in Bad Tolz, he went to live

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