Ted Tsukiyama Collection Finding Aid 2015.025
Nicole McKeon
Go For Broke National Education Center
2018-10-12
355 E. 1st Street, Suite 200
Los Angeles, CA 90012
archives@goforbroke.org
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Go For Broke National Education Center
Title: Ted Tsukiyama Collection
creator:
Tsukiyama, Ted
Identifier/Call Number: 2015.025
Physical Description:
14.21 Megabytes
Date (bulk): 1920-1940
Abstract: This collection includes photographs from Ted Tsukiyama's time serving with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and the Military
Intelligence Service in World War II. There are also a lot of photographs from his childhood and time before World War II
in Hawaii.
This collection includes an album that depicts Ted Tsukiyama's life from early childhood, adolescence and high school to his
military experiences and higher education. Photographs include everyday life in Hawaii, family photographs, high school class
photographs, photographs depicting both travel and military training and time with the Varsity Victory Volunteers. Two documents
include honorable discharge from Hawaii Territorial Guard and certificate of recognition as a Varsity Victory Volunteer.
Ted Tsukiyama was born December 13, 1920 and grew up in Kaimuki, Oahu, the second youngest in a family of five siblings. A
graduate of Roosevelt High School, Tsukiyama went on to enroll at the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 1939. His college education
interrupted by the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the United States entry into World War II, Tsukiyama became a founding member
of the first volunteer all-Nisei unit of WWII, the Varsity Victory Volunteers, and went on to join what would become the famed
442nd Regimental Combat Team. Tsukiyama was discharged in 1946 and, thanks to the GI Bill, continued his education, ultimately
graduating from Yale Law School. He lives in Hawaii currently.
[Item], [Collection], Go For Broke National Education Center, Los Angeles, California.
Existence and Location of Copies
Digital surrogates can be found at: https://ndajams.omeka.net/collections/show/1259
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Hawaii
Intelligence service
Japan
Japanese Americans
Japanese Americans -- History -- 20th century
Military intelligence
United States. Army. Regimental Combat Team, 442nd
United States. Army. Infantry
United States.
United States. War Department. Military Intelligence Service
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans
World War, 1939-1945 -- Military intelligence -- Pacific Area
World War, 1939-1945 -- Military intelligence -- United States.
World War, 1939-1945 Military intelligence