Personal Narrative Film, Video Manuscript/Mixed Material Photo, Print, Drawing Walter Takeo Tsukamoto Collection
Veterans History Project Service Summary:
- War or Conflict: Cold War; World War, 1939-1945; Korean War, 1950-1953
- Branch of Service: Army
- Unit of Service: Judge Advocate General's Corps (JAG)
- Location of Service: Korea; Camp Savage, Minnesota; Japan; Presidio, San Francisco, California; Germany
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/10657
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Title
- Walter Takeo Tsukamoto Collection
Names
- Tsukamoto, Walter Takeo
- Japanese-American Veterans Association (JAVA)
- Shima, Terry T.
Headings
- - Tsukamoto, Walter Takeo
- - World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal Narratives
- - United States. Army.
- - Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Personal Narratives
- - United States. Army.
- - Cold War -- Personal Narratives
- - United States. Army.
Repository
- Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Gender
- Male
Status
- veteran
Service History
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World War, 1939-1945
- Branch of Service: Army
- Unit of Service: Judge Advocate General's Corps (JAG)
- Location of Service: Camp Savage, Minnesota; Japan
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Dates of Service: 1943-1961
- Military Status: veteran
- Service History Note: The veteran completed ROTC training at the University of California, Berkeley, and was commissioned in 1926. At the outbreak of World War II, he was repeatedly denied a transfer to active duty status, due to his Japanese ancestry. Tsukamoto and his family were interned at Tule Lake War Relocation Center, California, 1942-1943.
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Korean War, 1950-1953
- Branch of Service: Army
- Unit of Service: Judge Advocate General's Corps (JAG)
- Location of Service: Korea
- Entrance into Service: Commissioned
- Military Status: veteran
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Cold War
- Branch of Service: Army
- Unit of Service: Judge Advocate General's Corps (JAG)
- Location of Service: Presidio, San Francisco, California; Germany
- Military Status: veteran
Materials
- Manuscript: Transcript [1 item] -- Typewritten document (collected unknown)
- Manuscript: Biography [1 item] -- (collected unknown)
- Photograph: Mixed (Multiple types of photographs) [8 items] -- Photograph (collected 1904-1962)
- Video: MiniDV [2 items] -- Oral history interview (collected 2003-10-20)
Collection Number
- AFC/2001/001/10657
Cite as
- Walter Takeo Tsukamoto Collection (AFC/2001/001/10657), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Online Format
- image
- video