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.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 07744

Overview

Caption: 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.
Photographer: Lt. Susumu Ito
Date: 1945 May 01 - 1945 May 02
Locale: Waakirchen, [Bavaria] Germany
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Eric Saul
Event History: The 522nd Field Artillery operated as an independant battalion in the southern German campaign in the spring of 1945. The enlisted men of the battalion were all Japanese Americans from the west coast and Hawaii. Units of this battalion liberated prisoners on one of the death marches from Dachau near the town of Waakirchen on May 2, 1945.

Keyword: DEATH MARCH SURVIVORS FIRES GROUP PORTRAITS JAPANESE-AMERICANS SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN)
Photo Designation: LIBERATION -- Germany: General -- Liberators