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

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 45866

Overview

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

Matsumura was the soldier who liberated Jewish survivor Solly Ganor from a death march in Waakirchen.
Date: May 1945
Locale: 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.

Photo Source: Eric Saul

Copyright: Agency Agreement (No Fees)

Provenance: Bob Ikeda

Keyword: CLOSE-UPS JAPANESE-AMERICANS SIGNS/BANNERS/POSTERS SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN)
Photo Designation: LIBERATION -- Germany: General -- Liberators