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| Title | No loyal citizen of the United States... |
| Coverage / Year | 1943 |
| Description | Poster, color, 20 x 28 in., published by the United States Government Printing Office |
| Interpretation | Until President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the War Department re-opened military service for citizens of Japanese-American ancestry in 1943, Japanese-Americans were not allowed to join the army. President Roosevelt announced the formation of an all Japanese-American military unit, on February 1, 1943 - composed of volunteers from Hawaii and the mainland. The new unit was designated the 442md Regimental Combat Team. At that time President Roosevelt included the text of this poster in his speech. |
| Lesson Plans / Themes | World War II |
| Learning Standards | 16 History; 14 Political systems |
| Author or Creator | United States. Office of War Information; |
| Subject / Keywords | World War II; War posters, American; Civil rights; World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--United States; Roosevelt, Franklin D., 1882-1945 |
| Collection Publisher | Illinois State Library
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| Further Information | For any further information related to this record, please contact the Collection Publisher. See http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc for more information about this project. |
| Rights Management Statement | http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc/conditions.htm |
| Resource Identifier | ww20148p |
| CONTENTdm file name | 7961816942002_ww20148p.jpg |
