Ralph Yempuku standing next to a sculpture dedicated to the VVV of which he was a member. Yempuku was one of the founders of the VVV and served with the 442nd during WWII.

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Title Ralph Yempuku standing next to a sculpture dedicated to the VVV of which he was a member. Yempuku was one of the founders of the VVV and served with the 442nd during WWII.
Photo Number P0884n1_01_08
Description Photo of a newspaper photo and caption from a newspaper, showing Ralph Yempuku, World War II veteran, next to a monument to the Varsity Victory Volunteers, dedicated on the campus of the University of Hawaii in 1995.
Creator Unknown
Date 1995-03
Textual Date March 6, 1995
Keywords World War II; Ethnic minorities; Japanese; 442nd Battalion; Men; Newspaper clippings; Sculpture and statues
Subject Japanese Americans--Hawaii--Photographs World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Japanese American--Photographs; Japanese American veterans--Photographs
Spatial Coverage Honolulu (Hawaii); Oahu County (Hawaii)
Additional Information None
Collection Number and Name P0884 Wallace and Mary Doi Photograph Collection
Collection Name Wallace and Mary Doi
Relation is Part of Mitsugi M. Kasai Memorial Japanese American Archive
Owning Institution Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Original Source N/A
Donated By/Purchased From Loaned to the University of Utah for scanning by Mary Doi. (Via Lorraine Crouse)
Rights
ARK ark:/87278/s6zp4sp3
Setname uum_map
ID 949839
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6zp4sp3
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