Rare Named WW2 442nd Regimental Combat Team Group – Izumi

Rare and Astonishing WW2 442nd Regimental Combat Team (522nd Field Artillery Battalion) Group to David Y. Izumi.

Group includes:

  1. Painted M1 helmet liner – manufactured by Firestone – with stenciled name “Izumi”;
  2. 2-pocket Ike style jacket (named to “Izumi”) features double-patching with 442nd Regimental Combat Team and 3rd Army patches, and includes, as a highlight, a set of stunning 442nd Regimental Combat Team DUIs;
  3. M43 field jacket (named to “Izumi”) featuring 442nd Regimental Combat Team patch;
  4. Garrison cap with artillery piping;
  5. Colored studio portrait of David Izumi;
  6. Battery C, 522nd Field Artillery Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team photo album – named to “David Y. Izumi”. Album contains various wartime and post-war photos (primarily home front) as well as documents related to David Izumi’s service with the unit;
  7. Battery C, 522nd Field Artillery Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team photo album – named to “Mr. & Mrs. H.S. Izumi” (David Izumi’s parents). Album is empty and unused;
  8. “442nd Combat Team 1943 Album” (unit history) – named to “David Izumi”;
  9. “My Service Record” leather covered album – named to “Pvt. David Yukio Izumi”. Album contains paperwork related to and a written account of David Izumi’s military service;
  10. “Nisei in Uniform” booklet;
  11. “Nisei Amvet Post 147” booklet;
  12. Several editions of “High Angle” (the 442nd Regimental Combat Team wartime newspaper); and
  13. numerous other accoutrements, paperwork, and ephemera related to David Izumi’s service in WW2.

Condition of group is very good to excellent with minor wear to certain pieces – expectant of age and usage.

According to our research, Private First Class David Yukio Izumi (ASN: 39914553), a first-generation Japanese-American and native of Seattle, Washington, served with Battery C, 522nd Field Artillery Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team during WW2.

These artifacts represent one of the most complete – named and identified – Second World War 442nd Regimental Combat Team groups in existence. A truly breathtaking, poignant, and historically significant group which is certain to be an unequaled centerpiece in its future caretaker’s collection.