Go for Broke: Japanese American Soldiers of WWII Stamps

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Issue Date: 6/3/2021

With this commemorative stamp issuance, the U.S. Postal Service recognizes the contributions of Japanese American soldiers, some 33,000 altogether, who served in the U.S. Army during World War II.

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Sheet of 20 $13.60

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With this commemorative stamp issuance, the U.S. Postal Service recognizes the contributions of Japanese American soldiers, some 33,000 altogether, who served in the U.S. Army during World War II.

For a time, these second-generation Japanese Americans, known as Nisei, were denied the opportunity to fight despite being American citizens. Many were forcibly removed to incarceration camps for fear their loyalty lay with the country of their parents rather than the country in which they were born and raised.

They were, however, eventually formed into what became one of the most distinguished American fighting units of World War II: the all-Japanese American 100th Infantry Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team.

Thousands of other Nisei served as translators, interpreters, and interrogators in the Pacific Theater for the Military Intelligence Service (MIS), nearly a thousand served in the 1399th Engineer Construction Battalion, and more than 100 Nisei women joined the Women's Army Corp.

The stamp art is based on a photograph of a member of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, whose motto was “Go for Broke.” The photograph was taken in 1944 at a railroad station in France. The stamp was printed in the intaglio print method. The color scheme of the stamp is patriotic, and the type runs up the side in a manner suggestive of the vertical style in which Japanese text was traditionally written.

The stamp was designed by art director Antonio Alcalá.

The Go for Broke: Japanese American Soldiers of World War II stamp is being issued as a Forever® stamp. This Forever stamp will always be equal in value to the current First-Class Mail® one-ounce price.

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Issue:	Go for Broke: Japanese American Soldiers of WWII Stamp
Item Number:	480500
Denomination &	First-Class Mail Forever
Type of Issue:
Format:	Pane of 20 (1 design)
Series:	N/A
Issue Date & City:	June 3, 2021, Los Angeles, CA 90052
Art Director:	Antonio Alcalá
Designer:	Antonio Alcalá
Artist:	Antonio Alcalá
Modeler:	Sandra Lane / Michelle Finn
Manufacturing Process:	Intaglio, Offset
Printer:	Banknote Corporation of America
Press Type:	Alprinta 74 / Phoenix
Stamps per Pane:	20
Print Quantity:	20,000,000 stamps
Paper Type:	Phosphor, Block Tag
Adhesive Type:	Pressure-sensitive
Colors:	Blue PMS 294, Red PMS 186
Stamp Orientation:	Vertical
Image Area (w x h):	0.84 x 1.42 in./ 21.336 x 36.068 mm
Overall Size (w x h):	0.98 x 1.56 in./24.892 x 39.624 mm
Full Pane Size (w x h):	5.92 x 7.50 in./150.368 x 190.50 mm
Press Sheets Size (w x h):	11.84 x 22.5 in./300.736 x 571.500 mm
Plate Size:	240 stamps per revolution
Plate Number:	“B” followed by two (2) single digits in two corners
Marginal Markings:
Front:	Header: Go for Broke Japanese American Soldiers of World War II • Plate number in bottom two corners
Back:	©2020 USPS • USPS logo • 2 barcodes (480500) • Plate position diagram (6) • Promotional text

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