Letter to Colonel Pence, Commanding Officer, 442nd Infantry Combat Team from the Executive to the Assistant Secretary of War dated September 7, 1943

Letter to Colonel Pence in reply to a letter reporting on the 442nd Combat Team in training. Comments on the assignment of 442nd men for prisoner of war guard duty, as well as notifies the Colonel of suspension of a draft shoulder patch design for the unit that includes a yellow arm, bursting bomb and rising sun. Requests a suggested time frame for a visit by the Assistant Secretary to Camp Shelby to observe the 442nd