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Alexander J. Malashuk
Alexander J. Malashuk was a member of 3234 Signal Service Detachment providing footage in Japan in 1945. Queries and responses to our Help page collected the following information.
Adams
Kenneth,
Anthony
Kelly,
Louis
Leinbecker
and
Albert
Rielson
are
sought
for
information
about
Alexander
J.
Malashuk.
The
three
are
thought
to
be
colleagues
of
Malashuk
who
could
shed
some
light
on
film
that
Malashuk
shot
in
Hachioji,
Japan,
on
September
15,
1945.
Yukako
Fujihara,
a
student
of
Chuo
University
in
Tokyo,
wrote,
"As
a
seminar
research,
I am
looking
into
the
records
of
Japan
in
wartime
and
found
a
film
taken
by
Mr.
Alexander
J.
Malashuk
on
September
15,
1945.
My
friend, Hikari
Uchiyama
has sent
you
an
e-mail
before
to
ask
for
help
getting
information
about
Mr.
Malashuk.
Thanks
to
you,
we
could
contact
with
his
nephew
and
daughter.
However,
we
could
not
get
some
necessary
information
from
them
and
now
we
would
like
to
contact with
some
people
who
were
probably
his
colleagues.
They
are:
Adams
Kenneth
who
took
some
photos
in
Hachioji
on
Sep.
15,
1945
...
he
was
probably
with
Mr.
Malashuk
on
the
day;
Louis
Leinbecker
from
Pittsburgh;
Anthony
Kelly;
or,
Albert
Rielson
from
Cleveland.
I
would
like
to
know
the
contact
addresses
of them
or their
families.
I
would
be
so
grateful
if
you
could
put
this
query
on
your
Help
requested
page."
Yukako
Fujihara,
Tel
This was the Help query: Alexander J. Malashuk and a post-World War II film on Hachioji, Tokyo, is the subject of a query from Japan: "I am e-mailing you to get some information about the man who made a film that was reported by Army Pictorial Center. His name is Mr. Alexander J. Malashuk. He made a film in Hachioji, Tokyo, after the World War II. The film was made on September 15, 1945, and the ruins of Hachioji were documented. I would like to see him or his family because I research about records of Japan in wartime and ask him why he film Tokyo 63 years ago. I would be so grateful if you could let me know contact address of him or his family." Contact Hikari Uchiyama, Chuo University, 1001-1Kamigoh, Ebina city, Kanagawa 243-0434 Japan Tel 046-235-2272 or e-mail him at a6169001@hou.tamacc.chuo-u.ac.jp. (Posted 080808) And this was the additional information, answering Mr. Uchiyama's query: John S. Wilkinson of Rome, New York, wrote, "Mr Uchiyama, I am a nephew of Alexander John Malashuk. Uncle Alex was a photographer for the US Army during WWII. He filmed many places in the Pacific theater. After the war he worked for the Baltimore Sun Newspaper. He died in 1971 and left two daughters. I am in contact with one of them." (Updated 030809) Wilkinson subsequently wrote, "After a contact with a Ms. Hikari Uchiyama, Ms Uchiyama, sent me a DVD containing a movie shot by my uncle Alex. It is about 7 minutes long, 1,420,132 KB long. In it are a number of shots of a ID placard (camera slate) that look like this:
The Roll No. changes on the different placards. This would indicate that ALEXANDER J MALASHUK was a member of 3234 SIG. SERV. DET. commanded by LT SOCHUREK, Commanding Officer. Wilkinson provided a link to Malashuk's silent footage posted on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-X5Di5PuIGU
(Updated July 10, 2016 and September 5, 2018.) |
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