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Takashi Okemura

his family at 824 7th Avenue.  The couple married on October 24 at the Honpa Hongwanji Mission.  The best man was William Thompson and the ushers were Ace Higuchi and Larry Ishida – all three men were his 2nd Headquarters comrades.  (In 1951, Takashi was best man at Ace’s wedding.)  The newlyweds moved to 1601

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442nd Books Three Tough Games This Week

battery of Kaneshina and Okazaki while coach Lt. Thomas Watt of the Combat Team has chosen Jim Miyamoto for the mound with “Peanuts” Kirihara catching. Lefty Higuchi, ace chucker, will not start since he was released from the hospital just last week. As relief hurlers, Coach Watt has Lefty Higuchi and Pvt. Tadashi Uchigaki.

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442nd Baseball Team In A Rematch With Meridian

442nd Infantry baseball team will play the Meridian Moss specials in a return game Sunday in the Meridian ballpark. Rounding into form after successive wins over the Hattiesburg semi-pro team and the 100th Infantry Battalion, Lefty Higuchi, ace pitcher for the 442nd, will take the mound against the hometown team with Uto behind the plate.

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Harry Shizuo Yamasaki

Elementary School.  About age fifteen, he began working for Consolidated Amusement Company, Ltd., at the corner of Bethel and Pauahi Streets in downtown.  He was an ” ace” basketball star for Hui Eleu and Kauluwela in his teenage years. By early 1940, the combined Murata/Yamasaki families lived at nearby 1608 McGrew Lane.  Harry now

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Halo Takashi Hirose

Robert Iwamoto (Regimental Headquarters), Pvt. Joseph Yasuda (M Company), Corp. Tsugio “Shangy” Tsukano (M Company, who had been wounded in his left arm), and Pfc. Asami ” AceHiguchi (2nd Battalion Headquarters).  Hirose won first place in the following events:  100-meter backstroke, 100-meter freestyle, 200-meter freestyle, and 300-meter medley relay team (with Pvt. John

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