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No. 3, July-September, 1997. Under M Company’s “Mike Memoirs”, its contributors were Shiro Aoki, Mikers, Grace and Hiroshi Yamashiro, Dick Tochihara, and Yori and Shige Inouye. Meet Barney Hajiro For the heroic actions taken in the Vosges mountain in France, Barney Hajiro was recommended for the Medal of Honor. Like every other such recommendation the

Services for Barney Hajiro was held on February 12, 2011 at 4:00 p.m. at Hosoi Mortuary. Burial with full military honors provided by the Army Reserve’s 100th Battalion/442nd Infantry was on February 14  at 11:30 a.m. at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.  He passed away on January 21, 2011 at the age 94.

which had advanced beyond its support and become surrounded by the enemy.  During the fierce fighting on October 29, Iwamasa was in the “Banzai” charge initiated by Barney Hajiro up what was later nicknamed “Suicide Hill.”  As he charged forward, he was screaming such obscenities as “you f***** Jerries!” along with the other men. Yoshio

medical aid man and while receiving treatment died of his wound. Next of kin: Mrs. Kame Onaga (Mother), Makawao, Maui, Territory of Hawaii. His good buddy, Pfc. Barney Hajiro, later remembered that as they prepared to move out that day to rescue the “lost battalion,” Onaga loaded his BAR (Browning Automatic Rifle) for him and

Shimizu, Hq. Co. 3rd Bn., 112 lbs. Masa Watanabe, Co. B vs. Yeiji Yokoyama, Btry C, 112 lbs. Tommy Tamai, Btry C vs. Shigemi Ishizaki, Co. G, 112 lbs. Sub: Edwin Uyechi, Co. B. Barney Hajiro, Co. M vs. Shigeru Kawasugi, Co. B, 135 lbs. Francis Shiroma, Co. D vs. Herbert Akamine, Regt. Hq., 134 lbs.

cried for the men who never made it Home. On January 22, 2006, Milton stood before an audience of aging 442 M Chapter veterans, one of them, Barney Hajiro, a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, their wives and guests.  He told them his heartwarming story about meeting the General and they laughed at his candor

not counter attack, but the artillery still poured in. Of all the men who had performed heroically in the attack, three stood out above the others. Private Barney F. Hajiro, a BAR man in Company I, may have been the man who started the assault. In any case he was one of the leaders.

1/7/11 100th Bn B Co Ernest Kamisato 1/8/11 M Co George Kurisu 1/11/11 100th Bn A Co Robert Sasaki 1/11/11 L Co Shinichi Hirata 1/14/11 Hdq Co Barney Hajiro 1/21/11 M Co/I Co Alexander Oka 1/22/11 Service Co Richard Chagami                  1/22/11 Service Co Paul Masaichi Tokusato 1/22/11 F Co Kay Ino 1/23/11 F Co Kahachi