invasion was a success and their interpreter skills were no longer needed, the men all returned to Honolulu. Below: Aoyama’s comrades, February 1945, Iwo Jima; front clockwise: Ben Kawahara, Tamotsu (“Shorty”) Koyanagi, George Kawamoto, and Tad Ogawa These details about participation in the invasion of Iwo Jima were part of a Honolulu Star-Bulletin newspaper interview
442 H Pfc. Miyaguchi, Masayuki John 442 H Pfc. Shigemura, Masao Frank 442 Hq 1st Lt. Farnum, Charles Oliver 442 I S/Sgt. Inakazu, Ben Masaki 442 M Pfc. Kato, Yoshi 21 Oct 1944 – Battle Day Seven Using the information contained in the captured papers, the Division Commander
Masami Tahira, Theodore Takano, “Slim” Takiue, Takuya Terada, Thomas K. Tsubota, Sadao Toyama, Fusao Uchiyama, Tsutomu Wakimoto, Ernest T. Watanabe, Tatao Yamada, Tom T. Yamada, Kazuo Yamane, Ben I. Yamamoto, Hirotoshi Yamamoto, Shoichi E. Yamamoto, and Terasu Terry “Sunshine” Yoshimoto. Oguro’s “Senpai Gumi” history contains at least a dozen or so profiles of former
