somehow ended at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin where he received his discharge on December 6, 1945, exactly 4 years from the date of the attack on Pearl Harbor! BEN YAMAMOTO had one of the most storied, action-packed MIS adventures of all of the Senpai Gumi MIS. Yamamoto’s 5-man team was assigned to a continental destination, the
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
The names of those from Hawaii were: Edward Kawamoto, George Kawamoto, Hisashi Kubota, Raymond Shogo Nagata, Harry Okada, James Tamashiro, Stanley Tanaka, Larry Kazuo Watanabe, Mineo Yamagata, Ben Yamamoto, and Stanley Yamamoto. From the mainland were: Roy Akiyoshi, Terry Doi, Nobuo Furuiye, Shunji Hamano, Joe Harada, Fred Hirano, George lnagaki, Masao Kuroki, William Makino, Thomas
Jimmy Kanaya, Shaw Sakamoto, Jimmy Shimizu, Jimmy Tsurudu, Edward Tanabe, Susumu Yamada, Hideo Yasui, Dick Masuda, William Oda, Herbert Sakaki, Joe Iwaoka, Charles Sugi, Hero Shisoki, Philip Ichino, Yasuo Kimura, Ben Kumagai, James Yamamoto, Frank Okusako, K. Uchida, Thomas Imai, M. Sumida, Harry Harada, Max Marutani, Hideyuki Noguchi, Jimmy Sakimoto, Tami Takemoto and Richard Hata.
Technician 4th Grade Fred Fritzmeier returned to the US in July 1943. He had been accepted for Infantry Officer Candidate School (OCS) and soon left for Fort Benning, Georgia. In August he was granted a brief furlough to return home to Wisconsin. He married Gladys M. Everson in a candlelight ceremony on August 14
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