of the Japanese-American Combat Team.“ The check was given to Col. Pence by 2nd Lt. Ralph T. Yempuku, formerly of Honolulu, who with the Combat Team chaplain, Capt. John T. Barrett and 1st Lt. Thomas E. West, have been instrumental in raising the fund here. The money will go towards the building of a hospital in Hawaii
Nine birthday cakes have been presented this week to soldiers in the Japanese-American Combat Team in celebration of their birthdays coming within this period. Capt. John T. Barrett, senior regimental chaplain, presented the cakes to the men. For Pvt. Koichi Okamoto it wasn’t a cake for his birthday, but a ten-dollar money order from his father in
A huge, gaily decorated cake with a simple inscription, “From Mother” was presented to Pvt. Richard Ajihu of the Japanese American Combat Team on his twenty-first birthday, June 30, by Regimental Chaplain (Capt.) John T. Barrett.
Memorial services in respect to the relatives of Japanese-American soldiers who died recently in Hawaii were conducted Sunday morning in the 442nd Combat Team assembly tent by Capt. John T. Barrett, regimental chaplain. The services were attended by members of the platoons of the bereaved soldiers. Those who were honored were the father of Pfc. Takayo Hiroshige,
Masanobu Hayashi of the Japanese American combat team received a cake from his mother, Mrs. Satsuma Hayashi of Pahoa, Hawaii, inscribed “From Mother.” A huge cake with “Happy Birthday, Lovingly Yaeko” written on it was presented to Pvt. Tauneo Takemoto of the 442nd Inf., by Regimental Chaplain Capt. John T. Barrett on the soldier’s 20th birthday, June 26.
