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Eiichi Fred Haita 3rd Battalion I Company Corporal Eiichi Fred Haita Eiichi Fred Haita

Maui boy, was my platoon sergeant.” Hajiro made friends in I Company, many of whom were with him during the charge on October 29. There was Mainland-born Eiichi Haita, who used to carry Hajiro’s 20 rounds of BAR ammunition. “Eiichi had a beard and didn’t like to shave”, Hajiro recalled. “Portagee Matsunami used to call

place.  The next morning, April 22, 1945, as senior noncom, I had to oversee the removal of the four dead comrades:  1st Lt. James Wheatley, Lloyd Onoye, Eiichi Haita, and Johnny Ogawa.  Headquarters had sent up mules and a few Italians as assistants.  All I can remember was doing a walk-through; and by then I