After his return, Nishimura officially had his name changed from Morito Nishimura to Frank Morito Nishimura, by order of the Acting Governor of the Territory of Hawaii, Ernest K. Kai. For his World War II service, Pvt. Frank Morito Nishimura earned the following awards: Good Conduct Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Service Medal, and World War II Victory Medal.
Yolanda Haunani Holck; Frederick Albert Matsuno became Frederick Albert Holck; and Roy Arnold Vitousek Matsuno became Roy Arnold Vitousek Holck. The decree was signed by Acting Governor Ernest K. Kai and published in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin. The brothers later said that their surname had been changed in order to perpetuate the Holck name in Hawaii. Sandy,
Robert T. Otake, Masao Rokui, Alan Y. Shimizu, Manabu Soranaka, 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
