John Michio Nakamura
John Michio Nakamura 3rd Battalion K Company Private First Class John Michio Nakamura John Michio Nakamura
John Michio Nakamura 3rd Battalion K Company Private First Class John Michio Nakamura John Michio Nakamura
Frank H. Suzuki 100th Battalion D Company Private First Class Frank Hidetsugu Suzuki Frank Hidetsugu Suzuki
1st Lt. White, Floyd Earl Jr, 442 H S/Sgt. Kuroda, Robert Toshi 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 –
Tanaka Private First Class 442nd Regimental Combat Team 3rd Battalion, K Company Ko Tanaka was born on December 1, 1919, in Lodi, California, the son of Yoshinobu Frank and Shikeko (Matsumoto) Tanaka, who were workers on a fruit farm. Yoshinobu emigrated from Niho-machi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, in 1902 as a child with his parents,
General MacArthur was able to state with pride, “Never in military history did an army know so much about the enemy prior to actual engagement.” Major General Frank D. Merrill in Burma said, “As for the value of the Nisei, I couldn’t have gotten along without them.” And he ordered his men, Merrill’s Marauders,
letters back home. Stamp Fund The Combat Team’s post office is not authorized to handle stamps. The ordinary Army unit rarely uses stamps on account of the franking privilege allowed to soldiers. But the men from Hawaii are prolific writers and correspondents. On the first day in camp two companies sent mail orderlies to
Company Yukio Sato was born on December 12, 1919, in Seattle, Washington, to Chusuke and Nami (Susuki) Sato. He was the oldest of four sons: Yukio, Tadao, Frank, and Kazuo. His father emigrated from Kawafusa, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, arriving in Seattle on October 19, 1907, on the Aki Maru. Chusuke and Nami were married
Company Tadao Sato was born on July 11, 1921, in Seattle, Washington, to Chusuke and Nami (Susuki) Sato. He was the third of four sons: Yukio, Tadao, Frank, and Kazuo. Father Chusuke emigrated from Kawafusa, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, arriving in Seattle on October 19, 1907, on the Aki Maru. Mother Nami emigrated from the
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through interrogation of POWs and translation of diaries and captured documents. With his superior language proficiency Miyasaki was assigned to serve as the personal interpreter/translator to General Frank G. Merrill himself throughout the Marauder’s Burma campaign. General Merrill later made this assessment of his Nisei linguist team: “As for the Nisei, I couldn’t have
a for-profit venture. “We’re not calling it a museum, we’re not making it a destination point for tourists or even lots of school groups to come because, frankly, there’s no parking; it’s a limited space, so it’s mostly for people who really, really want to come,” she said. Fortunately for admirers of the 100th
a for-profit venture. “We’re not calling it a museum, we’re not making it a destination point for tourists or even lots of school groups to come because, frankly, there’s no parking; it’s a limited space, so it’s mostly for people who really, really want to come,” she said. Fortunately for admirers of the 100th
and transferred to the 299th Infantry Regiment for outside island duty and were shipped off to Maui and Big Island on the U.S. Army Transport Royal T. Frank. During the night of January 28, 1942 the Royal T. Frank was torpedoed and sunk by an enemy Japanese submarine in the Alenuihaha Channel between Maui
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