ordered them transferred to MISLS. An unofficial listing of the 59 “senpai gumi” from the 100th Battalion who were selected for MIS training at Camp Savage were: George J. Aoki, Terry Y. Doi, George M. Fujikawa, Edward M. Fujimori, Keiji Fujii, Harry Furushima, Raymond Harada, Ken Harano, Howard K. Hiroki, Seian Hokama, Robert Honda,
other 16 original men. They were then joined by 32 other MIS soldiers from Hawaii and the mainland. 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
have been awarded their Légion d’honneur decorations: AKIYAMA, Masao (A.Co/100); Salt Lake City, Utah DOI, Yutaka Jim (A.Co/100); Saratoga, California KURIYAMA, Akiyoshi (Hq.Co/100); Kailua — conferred Apr 28 FURUKAWA, Hayao George (G.Co/442); Honolulu — conferred April 19 NIKAIDO, Tsuyoshi Thomas (D.Co/100); Honolulu April 19 — Mr. Hayao George Furukawa (95), Private First Class, G “George” Company, 2nd Infantry Battalion,
Center on June 1st, and others were presented at private ceremonies and at the annual Christmas party. Award recipients include: Yoshiyuki Joel FUJITA (HQ Co. 442) Hayao George FURUKAWA (G.Co/442) Ace Isao HANDA (Hq.Co, 3rd Bn/442) Royce Eiko HIGA (A.Btry/522) Hidenobu HIYANE (Hq.Co/100); Akiyoshi KURIYAMA (Hq.Co/100) Ikito MURAOKA (Med.Det/100) Katsuto Richard NAKAMURA (Antitank) Takahashi
A Co Philip “Matsu” Shigeo Matsuyama 9/1/10 100th Bn C Co Kenneth Kazuto Katayama 1/7/11 100th Bn B Co Ernest Kamisato 1/8/11 M Co George Kurisu 1/11/11 100th Bn A Co Robert Sasaki 1/11/11 L Co Shinichi Hirata 1/14/11 Hdq Co Barney Hajiro 1/21/11 M Co/I Co Alexander Oka 1/22/11 Service
recommended to the Secretary of War that the Nisei of the 298th and 299th Infantry Regiments be sent to the Mainland for training. In late May, General George Marshall, the U.S. Army Chief of Staff, ordered that these Nisei soldiers be formed into the Hawaiian Provisional Infantry Battalion and sent to Camp McCoy, Wisconsin
in Italy participating in the Foggia-Rome Campaign, as part of the 34th Division, in the hills before Cassino. This group was sent on January 19 to Fort George G. Meade in Maryland and thence to Italy. They arrived just in time to participate in the battle of Anzio, landing on March 26 at Anzio
