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:
Injuries to three more former Gila boys were announced in War Department telegrams sent to their families. Seriously Wounded: Pfc. George Nakada, whose family, now relocated in Azusa, Calif., was wounded in Italy, April 7. Pfc. Tom Kataoka, formerly of Fresno, Calif, wounded in Italy, April 8. Pfc. Hideo Mayeda, formerly of Los Angeles, injured
wreath for each of the major islands of Hawaii in the ocean path of the Dalton Victory as it steamed toward Honolulu Harbor on its final day. George Miki, President of the 442nd Veterans Club, and Earl Finch of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, were at the dock to welcome the soldiers home and talk to the
