886th Medical Collecting Company. KIA Loss for 15 Oct 1944 100 A Pvt. Matsunaga, Kaname 100 B S/Sgt. Hirahara, Tomosu 100 C Sgt. Mayeda, George Mitsutaro 100 C T/Sgt. Miyoko, Mitsuru E. 100 C Cpl. Sakai, Yoshinori 100 C Pfc. Tengwan, Yoshio 232 Engr S/Sgt. Fuji, Abe Megumi
War. Some of your comrades were killed in action, in New Guinea, Leyte, Luzon and Okinawa. The names of three of them, Sergeants Frank Hachiya of Oregon, George Nakamura of California and Yukitaka Mizutari of Hawai’i, appear on three major buildings named after them at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California. Mits Shibata
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,
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,
arrived in his hometown of Lodi at 6:30 p.m. on June 22, 1948, along with two other local war dead: Staff Sergeant Kenneth J. Thompson and Corporal George S. Nakamura. Each casket was accompanied by a military escort. The train was met by over 1,000 people, including members of the veterans’ groups who would participate in
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
4/22/2010 522nd FA-C Robert Mizukami 4/24/2010 H Co Stanley Shigeru Matsumura 4/24/2010 F Co Humio Yagi 4/25/2010 F Co Donald Iwao Okano 4/25/2010 100th Bn A Co George Hamada 4/26/2010 G Co Kaneichi Hamada 4/26/2010 G Co Kazuo Ernest Yamane 4/28/2010 100th Bn Richard Utaka Shinto 4/28/2010 I Co Hideo Oshiro 4/30/2010 Robert
George E. Nakamura Regimental Headquarters 442nd Cannon Company Staff Sergeant
three whose first name is Takashi and who have no middle initial. There are three Tadashi Morimotos, all without middle name or initial. And there are three George Oyamas, and three Fred Matsumoto’s. If Nakamura is the Smith of the Combat Team, Tanaka is the Jones. There are 40 soldiers named Tanaka, three of
E Co / Staff Hdq Co Yukio Suenishi 3/12/2012 2nd HQ Richard Shigeo Uyemura 3/13/2012 M Co Rikio Fujioka 3/14/2012 E Co John Suzuto Tsukiji 3/15/2012 Anti-Tank George A. Hara 3/16/2012 F Co Kune Hisatomi 3/17/2012 Anti-Tank Kune Hisatomi 3/17/2012 Anti-Tank Harry Takeki Sekiya 3/17/2012 RHQ / Service Chester Wasuke Yasuda 3/21/2012 K Co
Prefecture on December 11, 1906, at the age of 15 on the steamer Nippon Maru. Hatsuko arrived from Kumamoto Prefecture in 1912. His siblings were Ayako, Hideo, George Hidetoshi, and June T. In 1920, the family was living on Mamane Street in Hilo and Heita was employed as a stevedore at the wharf. By
WRA, and Tanaka spoke in behalf of the Servicemen’s Parents and Relatives Association. The 17 who left Monday are as follows: Nob Yoshida Harry Oyama Takashi Abo George H. Nakai Katsuyoshi Nakamura, Iwao G. Nakayama Hitoshi Ouchida Stephen Ichiki, James T. Imahara Kiyoshi B. Fujita Jin Asakura Taichi H. Yanehiro Tom Tamaki Max W.
at both camps. Of the 15 called, Kengo Osumi and John Masuda left yesterday. The 13 who leave tonight are as follows: BUTTE: Haruo Kanemoto, Konichi K. Matsunaga, Roy K. Sumida, Yoshito Toyohara, Akira Roy Endo. CANAL: Makiji M. Kurata, Joseph Narasaki, George Murakami, Hiroshi Oto, Jozoburo Shinozono, David T. Yahanda, Tommy Yamamoto, Ed Nakamura.
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
Star-Bulletin and Advertiser. Dec. 1, 1991. pg. A21.) Nikkei other than 442nd veterans abound in important positions of influence starting with former U.S. Senator Spark Matsunaga, Governor George Ariyoshi, Harry Tanaka, Judge of the Intermediate Court of Appeals, and many others too numerous to cite. As stated previously, this historical revolution did not happen
headed east on a 10-day pass. A group of them chose to go to New York City over Chicago. The men were ordered to report to Fort George Meade in Maryland when their furlough was over. Again, they rode rail cars driven by steam engine, but these were much more comfortable than the one
