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Sami (Morishige) Murata.  His siblings were:  brothers Sunao and Richard Tametoshi; and sisters Helen Chiyoma and Florence Yaeko.  Also, he had older half-brothers Henry Kiyoshi, Noble Noboru, Harry Shizuo, Takashi, and Toshimi, and sister Shizuko from his mother’s first marriage to Shozuchi Yoichi Yamasaki. Father Kuramatsu emigrated from Kumamoto Prefecture, where he was born

our home; the United States our country…  We know but one loyalty and that is to the Stars and Stripes.” – Nisei solder, volunteering for the U. S. Army Who were you?  First of all, you were Americans.  You happened to be of Japanese ancestry.  You were called Nisei.  You were second generation, born in

positively because of your wartime service. Nine American presidents have honored you Japanese Americans for your service in World War II.  They were Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Robert F. Kennedy, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama. We owe a great

the 442nd in the July 15 parade up Constitution Avenue in Washington DC to the Ellipse in front of the White House for the ceremony with President Harry S. Truman in the pouring rain.  The President reviewed the troops, gave a speech, and then attached the Distinguished (Presidential) Unit Ribbon to the 442nd flag. Left:  Matsushige

Belvoir, Virginia, where they were quartered for their July 16 parade up Constitution Avenue in Washington DC to the Ellipse where a Presidential review was held.  President Harry S. Truman presented the last of their Distinguished Unit Citations – now called the Presidential Unit Citation – as he attached the battle streamer to the 442nd flag. 

welcome home.  On July 15 they marched in a grand victory parade down Constitution Avenue in Washington DC, followed by a ceremony on the Ellipse where President Harry S. Truman presented the final Presidential Distinguished Unit Citation to the 442nd by attaching the streamer to its colors. The exact date and place of Ito’s discharge from

arrived at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, from Europe for deactivation.  On July 15 they marched down Constitution Avenue in Washington, D.C. to the White House Ellipse, where President Harry S. Truman presented a Distinguished Unit Citation.  Mas departed Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, on the USAT Waterbury Victory for Honolulu, arriving on August 9.  This ship was met

group of veterans next arrived at Fort Belvoir, Virginia.  On July 15, they marched down Constitution Avenue in Washington D.C. to the White House Ellipse where President Harry S. Truman presented a Presidential Unit Citation to them.  On July 21, they departed Staten Island, New York, on the S.S. Waterbury Victory, and arrived in Panama on