Calif, wounded in Italy, April 8. Pfc. Hideo Mayeda, formerly of Los Angeles, injured in Italy, April 8. Seriously injured Pfc. George Nakada is one of six brothers in the U. S. Army, the seventh brother awaiting his call. There have been two injuries among the Nakadas so far, Henry being injured in September 1944.
Ken Harano, Howard K. Hiroki, Seian Hokama, Robert Honda, Yurikichi Ikehara, Sueo Ishii, Richard Ishimoto, James. K. Izumi, Charles T. Kaneko, Edwin Kawahara, Herbert Kawamoto, Herbert Kawashima, Henry T. Kimura, Hoichi Kubo, Tom T. Matsumura, Eddie Mitsukado, Jitsuo Miyagawa, Nobuo Miyaji, Herbert Miyasaki, Yukitaka “Terry” Mizutari, Yoshio Morita, Richard Moritsugu, Reyold “Smiley” Muranaka, Roy Roy Nakada,
Benjamin Kawahara, Tameo Kawasaki, Tamotsu Koyanagi, Fred Kuga, Jiro Matsui, Nobuo Nagata, Kenneth Nakada, Don Okubo, James Saito, James Shigeta, Tetsuo Shimamoto, Norio Terao, Katsumi Tsutsui, and Henry Yokoyama. To the men’s surprise, their unknown destination was their home, Hawaii. Upon arrival in Honolulu, they were assigned to Joint Intelligence Center Pacific Ocean Area
great loss of life. It was in this battle that Pfc. Amakawa was killed on October 27, 1944. As later described by his fellow I Company comrade, Henry Isao Nakada: “The next morning we started out with Nobuo Amakawa, Daniel ‘Eskay’ Arata, and me as scouts. We were about 75 yards ahead of the
it was a hill of death. It was the afternoon of October 30th, 1944 when Tak Senzaki’s platoon of I Company led by scouts Mutt Sakumoto and Henry Nakada made contact with the men of the “Lost Battalion”. I Company suffered many casualties. In the days leading up to the rescue of the Lost Battalion
