Army ceremony. Following the oath of induction given by Colonel Foster G. Hetzel, commander of the Hawaii Service Command, a brief address was given by Brigadier General Herbert D. Gibson, Commanding General of the Hawaii District. An Army band provided patriotic music. That week, Shigeto’s parents held a farewell dinner in his honor. After a steamer
2, followed by the enlistment oath administered by Colonel Foster G. Hetzel, commander of the Hawaii Service Command. The highlight was a brief address by Brigadier General Herbert D. Gibson, commander of the Hawaii District. Shizuo and the other new soldiers were then sent by inter-island steamer to Oahu, and on to Boom Town, the “tent
of enlistment was administered to them by Colonel Foster G. Henzel, commander of the Hawaii Service Command. An Army band played patriotic music, after which Brigadier General Herbert D. Gibson, Commanding General of the Hawaii District, outlined to the inductees the duties and obligations of an American soldier. After travelling from Hilo to Honolulu on an
Hawaii soldiers at the Replacement Depot of the Replacement Training Command (RTC) awaiting a furlough upon their recent return from the war, as announced by Brigadier General Herbert D. Gibson, commander of the RTC, Pacific Ocean Areas, at Schofield Barracks. He was discharged on September 14, 1945. For his World War II service, Private First Class
