Imai, Tomio 442 E Pfc. Katayama, Noritada 442 E Pfc. Kato, Joseph Hisato 442 E Pfc. Masumoto, George H. 442 F Pfc. Horinouchi, James J. 442 F Pvt. Miyazono, Tokio 442 F Pfc. Yamaoka, Tsutomu 442 H Pfc. Saito, George Seigo 17 Oct 1944 – Battle
an unknown destination. The others were: William Fujita, Sam Setsuo lsokane, 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,
Jersey. On August 20, at midnight Battalion received orders to proceed by train to Brooklyn, New York. They ferried to Staten Island and Hiyane boarded the S.S. James Parker as a member of the Communication Platoon, Headquarters Company. The 100th Battalion (Separate) arrived in Oran, Algeria, on September 2, and was assigned to the
resting behind Hill 140 when there was an airburst. I was the only one who was wounded and remember being carried out by Sgt. Iwamoto, Dick Naito, James Takeda, but do not know the fourth person. I was hit in the abdomen by shrapnel. I thought I had a stomach ache. It was an
Arthur Takahashi, son of Torakichi and Hana (Shiromizu) Takahashi, was born on January 31, 1916, in Whittier, California. He was the third born of four siblings: brother James Masao, and sisters Takiyo and Aiko. Torakichi emigrated from the village of Kitazaki, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, in 1900. Hana emigrated from the village of Imazu, Fukuoka
Private First Class Tatsuo Kanoura, Technician Fifth Grade Yoshimasa Kawamoto, First Sergeant Takashi Kitaoka, Private First Class Harold M. Kobayashi, Technician Fourth Grade Masato Kodama, Technical Sergeant James J. Mitsuda, First Sergeant Takao Miyao, Private First Class Hideo Nakama, Staff Sergeant Edward H. Nishihara, Technical Sergeant Andrew M. Okamura, Staff Sergeant Ryo Okazaki, Private
10/3/2011 100th Bn B Co Take Nakayama 12/13/2011 100th Bn B Co Shitomi T. Sakamoto 1/ – / 12 I Co Richard Takashi Nakamura 1/3/2012 2nd HQ James Susumu Oura 1/3/2012 K Co Haruo Yamashita 1/3/2012 100th Bn C Co Yoshihide Fujimoto 1/5/2012 H Co Roy Hajime Taketa 1/13/2012 I Co Tadao Tanoue 1/14/2012
of the military service. Above – Headquarters gang in Civitavecchia, Italy. First row (l-r): Albert Oki, Isaac Akinaka, Edward Saito. Second row (l-r): Akiyoshi Kuriyama, Hidenobu Hiyane, James Oki, David Suzuki For his military service, Technician Fourth Grade Isaac Fukuo Akinaka was awarded the Silver Star Medal, Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, Good
radio section of Headquarters Company. After training at Camp McCoy, followed by more training at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, on August 21, 1943, the men boarded the S.S. James Parker at New York City as they began their 12-day voyage to Oran, Algeria, in North Africa. Right: Stanley in a dugout at Anzio, 1943. On
1952, and rose to the rank of Major before retiring. On August 3, 1947, Richard married Chizuko Yamaguchi (born May 16, 1922), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James M. Yamaguchi of Honolulu. They were married in the Wahiawa Baptist Church. After a honeymoon on the Big Island, they settled at 155 Circle Drive in
