Pfc. Ikehara, Kikuichiro 442 F Pvt. Tagami, Yoshio 442 F Pfc. Tanji, Mitsuo 442 G Pfc. Chibana, Henry Matsuzo 442 G Cpl. Kokubu, Jimmie T. 18 Oct 1944 – Battle Day Four Just before dawn on October 18 the 3rd Battalion moved into position on the right of the
and Tad Ogawa These details about participation in the invasion of Iwo Jima were part of a Honolulu Star-Bulletin newspaper interview of two of the men – Jimmie Saito and Ben Kawahara – and published the day before the 25th anniversary of the invasion. The other MIS soldiers who were there were: (from Hawaii) Tsugio
Below: Anzio days, 1944. Back l to r: Akiyoshi Kuriyama, Hidenobu Hiyane, James Horikoshi, James Oki, David Suzuki. Front l to r: Albert Oki, Isaac Akinaka, Edward Saito. (Courtesy of Joyce Walters) Below: Breakthrough before Rome, June 1, 1944, Yoshio Nakatsui, Hidenobu Hiyane, (first name not given) Kimura. (Courtesy of Joyce Walters) Below: Forward
