Joe Ryo Hayashi
Joe Ryo Hayashi 3rd Battalion K Company Staff Sergeant Joe Ryo Hayashi Joe Ryo Hayashi
Joe Ryo Hayashi 3rd Battalion K Company Staff Sergeant Joe Ryo Hayashi Joe Ryo Hayashi
Co. F vs. Wallace Miyamoto, Hq. Btry, 126 lbs. Kazumi Taosaka, Co. L vs. Shigeo Masano, 118 lbs. Bobby Iwamoto, Regt. Hq. vs. Gary Matsumoto, 126 lbs. Joe Fujimoto, Co. L vs. Roy Someda, Co. I, 118 lbs. Sub: Joe Matsunaga, Co. B, 112 lbs. Novice Teruo Matsumura, Co. L vs. Stephen Kaneshiro, Co.
Legion Post. While was serving as the Post’s Vice President, he participated with other officers in a traditional “mortgage burning” ceremony in 1969. Above: left to right, Joe Sakato, Rupert Arai, John Noguchi, John Oya (photo by Tom Masamori) On February 28, 1969, Rupert Yukio Arai was seriously injured in an automobile accident, subsequently
hill much as the gate swings, with Company L on the hilltop being the hinge. One of the leaders of Company G’s attack was Private First Class Joe M. Nishimoto, an acting squad leader. Leading his men, he crawled through a heavily mined and booby-trapped area to reach a machine gun nest that was
with his own body to smother the blast and saved the lives of two comrades. Pfc. Sadao S. Munemori was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously. Private Joe Hayashi of K Company, born in Salinas, led his squad on 22 April to take a steep hillside above Tendola, about 50 kilometers northwest of Pfc. Munemori’s
Heart Mountain was grieved this week with the death of three more of its soldiers — 2nd Lt. Hitoshi “Moe” Yonemura, Pvt. Jim Nagata and S/Sgt. Joe Hayashi — who were killed as the world famous 442nd combat team closed in on the Nazi enemy for the knockout blow in Italy. Besides the death of
awarded without a contest. Awards for winners and runners-up in both sections and eight weights will be made. Novice entries include: 112 — Pvt. Thomas Kihara, Pvt. Joe Matsunaga, Pvt. Chester Oganeku, Pvt. Joe Fujimoto, 442 Inf. 118 — Pvt. Shigimi Ishizaki, Pvt. K. Isobe, Pvt. Harold Isobe, Pvt. Sakamoto, Pvt. Morris Asato, Pvt.
with his own body to smother the blast and saved the lives of two comrades. Pfc. Sadao S. Munemori was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously. Private Joe Hayashi of K Company, born in Salinas, California, led his squad on April 22 to take a steep hillside above Tendola, about 50 kilometers northwest of Pfc.
Nisei service and contribution to the MIS remained classified and secret for over 30 years after the War and was first publicly revealed with the publication of Joe Harrington’s book “Yankee Samurai.” Thereafter many books, periodicals and publications covered the “Nisei MIS story”, the latest being the publication by the U.S. Army Center for
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100th Bn C Co Kenneth Kazuyuki Kawate 6/27/2010 522nd HQ Samuel M. Takahashi 07/00/10 522 FA-C Batt Tsutomu Hironaka 7/3/2010 H Co Joseph “ Joe” Ichiuji 7/3/2010 522A Anthony “Tony” W. Takashima 7/6/2010 100th Bn D Co Kiyoji Morimto 7/7/2010 K Co Everett Matsui 7/9/2010 Cannon Co Yoshito Kawakami 7/10/2010 HQ