September 22. Joining in the Allied pursuit of the retreating German troops, the “One Puka Puka” saw its first frontline action. On September 29, Sgt. Shigeo “ Joe” Takata advanced on an enemy machine gun nest to draw their fire and expose their position. A piece of shrapnel caught him in the head. Dying,
September 22. Joining in the Allied pursuit of the retreating German troops, the “One Puka Puka” saw its first frontline action. On September 29, Sgt. Shigeo “ Joe” Takata advanced on an enemy machine gun nest to draw their fire and expose their position. A piece of shrapnel caught him in the head. Dying,
operated, in the Southwest Pacific Area under General Douglas MacArthur, the Central Pacific Ocean Area under Admiral Chester Nimitz, and the China-Burma-India Area (CBI) under General “Vinegar Joe” Stilwell. The largest of these centers was at MacArthur’s headquarters and known as ATIS (Allied Translator Interpreter Section), which had as many as 3,000 Nisei at
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. D, 135 lbs. Bobby Murata, Co. L vs. Tokuji Emoto, Co. C, 112
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
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. Gary
Intelligence Service, and 1399th Engineer Construction Battalion. It is held annually on the last Sunday of September to commemorate September 29, 1943, the day that Shigeo “ Joe” Takata of the 100th Infantry Battalion became the first AJA killed in action in World War II. This year’s service adopted the theme of the 75th
Iwasaki 4/17/2012 E Co Ben Mitsuo Hatanaka 4/18/2012 100th Bn A Co Harry Kiyoshi Sasaki 4/18/2012 100th Bn A Co Katsumi Hanada 4/18/2012 100th Bn D Co Joe Hideo Nakata 4/19/2012 F Co / MIS Ken Miyagishima 4/19/2012 100th Bn A Co Iwao Kishimoto 4/19/2012 100th Bn D Co / I Co Hideo Murakami
