October 13. Effective on arrival in the area the Combat Team was attached to VI Corps for operations and further attached to the 36th Division, Major General John E. Dahlquist commanding. 14 Oct 1944 – Preparing for the Battle Beginning at 1400 October 14, the 442nd Infantry began moving into position for an attack
Iwao John “Oscar” Masuda 3rd Battalion L Company Private First Class
discharged Territorial Guard volunteered for labor service under the guidance of the US Army. By your own will and with the help of community leaders such as John A. Burns, School Superintendent, Oren E. Long, McKinley High School Principal, Miles E. Carey, University of Hawai’i Board of Regents, and Charles R. Hemenway, Chairman of
community stage. Short addresses will be given by representatives of the community councils and the administrative Staffs at both camps. Of the 15 called, Kengo Osumi and John Masuda left yesterday. The 13 who leave tonight are as follows: BUTTE: Haruo Kanemoto, Konichi K. Matsunaga, Roy K. Sumida, Yoshito Toyohara, Akira Roy Endo. CANAL: Makiji
were added, the Regiment was named the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. Some friends from back home arrived and were assigned to the 442nd’s Cannon Company: Yoshio (“Yoho”) John Kashiki, Arthur (“Art”) Nobuo Doi, and Shuki Hayashi. Basic training lasted from May 10 to August 23. In late summer of 1943, Kay and some 442nd
the men were out of shape swim-wise, they still dominated. Below: 442nd Swimming Team at Camp Shelby, 1943, with their medals, L to R – Mike Mizuki, John Tsukano, Charles Oda, Halo Hirose, Francis Tanaka, Joe Yasuda, Tom Tanaka, Robert Iwamoto Back at Camp Shelby, unit training and field exercises occupied the men. Then
