Seattle Immigration Office the day that she arrived. By 1920, Sataro was the proprietor of his own barber shop and she was the proprietor of a laundry. Johnny, as Harano was known, attended McKinley and LeConte Elementary Schools, and Willard Junior High School, where he was on the 115-lb. basketball team. He was active
On September 16, he and Kazuki set up a company to operate the Okura Store, selling retail groceries and general merchandise in Honomu. On March 27, 1943, Johnny, as Okura was known, was in the second group of Hawaii island volunteers to be inducted into the U.S. Army. At the time, his civilian occupation
Johnny I. Yoshino Regimental Headquarters 442nd Anti Tank Company Private
Johnny Yonekuni Wakamatsu Regimental Headquarters 232nd Engineers 1st Sergeant
Takeshi Johnny Miyagawa 100th Battalion C Company Technical Sergeant
Johnny Toshimitsu Fujimura 2nd Battalion E Company Private First Class
father was fired from his position at Chevrolet, although they gave him work that he could do from home until he was reinstated eight months later. ” Johnny,” as Nakamura was known, was intensely patriotic and tried repeatedly to reenlist in the Army after his discharge. He even tried to enlist in the Military
Watson, Pfc. Henry Peterson, Cpl. Howard Throop, 268 F. A.; Pvt. Cruz Lopez, 69 Qm.; Pvt. Ira T. Wall, Pvt. Wilbur Williams, 269 Eng. 175 — Pvt Johnny Garcia, Pvt. Oscar Amaya, 69 Qm. ; Pvt. Arnold C. Cetnangelo, 271 Inf.; Pfc. Charles W. Hanko, 262 S. H.; Pvt. Tomer T. Glover, jr., 269
Camp Kilmer bowl, New Jersey. Following the salute to the colors, introductory remarks will be made by Captain E. H. McDowell, Special Services Officer of Camp Kilmer. Johnny Pineapple’s entertainment, straight from the Hotel Lexington Hawaiian room, will then take the stage. The official military services which will follow will feature an address by
taking pre-law. He chose music and people as his hobby, saying “people are interesting. They are all different.” As a sideline, Pvt. Bannai was a manager of Johnny J’s orchestra. When asked how he liked the south, he answered very sincerely and quietly, “I like it very much. There is nothing to complain about.
morning, April 22, 1945, as senior noncom, I had to oversee the removal of the four dead comrades: 1st Lt. James Wheatley, Lloyd Onoye, Eiichi Haita, and Johnny Ogawa. Headquarters had sent up mules and a few Italians as assistants. All I can remember was doing a walk-through; and by then I was so
morning, April 22, 1945, as senior noncom, I had to oversee the removal of the four dead comrades: 1st Lt. James Wheatley, Lloyd Onoye, Eiichi Hata, and Johnny Ogawa. Headquarters had sent up mules and a few Italians as assistants. All I can remember was doing a walk-through; and by then I was so
the 442nd Veterans Club collaborated with the Honolulu Community Theater, and presented a play by Harry Brown, “A Sound of Hunting.” The director was Samoan American writer Johnny Kneubuhl, who adapted the play for the men of the 442nd. Herbert played a mainland-born soldier named Yosh Kotow. They took the play on the road,
training for the U.S. team at the 1940 Olympics in Japan; however, it was announced that the Games were cancelled. That year, he smashed, by .3 seconds, Johnny Weissmuller’s record in the 100-yard freestyle at the Punahou School pool during the Hawaiian AAU Indoor Championship meet. At an exhibition for the meet, he and
by his mother, Mrs. Hanako Nagafuchi, of 234 E. 24th Street, his brother Richard Takuichi Kanazawa, and six half-siblings from his mother’s second marriage: Sumito, Dabo Hideoki, Johnny Yoshiaki, Mary Kinuko, Oda Nagafuchi, and Frances J. Shimane. John Kanazawa’s name is listed on the Roll of Honor Wall at the Heart Mountain site with
