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Jun Yamamoto Regimental Headquarters 442nd Headquarters Company Master Sergeant

With many a wheeze, experimental toots and cracked lips, the regimental band of the Japanese American Combat Team is slowly taking shape at Camp Shelby. Sgt. Jun Yamamoto, who is organizing the band, is hopeful however, and even loquacious about the talent he already has recruited. “Most of the players came from Hawaii,” he said,

convoy of about 100 ships from nearby Hampton Roads on May 2.  Third Battalion was on the Victory Ship S.S. George W. Campbell.  Years later, Master Sergeant Jun Yamamoto recalled that once they were aboard the ship, he and Lt. Fritzmeier were observing the city skyline and sunset and thinking that this would be their

an honored guest. Col. H. McE. Pendleton, commander of Special Troops, Third Army, and his staff were also special guests. The 442nds new band led by Sgt. Jun Yamamoto, showed up to great advantage, and its appearance marked it as one of the excellent bands on the post. Included in the 442nd’s team, passing in

down a storm of enemy self-propelled and artillery fire, inflicting numerous casualties on the 442nd. Masaru was killed on July 4, 1944.  As L Company’s Master Sergeant Jun Yamamoto later recalled: …we were near Cecina and relieving the 100th.  Our machine gun crew and Headquarters runners had moved into position and set up.  They were

Tommy Yoshio Hiraoka 10/27/11 I Co Hiroshi Okada 10/31/11 E Co Jitsuri Yoshida 10/31/11 100th Bn D Co       Tadao “Tad” Wakayama” 11/3/11 M Co Jun William Yamamoto 11/3/11 L Co Toshio Harunaga 11/4/11 F Co/MIS Kaoru Sakima 11/5/11 522 FA-Hdq Isao Kondo 11/8/11 E Co Charles Saiki 11/11/11 Service Co Harold