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Takao Kubota

friend, John Min, on Maui, when he asked me if my father was Takao Kubota.  I said, “Yes,” and John said my father had saved his uncle Kenneth Higa’s life during World War II during the 100th Battalion’s landing at Anzio Beach in Italy.  The shelling was terrible and a group had gone out

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Michio Gerard Kimura

was released to Spokane on August 25, and his father Kenji a few weeks later on September 15 to Seattle. Above:  Kimura with close friend and “brother-in-law” Kenneth Ota, March 3, 1944, at Camp Shelby While his family was interned at Minidoka, Michio Kimura completed training with the 442nd.  He left Camp Shelby with

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Arnold Ohki

Arnold Ohki, son of Zenjiro and Yayeko (Watanabe) Ohki, was born on February 4, 1921, in Livingston, California.  He was the second-born of five siblings: Robert, Arnold, Kenneth, Edwin, and Anne.  His parents both emigrated from Japan.  His father arrived from Saitama Prefecture on June 30, 1904, aboard the S.S. Umatilla, from transiting in

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John Norio Ogawa

Ogawa, was born on March 10, 1916, in Garden Grove, California.  He was the second child in a family of six sons:  Nagatoshi, Masami, Hidemi, John Norio, Kenneth Yasuo, and Wilson S.; and two daughters:  Yaeko Mary and Kimie Marie.  Kirisuke and Taneno were from the villages of Matsushige and Otsu in Tokushima Prefecture

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Shigeo Richard Kanehira

born on May 27, 1921, in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, to Yasutaro and Miyo (Kanzaki) Kanehira.  There were ten children in the family:  sons Shinyei, Tamotsu, Yoshio Kenneth, Shigeo Richard, Sueo, Clifford Kazuyoshi, and James Nobuaki – in addition to three who did not survive to adulthood – Kiichi (died 1910), Haruko (died 1916),

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Hiroichi Tomita

Wailuku, Maui, Territory of Hawaii.  He was the second-eldest son of Taichi and Shizue (Kozai) Tomita.  His siblings were:  brothers Tetsuo Richard, Mikio Michael, Shoichi Herbert, and Kenneth; and sisters Fumiko Jeanette, Chiyoko, Michiko Mildred, and Yaeko Lillian. Father Taichi Tomita emigrated from the village of Rokugo, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, on the Tenyo Maru,

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Tsugio Aoyama

in April 1944 for an unknown destination.  The others were:  William Fujita, Sam Setsuo lsokane, Benjamin Kawahara, Tameo Kawasaki, Tamotsu Koyanagi, Fred Kuga, Jiro Matsui, Nobuo Nagata, Kenneth Nakada, Don Okubo, James Saito, James Shigeta, Tetsuo Shimamoto, Norio Terao, Katsumi Tsutsui, and Henry Yokoyama. To the men’s surprise, their unknown destination was their home,

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Edward Joseph Nilges

on the Regimental staff at Camp Shelby, 1943 He was assigned as the leader of First Platoon, C Company, 1st Battalion.  As one of his men, Sergeant Kenneth Inada, later wrote: Nilges stands out as one of the many haole (Caucasian) officers of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team whose rare character, spirit, disposition, and

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