Albert Ohama, 1st Lt. Charles W. Morrison, and Pfc. Mitsuru Hayashi. And two men were wounded and captured: Pfc. Masao Ikeda and S/Sgt. John Hashimoto. Tech Sgt. Masaharu Okumura later described the patrol. ” Sgt. Nakama came up to us and said he needed men for a patrol to clear some houses for G
Pete Fujino had just crawled to the pup tent when a large piece of the truck’s sheet metal dropped just outside their tent! Another L Company man, Masaharu Okumura, known as Masi or Oki, wrote about what happened three days later, on August 5: The other bad thing was the accidental shooting of Pete Fujino,