Raymond Tsukasa Yamada
Raymond Tsukasa Yamada 3rd Battalion Headquarters Company Private First Class Raymond Tsukasa Yamada Raymond Tsukasa Yamada
Raymond Tsukasa Yamada 3rd Battalion Headquarters Company Private First Class Raymond Tsukasa Yamada Raymond Tsukasa Yamada
next strike would come from. Following a firefight on August 30, that resulted in the death of M Company Captain Robert L. Hempstead and others, Chaplain Lieutenant Masao Yamada went the next day beyond the lines to retrieve the dead. He and his men fashioned a flag of truce from their handkerchiefs and the Germans
Reyold “Smiley” Muranaka, Roy Roy Nakada, Amos A. Nakamura, Stanley Nakanishi, George Nakano, Yutaka Namba, Harold S. Nishimura, Richard S. Oguro, Ryoichi Okada, Richard Omori, Robert T. Otake, Masao Rokui, Alan Y. Shimizu, Manabu Soranaka, Masami Tahira, Theodore Takano, “Slim” Takiue, Takuya Terada, Thomas K. Tsubota, Sadao Toyama, Fusao Uchiyama, Tsutomu Wakimoto, Ernest T. Watanabe,
G 1st Lt. White, Floyd Earl Jr, 442 H S/Sgt. Kuroda, Robert Toshi 442 H Pfc. Miyaguchi, Masayuki John 442 H Pfc. Shigemura, Masao Frank 442 Hq 1st Lt. Farnum, Charles Oliver 442 I S/Sgt. Inakazu, Ben Masaki 442 M Pfc. Kato, Yoshi 21 Oct 1944
Ikeda was held at the Central Kona Union Church in Kealakekua on February 17, 1949. Officiating were Reverend Francis K. Endo, pastor of the church, and Reverend Masao Yamada, former chaplain of the 100th Infantry Battalion. Reverend Endo gave a message in Japanese and Reverend Yamada gave the eulogy in English. The young people’s choir
(by Associated Press) Honolulu, T. H., June 9 — Hawaii’s first chaplain of Japanese ancestry to enter the armed forces is Masao Yamada, 36, a practical Congregational minister who says “God and guns will win the war for the United Nations.” A first lieutenant in the army chaplain corps, he will join American soldiers of
zealous purpose to offer no rest for a weary enemy until he is utterly destroyed.” Mrs. Wheatley also received a letter from her son’s Battalion Chaplain, Captain Masao Yamada, in which he said: “…we knew him and loved him in our unit. He was respected very highly by his men and officers. He was actually
13, 1944, at 2:30 p.m. at the All Saints’ Church in Kapaa. Tommy’s friend from Camp Shelby, Tec/5 Edward Masaru Yamasaki, was the assistant to 442nd Chaplain Masao Yamada, and his most demanding duty was driving cross-country for retrieval of the bodies of men killed on the front lines and for their transfer to designated
friends and relatives for the floral offerings and sympathy during the recent memorial and burial services for their son Pfc. Takeo Sato. Among those thanked were: Reverend Masao Yamada, Amauulu Veterans Club, Amauulu Athletic Club, Company I (442nd), Kilauea Military Camp Boys, Hilo High School Class of 1941, AJA Veterans Club, American Legion Auxiliary and
at 9:45 a.m. Members of the American Legion Post No. 4, Hawaii National Guard, the Boy Scouts, and the Girl Scouts participated. The dedication ceremony featured Reverend Masao Yamada of the 442nd RCT as keynote speaker. Following the unveiling by the Girl Scouts, memorial wreaths were presented by local community clubs. Kohala Memorial to War
aid men and litter bearers to evacuate the three men who had been wounded and were lying in full view of the enemy. The following day, Chaplain Masao Yamada of 3rd Battalion went to remove the bodies of the dead, including the body of Capt. Hempstead. A German party met him under the Geneva Convention
the visit of Earl Finch of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, the 21 Gold Star Mothers were each given a Gold Star pin by Mr. Finch. Reverends Hiro Higuchi and Masao Yamada, wartime chaplains of the 442nd, also participated in the service. The first Armistice Day ceremony at Punchbowl was held on November 12, 1949. Masaharu’s mother, sister,
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Japanese Americans serving in World War II; and a set of material collected by the 442nd Veterans Club such as a copies of the memoirs of Chaplain Masao Yamada (3rd Battalion) and of the memoirs of members of Love Company. Hamilton Library has these materials in the Japanese American Veterans Collection. By digitizing the material,
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