was reported in the Atlanta Constitution that Mrs. Massengale had joined forces months earlier with two other Atlanta relatives of 442nd men – the mother of Capt. Robert L. Hempstead and the wife of Maj. Ralph George Moye. Five wounded 442nd men from Hawaii were hospitalized at the Army’s local Lawson General Hospital and the women
off balance and worried about where the 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