71 Search Results for Sakamoto

Sadao Sakamoto Regimental Headquarters 442nd Medical Detachment Technician 5th Grade Sadao Sakamoto Sadao Sakamoto

James N. Sakamoto 2nd Battalion Headquarters Company Technician 5th Grade James Naomitsu Sakamoto James Naomitsu Sakamoto

Atsushi Sakamoto 3rd Battalion K Company Technical Sergeant Atsushi Sakamoto Atsushi Sakamoto

Noboru Sakamoto 3rd Battalion I Company Private First Class Noboru Sakamoto Noboru Sakamoto

recruits. Major Emmett L. O’Connor conducted the school with Lts. Burt Nishimura, Russell Cetlin and M. B. Paddock as instructors. The school graduates are: William Oba, Frank Sakamoto, Harry Takagi, Albert Koby, Toyo Sakamoto, George Sakamoto, George Matsumoto, Thomas Mita, Jimmy Kanaya, Shaw Sakamoto, Jimmy Shimizu, Jimmy Tsurudu, Edward Tanabe, Susumu Yamada, Hideo Yasui,

it stuck nonetheless, and he eventually got used it and kept the name into adulthood. Watching over the young kids swimming in the irrigation ditches was Soichi Sakamoto, a science teacher at Puunene school.  At first, Sakamoto knew nothing about swimming, but in time, he became a swimming coach for his “ditch kids.”  Halo

Frank W. Takasugi, formerly of Ventura, Calif., wounded in Italy, April 5. Pfc. Takasugi is the brother of Sgt. Takasugi killed on the same day. Sgt. Harry Sakamoto, son of Mrs. Kikou Sakamoto, formally of Arroyo Grande, Calif., slightly wounded in Italy, April 5. Pfc. Akira Shigenaka, son of Mr. and Mrs. Shinji Shigenaka,

Wayne T. Sakamoto Regimental Headquarters 232nd Engineers Technician 5th Grade

Walter Wakatsu Sakamoto 100th Battalion B Company Sergeant

Walter Sakamoto 522nd Artillery Headquarters Battery Corporal

Uichi, W. Sakamoto 100th Battalion A Company Sergeant

Toyo Sakamoto Regimental Headquarters 442nd Cannon Company Staff Sergeant

Toshio Thomas Sakamoto 3rd Battalion M Company Technician 3rd Grade

Thomas Tokio (Tom) Sakamoto 3rd Battalion M Company Staff Sergeant

Sunao Sakamoto 2nd Battalion F Company Staff Sergeant

Sueo Sakamoto 100th Battalion A Company Corporal

Shuichi Sakamoto 522nd Artillery Headquarters Battery 1st Lieutenant

Shoji Henry Sakamoto 3rd Battalion I Company Private First Class

Shitomi Tony Sakamoto 3rd Battalion I Company Private First Class

Shaw Sakamoto Regimental Headquarters 442nd Headquarters Company Staff Sergeant

Samuel M. Sakamoto Regimental Headquarters 442nd Service Company 1st Lieutenant

Samuel M. Sakamoto 100th Battalion A Company 1st Lieutenant

Sam I. Sakamoto 3rd Battalion I Company Private First Class

Ronald Yoshimichi Sakamoto Regimental Headquarters 232nd Engineers Private First Class

Robert I. Sakamoto 100th Battalion C Company Private

Paul Tadashi Sakamoto 100th Battalion Headquarters Company Technician 5th Grade

Oscar K. Sakamoto 522nd Artillery A Battery Technician 4th Grade

Myers Katsuto Sakamoto 100th Battalion A Company Sergeant

Mitsuo Sakamoto 522nd Artillery C Battery Private First Class

Minoru Sakamoto 3rd Battalion I Company Sergeant

Masao Sakamoto 100th Battalion B Company Private First Class

Masami Sakamoto 2nd Battalion E Company Sergeant

Louis Kahaulelio Sakamoto 100th Battalion C Company Staff Sergeant

Lawrence Hideki Sakamoto 2nd Battalion H Company Private First Class

Kiyoto Sakamoto Regimental Headquarters 442nd Anti Tank Company Private First Class

Kiyoshi John Sakamoto 100th Battalion C Company Private First Class

Kiyoshi CB Sakamoto 3rd Battalion I Company Private First Class

Kiyoshi Sakamoto 3rd Battalion K Company Private First Class

Kenji Sakamoto 100th Battalion A Company Private First Class

John Minoru Sakamoto 2nd Battalion E Company Private First Class

John Minoru Sakamoto Regimental Headquarters 206th Army Band Private First Class

Joe Sakamoto 100th Battalion C Company Private First Class

Jack S. Sakamoto 2nd Battalion G Company Private First Class

Isao Frank Sakamoto 3rd Battalion L Company Private First Class

Hiroshi Sakamoto 100th Battalion Headquarters Company Private First Class

Henry Sakaye Sakamoto 3rd Battalion I Company Private First Class

Harry Sakamoto 100th Battalion C Company Staff Sergeant

Harold Yutaka Sakamoto 522nd Artillery Headquarters Battery Technician 5th Grade

Frank K. Sakamoto Regimental Headquarters 442nd Service Company Staff Sergeant

Arthur Sakamoto 2nd Battalion E Company 1st Sergeant

Abraham Shinkichi Sakamoto 522nd Artillery A Battery Private First Class

never been touched. He rose was the only Japanese American on the team. Trainer As a nine year old youngster Hirose was the find of coach Soichi Sakamoto of Maui, Hawaii, whose hobby was teaching boys how to swim in his famous Three Year Club. At one time Sakamoto had some 200 youngsters under

a Second Lieutenant – was assigned to the public relations office as a news correspondent.  Two other Nisei MIS men were also assigned with him – Tom Sakamoto and Noby Yoshimura.  Jiro later served in Okinawa and Tokyo.  While serving in Japan, he met General Douglas MacArthur. Below:  Jiro with a troop transport plane

Company.  After a year of basic training followed by unit training and maneuvers, on April 22, 1944, they departed by train for Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia.  Tony Sakamoto and Mitsu Oshiro at Camp Shelby The 442nd sailed from nearby Hampton Roads in a convoy of over 100 Tony Sakamoto and Mitsu Oshiro at Camp

Foreign Wars, serving as President in 1950.  In 1958, Ishii was among a group of 442nd Veterans who raised $2,500 for the daughter of their comrade, Walter Sakamoto, to fly with her parents from their home in Wailuku, Maui, to Children’s Hospital in Houston, Texas, for a heart operation.  Sakamoto had served as a

Goto. Children were treated to candy sweets and Christmas gifts with a lot of “Ho Ho Hos”! It’s not Christmas without Santa and his elves (AKA Curtis Sakamoto and sons, Jason & Justin). No one went home empty handed. During lunch and following our Santa visit, Ann called out everyone’s name to pick-up a

— Pvt. Thomas Kihara, Pvt. Joe Matsunaga, Pvt. Chester Oganeku, Pvt. Joe Fujimoto, 442 Inf. 118 — Pvt. Shigimi Ishizaki, Pvt. K. Isobe, Pvt. Harold Isobe, Pvt. Sakamoto, Pvt. Morris Asato, Pvt. Gary Matsumoto, 442 Inf.; Pvt. Charles Sakata, Pvt. Tommy Tamai, Pvt. Fred Furumizu, 522 F. A. 126 — Pfc. Wilbert Holch, Pfc.

1800 hours at night with watchful and reliable efficiency. They are T/ 5 David Sugimoto, T/ 5 Tadao Nagasawa, Cpl James Moriwake, Pvt Harry Hirada, Cpl Walter Sakamoto, Pfc Masami Higuchi, Cpl Albert Kimura, Pfc Masayuki Higa and Cpl Teruo Anzai. The SP detachment of the 522nd was formed on May 5 in Shaftlach

first to breakthrough the encirclement and the first of that outfit to reach the beleaguered men was a private first class with the colorful name of Mutt Sakamoto. “Mutt who comes from Oahu, Hawaii, had a lump in his throat at the tremendous welcome he got and all he could say was, “do you

Murata, Co. L vs. Tokuji Emoto, Co. C, 112 lbs. Bolo Mizukami, Co. B vs. Yasuo Hirayama, Co. M, 135 lbs. Morio Asata, Co K vs. Sugo Sakamoto, Co. I, 118 lbs. Joe Inamine, Serv. Co. vs. Tokio Shimizu, Hq. Co. 3rd Bn., 112 lbs. Masa Watanabe, Co. B vs. Yeiji Yokoyama, Btry C,

“Remember that a lot of good things grow in horse manure, if you let them.” 442nd Chaplain Hiro Higuchi told me this story in 1980: “Sgt Masa Sakamoto was from Northern California. He was killed in Sospel. I was told to go up and get his body and bring it down. We had a

confirmed the names of his parents or other siblings. In 1930, 19-year-old Takeo was living on the island of Lanai, in Block 15, with a friend, Sadajiro Sakamoto, and working as a truck driver for a pineapple farm.  By 1935 he had moved to Honolulu and on August 10 he married Beatrice Fusako Imada. 

one jumped around or celebrated or even yippeed….we just sat on our helmets without a word, each deep in his own thoughts.  My thoughts were of Noboru Sakamoto, killed in Italy; Choyei Oshiro and Sam Oshiro, not related, killed in France in the rescue of the “Lost Battalion.”  All three of them were in

one jumped around or celebrated or even yippeed….we just sat on our helmets without a word, each deep in his own thoughts.  My thoughts were of Noboru Sakamoto, killed in Italy; Choyei Oshiro and Sam Oshiro, not related, killed in France in the rescue of the “Lost Battalion.”  All three of them were in

basic and specialized training before “D Series” maneuvers in Louisiana.  While there, Johnny and some buddies caught an armadillo.  The following anecdote was written by Pfc. Abraham Sakamoto: I can’t forget the night when the wire section had choice armadillo meat prepared by Sergeant Fujita.  We sure drank up that night, what with beer

son When his mother Masumi died in 1984, her survivors included sons Kay of Penryn, John of Sacramento, and Masato of San Leandro, and daughter Mrs. Haruye Sakamoto of Sacramento. Yoshito John Miyamura died at the age of 68 on March 4, 1989.  He was a former fruit farmer and a retired produce clerk

Molokai schools; Mr. and Mrs. Tadashi Ikeda, Mrs. Matsue Ikeda, Mrs. Esther Ikeda, all of Hilo; Sgt. Ralph Ikeda of Honolulu; and Miss Elaine Chong, Mrs. Virginia Sakamoto and Mr. Utotsu of Hilo. On May 12, 1945, just before game time for the Holualoa team in the Kona Community baseball league, team members gathered

Joe Ryo Hayashi Staff Sergeant 442nd Regimental Combat Team 3rd Battalion, K Company Joe Ryo Hayashi, son of Chiukichi and Toyo ( Sakamoto) Hayashi, was born on August 14, 1920, in Salinas, California.  He had two sisters – Chiye and Kiyo.  Joe’s father had emigrated from Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan in 1904.  His mother had

Fujita, Henry Obata, Ken Higashi, Masao Watanabe, Keiji Sato, and Pete Kozu.  He was survived by his parents, brothers Haruo and Shigenobu, and sisters Hideko Tamishita, Mitsuko Sakamoto, and Aki Fujino.  His brother Yonezo apparently had returned to Japan as no further information was found on him. Peter’s father, Takesaburo Fujino, became a naturalized

Uyeno 6/24/11 Staff Adm George H. Kinoshita 6/27/11 100th Bn A Co       Hiroshi “Horse” Tadakuma 7/22/11 3rd Hdq Tatsumi Matsumoto 7/24/11 3rd Hdq Kiyoto Sakamoto 7/27/11 100th Bn/442nd Anti-Tank Arthur Takeshi Komiyama 7/30/11 100th Hdq/442nd Service Arthur Takeshi Komiyama 7/30/11 100th Bn Hdq Co Haruo Sato 7/30/11 F Co    

efforts to promote their legacy and all they stood for. John K. Okubo 10/3/2011 100th Bn B Co Take Nakayama 12/13/2011 100th Bn B Co Shitomi T. Sakamoto 1/ – / 12 I Co Richard Takashi Nakamura 1/3/2012 2nd HQ James Susumu Oura 1/3/2012 K Co Haruo Yamashita 1/3/2012 100th Bn C Co Yoshihide