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Ichiro Tsukano 100th Battalion D Company Private First Class Ichiro Tsukano Ichiro Tsukano

men were out of shape swim-wise, they still dominated.  Below:  442nd Swimming Team at Camp Shelby, 1943, with their medals, L to R – Mike Mizuki, John Tsukano, Charles Oda, Halo Hirose, Francis Tanaka, Joe Yasuda, Tom Tanaka, Robert Iwamoto Back at Camp Shelby, unit training and field exercises occupied the men.  Then in

Shangy (Sueo?) Tsukano 3rd Battalion M Company Corporal

the artillery and infantry would have been doubly difficult. KIA Loss for 14 Oct 1944 442 G           Sgt. Nakamoto, Seichi 100 A           Sgt. Tezuka, Theodore T.   15 Oct 1944 – Battle Day One Both leading battalions, the 100th and the 2nd, jumped off at 0800 October 15, moving out in columns of companies.

Tsugio Tsukano 100th Battalion D Company Private First Class

Mitsuo Tsukano Regimental Headquarters 442nd Headquarters Company Private

Mitsuo Tsukano 3rd Battalion L Company Private

John Toshio Tsukano 3rd Battalion M Company Private First Class

John Toshio Tsukano 100th Battalion D Company Private First Class

Bronze Star Medal was awarded posthumously to Pfc. Fujioka for heroic achievement in battle.  The presentation was made in a ceremony at Fort Shafter to his father, Tsukano Fujioka.  Right: Tsukano Fujioka The citation read in part:  When an emergency call for medical aid came from his company, Pfc. Fujioka, a jeep driver, immediately

Taosaka, 442 Inf.; Pvt. Robert Nobori, 522 F. A. 135 — Pvt. Wallace Fukeda, 442 Inf.; Pvt. Anthony Broncha, 69 Recon.; Pvt. Hazen Wherlock, 268 F.A. 147 — Pvt. T. Tsukano, 442 Inf.;Sgt. Toby Vigil, 69 Qm.; Pvt. Harold Brown, 769 Ord. 160 — Cpl. Tommie Saporino, 631 T.D. Heavyweight — Pfc. Aram Shahegian, 129 Ord.

are Pvt. Charles Oda, Hawaiian 800-meter free-style champion who took fourth in the 1941 National AAU meet; Pvt. Tom Tanaka, Hawaii low-board diving champion; and Pvt. John Tsukano, Hawaiian junior champion in backstroke and breaststroke events. The swimmers of the Combat Team are anxious to take part in any exhibitions which might be arranged

L to R – Tad C. Fujioka, Masayasu (“Mac”) Nogaki, Slim Fujioka, George Takashi Mukai, Herbert H. Fushimi; Kneeling L to R – Barney Seiso Zenigami, Richard T. Murakami, Kenji Kawamura Due to devastating casualties that put the 442nd below combat strength, they spent the months of December 1944 through March 1945 in the Rhineland-Maritime

must. Live, if you can, but whatever you do, do not bring haji (shame) to the family. Your country, the honor of your family comes first.” [John Tsukano, Bridge of Love, p. 19] Chilly Sasaki, Anti-Tank Chapter loaned an artifact and Ron Oba, Fox Chapter shared his oral history for this exhibit. The Exhibit

looked different from other American soldiers, you had the same heart.  You also had strange sounding names, like Inouye, Matsunaga, Tanaka, Tsukiyama, Okamoto, Yoshimura, Nunotani, Aiso, Kubo, Tsukano, Hajiro, Masuda, Tazoi, Doi, Tanabe, Fukuda, Nishimura, Hamada, Fukuhara, Ito, Sato, and Sakato.  You Nisei soldiers were shorter than your American counterparts.  Your average height was