had left unbroken. KIA Losses for 18 Oct 1944 100 B Sgt. Hosoda, Max Masami 100 C Pfc. Ogawa, Edward 442 2Hq Sgt. Kijima, Tadashi 442 E Pvt. Fukumura, Ichiji 442 F Pfc. Morimoto, Toshiaki 442 G Tech/4 Yoshinaga, Akira 19 Oct 1944 – Battle Day Five
a group with 13 other new volunteers, stopping briefly in Kansas City’s Union Station on June 3 where they made the local news. Their group leader, Private Tadashi Fujioka, was interviewed. They reluctantly posed for a photo. . Yukio was mentioned in the newspaper article as prompting Fujioka to tell the reporter about himself and
being inducted, “We had to be checked over by the FBI.” Above: Yukio and other Minidoka volunteers in transit by train to Camp Shelby; group leader Pvt. Tadashi Fujioka is 7th from the left After basic training, Yukio was assigned to 3rd Battalion, I Company. He was 2nd Platoon radioman and a runner, acting as
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