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to help process Japanese POWs, translate surrender speeches and interpret for the Marine officers. Next he was ordered to Sasebo to work with Japanese naval officers to take inventory of stored torpedoes, during which time he was able to drive over to Nagasaki to view the bombed out remains of that city, a sight

was not afraid to die,” Mrs. Sato added. While a staff writer on The Sentinel, Private Yamamoto frequently in feature stories attempted to encourage other nisei to take a more realistic view of themselves and their future lives. “We are living in a country that is comparatively young,” he wrote on one occasion. “it

so, until Colonel Pence was notified that a QM Truck Company was on its way from Épinal, five hundred miles away, to pick up the unit and take it to the front. The trucks drifted in by twos and threes all through October 8. When all transportation arrived that was coming in and the

graduate of the Imperial University, Setsuzo arrived in San Francisco on the ship Tenyo Maru on October 24, 1911, from Yokohama, and was listed as a student.  Take Yamamoto arrived in San Francisco on October 15, 1914, on the Tenyo Maru.  They were married on November 10, 1914, in Pomona, California.  Setsuzo worked as a

the younger generation, the Sansei, carrying the flag,” recalled Yamamoto. The vacating of Korematsu’s conviction opened the doors to passage of redress by Congress. Still, it would take another five years of educating and lobbying, as well as 11th-hour political maneuvering by U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye, before monetary redress would become reality under an

the younger generation, the Sansei, carrying the flag,” recalled Yamamoto. The vacating of Korematsu’s conviction opened the doors to passage of redress by Congress. Still, it would take another five years of educating and lobbying, as well as 11th-hour political maneuvering by U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye, before monetary redress would become reality under an

of war and serving as prison sentinels.  It was relatively easy work because the Germans were model prisoners and were very well-disciplined.  The prisoners would not even take cigarette butts without asking first.  The prisoners prepared their own meals with food provided by Allied nations and performed daytime duties like working in the U.S.

bodies of H. Tomita and communications Sgt. Kiyoshi Iguchi, who had accompanied Tomita.  There was nothing for me to do but to pick up the canteens and take them back to the boys on the line. Pfc. Hiroichi Tomita was killed either late on July 11 or in the early morning hours of July

With many a wheeze, experimental toots and cracked lips, the regimental band of the Japanese American Combat Team is slowly taking shape at Camp Shelby. Sgt. Jun Yamamoto, who is organizing the band, is hopeful however, and even loquacious about the talent he already has recruited. “Most of the players came from Hawaii,” he

eleven months, toiling in the blazing Hawai’ian sun.  By this simple act of loyalty and faith, you helped convince Army and community officials that perhaps they should take a chance on Japanese Americans. As a direct result of your service of the VVV, the Army, in January 1943, was moved to change its position. 

the 442nd entered combat on June 26, 1944, near Suvereto, L Company was a support company, in reserve and ready for action.  After the successful action to take Suvereto, L Company occupied the town at about 5:00 p.m. with no casualties.  L Company then advanced under cover of darkness to the outskirts of Sassetta

show that followed was one of the most professional of its type. Three talented artists from WAC Hdq. contributed to the entertainment of the guests. Pvt. Alice Dodson, singer, Pvt. Dorothy Balkin, skater, and Pvt. Ruby Cass, dancer, delighted the audience. This was the first formal entertainment to take place in the new Officers’ Club.

but was refused by the ladies, who said that they need not contribute because they were in the Army – and that’s plenty…I hope you would take notice of this incident because it did happen and it made me feel very proud. They arrived at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, where they were assigned to

a deep-sea fisherman. In 1920, the family lived on Kalihikai Road in the Wanini area of Hanalei.  By 1930, he had died and his widow had married Takemashita Sato, a rice farmer.  They lived in Hanalei with her sons James and William.  Thomas was living in Honolulu where he attended Central Intermediate School. By