and three Fred Matsumoto’s. If Nakamura is the Smith of the Combat Team, Tanaka is the Jones. There are 40 soldiers named Tanaka, three of them named Thomas without middle initials and two more Thomas T.s, and for good measure a Thomas R. The Yamamoto’s come in 3rd, with 33 represented. Not far behind
Thomas Tamotsu Tamashiro 3rd Battalion I Company Sergeant Thomas Tamotsu Tamashiro Thomas Tamotsu Tamashiro
Thomas Toshiyoshi Tanaka 3rd Battalion K Company Technician 5th Grade
Thomas T. Tanaka Regimental Headquarters 442nd Service Company Private First Class
Tatsumi Tanaka, Pfc Yujio Hibino, Pfc Yujio Arai, Pvt Morio Nunokawa, Pfc Jiro Yamada, Pvt George Nishikawa, Pfc Jimmy Umamoto, Pfc Brian Matsuo, Pfc Mitsuo Tabuchi, Pfc Thomas Toguchi, Pvt Isamu Naka, Pfc Canan Takaoka, Pfc Douglas Iwamoto, Pvt Frank Takeuchi, Pfc Hideo Noda, Pfc Kiyoshi Ozaki and Pvt. Echio Andow. Lt Toru Hirano
I Sgt. Fukeda, Akira Wallace 442 I Sgt. Matsumoto, Goro 442 I Pfc. Onaga, Takeyasu Thomas 442 I Pfc. Oshiro, Choyei 442 I Pfc. Tashima, Masaru 442 I Sgt. Tokushima,
(Regimental Headquarters), Pvt. Halo Hirose, Pfc. Yujiro Takahashi (B Company), Pfc. John Tsukano (D Company), Pfc. Kenneth Oshima (B Company), Tech/5 Itsuki Oshita (100th Battalion Headquarters), Tech/5 Thomas Tanaka (K Company), Pvt. Hideo “Mike” Mizuki (E Company), Tech/5 Robert Iwamoto (Regimental Headquarters), Pvt. Joseph Yasuda (M Company), Corp. Tsugio “Shangy” Tsukano (M Company, who had
Waialua Agricultural Company, Ltd, and they lived in one of the plantation camps in the Kawailoa area of Waialua. There were eight children in the family: sons Thomas Tadashi, Gary Kazuo, Masami, Harold Susumu, and Noboru; and daughters Masae, Tomie, and Haruko. Kazuo attended the local schools in Waialua. In his teen years, he
Ben Yamamoto, and Stanley Yamamoto. From the mainland were: Roy Akiyoshi, Terry Doi, Nobuo Furuiye, Shunji Hamano, Joe Harada, Fred Hirano, George lnagaki, Masao Kuroki, William Makino, Thomas Miyagi, Roy Miyata, Pat Morishita, Tad Ogawa, Don Oka, Hitoshi Okimura, John Otani, Tony Sunarnoto, Torao Torakawa, Steve Yagi, Takeshi Yamashita, and James Yoshinobu. The JICPOA
titles will be awarded without a contest. Awards for winners and runners-up in both sections and eight weights will be made. Novice entries include: 112 — 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.
volunteered as a unit and disbanded as VVV’s. Now they’re active again, without formal organization and fundraising for a worthy cause. Lt. Ralph Yempuku and Chaplain Lt. Thomas E. West, acting as general chairman, have organized enlisted men committees in the various battalions and special units of the combat team. Altogether 160 enlisted men
1941 and the capture of submarine commander Ensign Kazuo Sakamaki by Sgt. David Akui and two Nisei soldiers from Company G, 298th Infantry. One of them was Thomas Kiyoshi Tsubota, later to become a member of the famed 100th Battalion, who trained at the MIS Language School at Camp Savage and then fought with
Hirano 4/16/11 M Co Juno “Wally” Kaneshige 4/17/11 E Co Wallace T. Nagao 4/19/11 Hdq Co Noboru Ogami 4/22/11 Medic Shoichi Harada 4/23/11 100th Bn B Co Thomas Katsuyoshi Nishimitsu 4/23/11 100th Bn D Co Hiroshi “Coffee” Kohashi 4/25/11 L Co Susumu “Iso” Isosaki 4/26/11 H Co Merrilll “Bud” Francis Butler
Service Co Stanley Hiroshi Fujiki 5/17/2010 100th Bn C Co Matsuichii “Mutt” Kusatsu 5/19/2010 Cannon/F Co Richard Takeshi Kanayama 5/19/2010 I Co Kiyoharu Kawasa 5/20/2010 H Co Thomas Kiyoshi Akutagawa 5/22/2010 232nd Eng Seiki Teruya 5/22/2010 L Co James Tsukasa Yamada 5/29/2010 100th B Co Kazuto Nakamura 5/29/2010 I Co Kunio Shimamoto 5/29/2010 E
