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Sam Yasuichi Oshiro

hit by an artillery shell or fragments in the general area of the abdomen.  He was given a transfusion, but it did not save his life. T/Sgt. Walter Tamotsu Okumoto, known as Joe, later recalled:  “On VE Day…no one jumped around or celebrated or even yippeed….we just sat on our helmets without a word, each deep

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Choyei Oshiro

either wounded or killed.  I felt sick.  I also heard Sam Oshiro had been killed by tree-burst shrapnel about the same time as my kid brother.” T/Sgt. Walter Tamotsu Okumoto, known as Joe, later recalled:  “On VE Day…no one jumped around or celebrated or even yippeed….we just sat on our helmets without a word, each deep

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*** 2012 Honor Roll ***

Gilbert Tsutomu “Pops” Ogata Sr. 9/29/2012 F Co George I. Furuta 9/29/2012 K Co Paul Ralph Okura 10/1/2012 100th Bn A Co Shinsei Miyasato 10/2/2012 3rd HQ Walter Tamotsu Okumoto 10/3/2012 I Co Shozo Mayeda 10/7/2012 100th Bn C Co George Takeo Okamoto 10/7/2012 I Co Gilbert Kinya Takamori 10/8/2012 522 FA-A Batt Seige Kawashima 10/11/2012

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