26 States, Hawaii Represented in 522nd Field Artillery Unit

Donauworth, Germany — Twenty-six states, the Territory of Hawaii and the District of Columbia are represented in the home addresses of officers and men of the 522nd (Japanese American) Field Artillery Battalion now stationed here.

Hawaiian leads with 331 men out of the battalion and 120 of these men called Honolulu home. Seventy others are from other sections of Oahu, while the other islands are represented by the following: Hawaii, 58; Maui, 48; Kauai, 32; Molokai, 2 and Lanai, 1.

California leads all the states with 85 men calling the Golden State home. Actually, more than 100 men of the battalion were born in California but now list other states has home addresses because of relocation or resettlement.

Home addresses of other men of the Japanese American battalion are listed as follows: Colorado, 39; Idaho, 22; Arizona, 15; Illinois, 13; Utah, 12; Washington, 10; Wyoming and Ohio, 8; Oregon, 7; Michigan and New York, 6; Massachusetts, Nevada, New Jersey, Texas, and Florida, 2; Arkansas, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Washington DC, Alabama and North Carolina, 1.