442nd Soldiers Invited to Bogalusa, LA

Twenty-five enlisted men of the 442nd Combat Team will spend the week-end of June 5-6 at Bogalusa, La., as guests in the homes of the townspeople. The trip is being arranged by the Young Women's Professional Club of Bogalusa, under the direction of the YWCA, and special service officers of Camp Shelby and the Japanese American unit.

The men will make the 60 mile trip by bus, arriving at 4 o’clock Saturday afternoon in Bogalusa; they will be met by their hostesses and taken directly to the homes in which they will spend the week-end.

The program and the reception Saturday night will include musical entertainment by the Hawaiian Combateers and the Shelby Serenaders, whose members are among the invited guests. The men will attend church Sunday morning, and swimming, tennis, and other sports will follow in the afternoon. The group will return to Camp Shelby Sunday evening.

The hospitality of the Young Women's Professional Club is being extended to the members of the 442nd Combat Team as a result of the desire of Bogalusa where did you get parents residents to become acquainted with soldiers of Japanese ancestry, who have manifested their patriotism and loyalty by volunteering for army service.