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Birthday Parties for Pvts. Masanobu Hayashi And Tauneo Takemoto

From Hattiesburg American June 24, 1943
For his birthday, Pvt. Masanobu Hayashi of the Japanese American combat team received a cake from his mother, Mrs. Satsuma Hayashi of Pahoa, Hawaii, inscribed “From Mother.”
A huge cake with “Happy Birthday, Lovingly Yaeko” written on it was presented to Pvt. Tauneo Takemoto of the 442nd Inf., by Regimental Chaplain Capt. John T. Barrett on the soldier’s 20th birthday, June 26.