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Butte Honors Sgt. Takasugi
From Gila News-Courier April 25, 1945
About one thousand persons from all walks of life paid final respects to Sgt. Katsumi L. Takasugi in the flower-bedecked Butte High School auditorium yesterday. Sgt. Takasugi had fallen in battle in Italy on April 5.
The color guard posted the colors as the buglers played the taps with an echo in the background.
The scripture was read by the Rev. Clifford Nakagawa and the Rev. Y. Oshita. Block and group representatives paid floral tributes to the fallen soldier. Words of sympathy were extended to the family by Leroy H. Bennett, project director, Frank Sasaki on behalf of the Canal Parents-Relatives Asn., and Shinpei Tanaka for the Butte Parents Relatives Assn. Michimasa Asami represented the Buddhist Church, while the Rev. Steward of Mesa represented the Christians.
The Rev. Yasaburo Suda delivered the memorial service and offered a prayer. Then the “stars and stripes of which Sgt. Takasugi is now a part” was lowered from the wall and presented to his family.
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April 25, 1945
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+ Gila News-Courier
Media Type: Camp Newspaper
Place: Rivers
State: Arizona
Country: United States
The Gila News-Courier (September 12, 1942 to September 5, 1945) was the main publication of the Gila River camp, and one of the last of the ten War Relocation Authority camp newspapers to begin regular production and distribution. The News-Courier alternated from publishing every Wednesday and Saturday in its earliest weeks, to every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, out of the Canal News office located in Rec Hall 8. It was distributed free of charge to every barrack room.
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People mentioned in this clipping: Steward Katsumi L. Takasugi Clifford Nakagawa Y. Oshita Leroy H. Bennett Frank Sasaki Shinpei Tanaka Michimasa Asami Steward of Mesa Yasaburo Suda