Seventeen men in all, 13 from Butte and four from Canal, left for active duty in the U. S. Army Monday night, after a send off ceremony at the Butte Amphitheatre.
Hiroji H. Nishimura, chairman for the program, introduced speakers W. C. “Tom” Sawyer and Shimpei Tanaka. Sawyer represented the WRA, and Tanaka spoke in behalf of the Servicemen's Parents and Relatives Association.
The 17 who left Monday are as follows:
Nob Yoshida
Harry Oyama
Takashi Abo
George H. Nakai
Katsuyoshi Nakamura,
Iwao G. Nakayama
Hitoshi Ouchida
Stephen Ichiki,
James T. Imahara
Kiyoshi B. Fujita
Jin Asakura
Taichi H. Yanehiro
Tom Tamaki
Max W. Yano
Robert Yoshimura
Masahiro Okada
Yoshiji Sugahara