Seventeen Men Leave Rivers for Active Duty

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