Stories of Staff Sergeant Seiji Nakahara, I Company
We present the following story about Seiji Nakahara (1924-2000) written by his son Keith Nakahara. Seiji served as a Staff Sergeant in I Company, 3rd Battalion, from his enlistment as a volunteer on March 30, 1943, to November 16, 1945. He fought in all the campaigns of the 442nd. He left Italy in July 1945 to return to the US. He was awarded the Purple Heart with two oak leaf clusters and the Bronze Star Medal. Nakahara was buried in the Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery in Kaneohe on the Windward side of Oahu. Stories of Staff Sergeant Seiji Nakahara, I Company By First Sergeant Keith I. Nakahara SSgt Seiji Nakahara, I Company, 3rd Battalion My father was in I Company. He got shot the...
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