C Company
Kazuto Shimizu was born in 1924 in Pahoa, Hawaii to immigrants from Hiroshima, Japan. His father was a cane planter on the Olaa Plantation.
In March 1943, Shimizu volunteered and attained the rank of Staff Sergeant in C Company. He was one of five siblings and had two brothers who served in the Korean War.
After the war he worked as a Naval Architect at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard.
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![Formal Portrait of Kazuto Shimizu [Courtesy of Kazuto Shimizu]](https://www.100thbattalion.org/wp-content/gallery/shimizu_kazuto/shimizu-kazuto-010x.jpg "Formal Portrait of Kazuto Shimizu [Courtesy of Kazuto Shimizu]")
![? Inouye [Courtesy of Kazuto Shimizu]](https://www.100thbattalion.org/wp-content/gallery/shimizu_kazuto/shimizu-kazuto-011x.jpg "? Inouye [Courtesy of Kazuto Shimizu]")
![In Northern Italy after war ended, includes Tsunehisa Fukushima, Tom Miyoken and Kazuto Shimizu. [Courtesy of Kazuto Shimizu]](https://www.100thbattalion.org/wp-content/gallery/shimizu_kazuto/shimizu_kazuto-001x.jpg "In Northern Italy after war ended, includes Tsunehisa Fukushima, Tom Miyoken and Kazuto Shimizu. [Courtesy of Kazuto Shimizu]")
![Until Berlin, Shinno [Courtesy of Kazuto Shimizu]](https://www.100thbattalion.org/wp-content/gallery/shimizu_kazuto/shimizu_kazuto-002x.jpg "Until Berlin, Shinno [Courtesy of Kazuto Shimizu]")
![Kazuto Shimizu and Tom Miyoken. [Courtesy of Kazuto Shimizu]](https://www.100thbattalion.org/wp-content/gallery/shimizu_kazuto/shimizu_kazuto003x.jpg "Kazuto Shimizu and Tom Miyoken. [Courtesy of Kazuto Shimizu]")
![Norman Oda, Kazuto Shimizu, Tom Miyoken. The three Sarges caught off guard! Italy, vicinity of Ghedi, May 29, 1945. [Courtesy of Kazuto Shimizu]](https://www.100thbattalion.org/wp-content/gallery/shimizu_kazuto/shimizu_kazuto004x.jpg "Norman Oda, Kazuto Shimizu, Tom Miyoken. The three Sarges caught off guard! Italy, vicinity of Ghedi, May 29, 1945. [Courtesy of Kazuto Shimizu]")
![Kazuto Shimizu and Tadao Nakamura, 442nd KIA. [Courtesy of Kazuto Shimizu]](https://www.100thbattalion.org/wp-content/gallery/shimizu_kazuto/shimizu_kazuto005x.jpg "Kazuto Shimizu and Tadao Nakamura, 442nd KIA. [Courtesy of Kazuto Shimizu]")
![F Company veteran. [Courtesy of Kazuto Shimizu]](https://www.100thbattalion.org/wp-content/gallery/shimizu_kazuto/shimizu_kazuto006x.jpg "F Company veteran. [Courtesy of Kazuto Shimizu]")
![Kazuto Shimizu [Courtesy of Kazuto Shimizu]](https://www.100thbattalion.org/wp-content/gallery/shimizu_kazuto/shimizu_kazuto007x.jpg "Kazuto Shimizu [Courtesy of Kazuto Shimizu]")
![left - Pvt. Shimizu, Right - Sgt. Miyoken (Maui) [Courtesy of Kazuto Shimizu]](https://www.100thbattalion.org/wp-content/gallery/shimizu_kazuto/shimizu_kazuto008x.jpg "left - Pvt. Shimizu, Right - Sgt. Miyoken (Maui) [Courtesy of Kazuto Shimizu]")
![Kazuto Shimizu [Courtesy of Kazuto Shimizu]](https://www.100thbattalion.org/wp-content/gallery/shimizu_kazuto/shimizu_kazuto009x.jpg "Kazuto Shimizu [Courtesy of Kazuto Shimizu]")
