…d to practice burpees and push ups [sic].         Several officers and non-coms took the test and I’ll say that the majority of the boys did just as well, if not better, than the officers.         Thats [sic] that for that.         Well, the kids still owe me a letter and I hope to hear from them soon.         I haven’t bumped into Hal lately so I don’t know how he’s getting along. I don’t even know what score he fired on the M-1 rifle range.     …

…Conrad Tsukayama. He was then a sergeant, and later received a battlefield commission for combat leadership. The caption reads, “Always smiling, forever in a good mood, Sergeant Conrad Tsukayama from Lanikai, Oahu, fought with the Fifth Army during the Italian campaign. He particularly distinguished himself at the Battle of Volturno.” From the Magazine: THE FREE WORLD, November 1944 “Americans Of Japanese Ancestry Are Fighting On The Italian Front…

…n. took the qualifying exam, Miyasaki was simply called into the office of company commander Jack Mizuha who informed him that he would be going with the MIS group. “I don’t want to go,” protested Miyasaki who wanted to stick with his buddies. Mizuha replied, “No, it’s an order. Anybody can shoot one rifle but not everybody can speak Japanese. You can do more good up there than down here.” So Miyasaki reluctantly accompanied about 60 former 100th…

…was to initiate the attack, while A Company was to rendezvous at Po Pino. Commanding B Company was the same Capt. Takahashi who had taken the battalion’s plea to the colonel. He planned the attack this way: the 1st Platoon under S/Sgt. Yeiki Kobashigawa was to take the town; the 2nd Platoon under Lt. James Boodry, a former Regular Army dogface from Boston, was to move on the main road leading out of town and cut it off; the 3rd Platoon under Lt….

…ce again be put to the test. Only a month earlier, the seasoned and battle-tested Japanese American unit had officially become the 1st Battalion of the larger 442nd Regimental Combat Team, made up of Nisei volunteers from Hawaii and the mainland U.S. By September 1944, the 100th, which entered combat attached to the 34th (Red Bull) Division, had been fighting in Italy for nearly a year. As a fighting force, they had impressed military leaders. In…

…hat happened to us will not happen to any other group. Especially to the Muslim Americans after Sept. 11. After 62 years, I can finally say that I am proud to be an American and now I know how Rev. Martin Luther King felt, when he said, “FREE AT LAST! FREE AT LAST! THANK GOD ALMIGHTY, I’M FREE AT LAST!” Mahalo & Arrivederci Definition in Webster’s Dictionary: ” Concentration Camp: A camp where persons (as prisoners of war, political prisoners, or…

…ce bravery. The 100th, however, has maintained its own identity, and is the subject of books and articles. To learn more about Ray Nosaka’s experiences with the Cat Island dog program (including photos and video), please go to www.khnl.com/global/story.asp?s=5357880. Ray Nosaka’s experiences are also included in the book “Eyes of the Emperor” by Graham Salisbury. To learn more about the television program “History Detectives, please go to www.pbs….

…medal. Reverend Aki celebrated his 100th birthday with family and friends on September 13, 2014. An article appeared in the Los Angeles Japanese Daily News, Rafu Shimpo: http://www.rafu.com/2014/09/a-century-of-blessings/ On July 4, 2018, Reverend Aki passed away, a few months short of his 104th birthday….

…y life I had to wear an overcoat and gloves. The California coast was a welcome sight. Everybody was on deck (excuse the pencil) trying to get a view. We passed the Golden Gate and the Oakland Bay bridge. You can easily understand because we were troops, we had no chance whatsoever of “seeing the sights.” Also, I can’t be writing about anything that has any military significance, and that doesn’t leave much to write about. We stopped for awhile at…