…s from Germans without assistance of other units. Recently they captured a German command post, complete with a large motor pool and an entire field artillery battery, all intact.” Italian towns recently captured by the 100th Battalion are: Belvedere, Sesseta, Pastina, and Orsiana. Belvedere was taken by a surprise thrust, Sesseta by a flanking attack, Pastina by a frontal attack, and Orsiana bypassed and then completely surrounded. “These America…

…American artillery. DESPITE ALL the pain, he remained conscious and saw German soldiers coming to their rescue. His life ebbing rapidly, he saw and felt a German soldier pick him up and take him to the Bruyeres hospital, thereby saving his life. He never found out what became of the wounded German soldier whose haunting cry he has never been able to forget. On Oct. 20, 1944, an ambulance took him to an American field hospital. Two Texans and t…

…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….

…e of his outfit, I had no idea what sort of a unit it was or what it had accomplished in combat. I had to search for it in the printed records of the Fifth Army. He and his buddies had sweated and some had died throughout the two years of the Italian campaign, but not many Americans, not even veterans who served near them, remember their unit. How different was our experience! The eyes of the American press were upon us, and our deeds are still re…

…as if I were King Kamehameha,” Matsunaga related. Dan Inouye recalled his company commander, Capt. Ensminger, a white officer from Honolulu, speaking in controlled anger, “We have received a notice from the state of Mississippi, that as long as the 442nd trains in Mississippi, it will conduct itself as WHITE soldiers.” The captain continued, “You are required to observe the laws and traditions of Mississippi as they relate to our relations. “I kn…

…the late Chaplain Hiro Higuchi, Bob Sasaki, Kenji Goto, June Goto, Boys of Company K, Company E, F Company, Club 100, the 442nd Club and the MIS of Northern California. Also, Colonel Harold Riversell, Art Kaneko, Senator Matsunaga, Senator Inouye, Governor Ariyoshi, General Mark Clark, Catherine Pence, and Colonel James Handley. I’d also like to thank Mark Tanaka-Sanders and Gary Cummings of the National Park Service for having the courage to show…

…perfect shelter, like a tunnel,” recalled Capt. Isaac “Doc” Kawasaki, who commanded the 100th Infantry Battalion’s Medical Company. “We came to a gully and there was a culvert where you could sit down.” Kawasaki, his sergeant and seven other soldiers took a break in the protective culvert. Suddenly, Kawasaki heard the whistling sounds of exploding mortar shells. Soldiers in Bravo and Dog companies told him there were casualties. “I was sitting in…

…Yes, only one shot. The tank stopped and burst into flames. And I saw the Germans come out of the tank and there was some shots firing, but you cannot see because we’re all under cover with the terrace. We cannot stick our heads out. Q What time of the day was this? MA I assume it was close to about ten or eleven o’clock. Q What happened to you after that? MA We couldn’t do anything. We just were pinned down. In other words, no move, no nothing….

…xpressions that were to make Action famous in Club 100. Stan was to assume complete command of the squad when Sus Musashi left for home from Leghorn a few months later. After being relieved by the “Terrible Turks” of the Cassino engagement, the 100th moved out into the Anzio beachhead to “hold the fort” there. And there really wasn’t much action until the breakthrough to Rome out of Anzio. Things got real lively just before the breakthrough though…