Item 1: GO #317 dated 7/23/45 - Unit Citation for 3rd Battalion 442nd RCT. Folder 2: Citation for 36th Division for Vosges Campaign Box 5
Item 2: GO #13 dated 1/21/34 - Unit Citation for Co. F and Co. L, 442nd RCT (O'Connor Task Force)
Box 142 Folder 2: Report of Supreme Allied Commander on "The Italian Campaign" Dec
12, `44 to 5/2/45 Box 147 Folder 1: Disposition of Enlisted Men of Japanese Extraction
Items 1-5: Disposition of Japanese EM, protective custody at Jefferson Barracks Items 6-9: WDC orders transfers to Zone of Interior Item 10: MID G-2 asks re Niseis at 4th Army Intelligence School disposition Items 11-15: WDC orders; Nisei at Camp Roberts transferred to Camp Robinson Item 16: Gen. Emmons recommends AJ combat unit, Eisenhower vetoes; AGO
orders all AJs to Camp Robinson & Ft. McClellan, then to Zone of Interior assignments or to combat zones.
Item 17: 5/28/92 order for formation of 100th Bn Folder 3
Items 1-3: Racial concerns re Nisei at Camp Robinson; No further induction of AJs recommended
Folder 4
Item 2: Reports of AH activity fomenting Negro racial unrest at Little Rock Item 4: Secty of War orders suspension of civilian AJs employed at military
bases Item 5: CO of Services & Supply: absorption of 18,000 AJs impractical,
recommend assignment to combat Folder 5: 291.2 Oct-Dec 1942
Item 1: War Dept to C/Staff 1/7/42:recommend discharge of all J's from employ of US Army Air Forces
Item 2: War Dept JAG memo 1/30/42 affirms validity of removal of all J's from employ of the US*
Item 3: Adj Gen telegram 2/9/42 to Gen Emmons: Suspend all Japanese civilian employees from employment in Hawaiian Department*
Item 5: Gen Emmons telegram to A/G 2/10/42: discharge of 95% of skilled labor in Hawaii will stop defense work in Hawaii and promote disloyalty. Urges directive be modified.*
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Box 147
Folder 5 (cont’d) Item 7-8: A/G recommends discretion be given to DeWitt re retaining 10
Japanese instructors* Item 10: S/W memo to A/G 2/12/42: Advise Gen Emmons full concurrence of War
Department with 2/10/42 radiogram; directs disregard of 2/9/42 instruction Item 12: McCloy to Emmons re 400 J evacuees from Hawaii* Item 13: Memo 12/17/42: G-3 recommends organization of combat team of
volunteer loyal J-As to be sent to theater other than against Japan Item 14: Elmer Davis letter to FDR 10/2/42: recommends loyal JAs be
permitted to enlist in service Items 15-16, 24: American Defense Harvard Group recommends use of Japanese native
citizens in Army, transmitting Edwin Reischauer's memorandum. Referred to McCloy by S/W.
Item 17: Milton Eisenhower of OWI to McCloy 10/13/42: FDR told Elmer Davis he is willing to permit enlistment of J-As for restricted Army duty*
Item 18: McCloy memo 10/15/42 to S/W: Agrees with Elmer Davis letter. A-Js should be permitted to enlist in special Army & Navy units.
Item 19: Draft of memo 10/28/42 to S/W. Recommends War Department policy of utilizing J-As into military service, with supporting reasons. Suggests an infantry regiment to fight in Africa/European theater... predicts highly effective combat unit.*
Item 20-21: Comprehensive memo from Col. Moses W. Pettigrew, dated 11/17/42, outlining organizational master plan for J-A combat unit to be activated 4/15/43.
Item 22: Draft of letter to FDR from S/W approving Elmer Davis' recommendation re J-A military service, citing pros and cons, but recommending formation of J-A combat unit*
Item 23: Recommended plan of organization for J-A combat unit (pages 1 and 5 missing)*
Item 25: Handwritten memo from S/W Stimpson to C/S: "I am inclined strongly to agree with the views of McCloy and Davis. I don't think you can permanently proscribed a lot of American citizens because of their racial origins. We have reached(?) the full limit in evacuating them. That's enough."
Box 261: General Orders Folder 1: GO #157 12/30/44 Awards Legion of Merit to Chaplain Israel Yost Folder 2: GO #40 3/8/45 Awards S/S to S/Sgt Yutaka K. Yoshida GO #41 3/9/45
Awards Post B/S to S/Sgt Senji Sugawara Air Medal (OLC) to 2dLt Arata Kimura Legion of Merit to LtCol James M. Hanley
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Record Group 407 Box 261 (cont’d) Item GO 43- GO #43, 3/11/45 - BSM to 2Lt Willie K. Kiyota
Item GO 198-GO #198 - L/M to T/4 Yeiichi Kuwayama
GO #46 3/14/45 Awards S/S to: T/4 Kay Ihara ; B/S to: Lt Albert T. Tovey GO #47 3/15/45 Awards Post S/S to: Sgt Charles Harada PFC Joe M. Nishimoto
GO #48 3/16/45 Awards B/S to: PFC Hiroo M. Endo PVT Sumito Ikeda T/4 William Imamoto S/Sgt Akira Ishimoto S/Sgt Herbert Isonaga PFC Clarence Komiyama PFC Bob A. Maruyama PFC Hajime Miyamoto PFC Hiroshi Murarnoto PFC Richard Nitta PFC Motonobu Okada T/5 Masaru Okamoto PFC Hideo Oshita Pfc Harry T. Sasaki PFC Thomas R. Tanaka PVT Melvin M. Tsuchiya PVT Masayoshi Yamamoto
GO #49 3/17/45 Awards B/S to: Lt Walter A. Mackey
Folder 3: GO #140 7/28/45 Awards L/M to:
Chaplain Hiro Higuchi 1stSgt Choichi Shimabukuro
GO #1417/28/45 Awards L/M to: Capt Orville Shirey GO #157 8/3/45 Awards L/M to: T/5 Mike M. Masaoka GO #162 8/5/45 Awards L/M to: Chaplain Masao Yamada
GO #2519/25/45 Awards B/S to: PFC Julius Y. Fujihira PFC Tom M. Nakao CPL Hideo Nakashige
GO #252 9/25/45 - Awards B/S to: PFC Takeshi Kazumura PFC Herbert Kimoto
Record Group 407 Box 261 (cont’d) Lt. Yoshiharu Tsuji
GO # 253 9/26/45 Awards S/S(OLC) to: S/Sgt Buddy Kagawa S/S to: PFC Edward B. Kaholokula
Folder 4: GO #258 10/2/45 Awards S/M(post) to PFC Arthur M. Fukuoka
GO #259 10/5/45 Awards S/S(post) to PFC Donald M. Okamoto GO # 263 10/9/45 Awards S/S to T/Sgt Hajime Yamane GO # 267 10/14/45 Awards B/S to S/Sgt Keijiro Umebayashi GO #268 10/16/45 Awards B/S to PFC Harry S. Shibao GO #310 12/5/45 Awards B/S to: PFC Louis Furushiro PFC Edwin K. Miyake
GO # 311 12/6/45 Awards S/S to PFC Setzuo Yamashiro GO #312 12/10/45 Awards S/S to PFC Takashi Uyeno B/S to: Lt. Joseph Y. Kiyonaga PVT Paul H. Nomura PFC Yoshitaka Takaki S/Sgt Edward Yarnane
GO #313 12/10/45 Awards B/S to Lt Edward Yoshirnasu GO #314 12/13/45 Awards B/S to: PFC Joe S. Sugawara PFC Yoshiaki Tobara
GO #315 12/14/45 Awards B/S(post) to PFC Hisashi Iwai GO #321 12/22/45 Awards L/M to Major Mitsuyoshi Fukuda
Box 262 Folder 1: GO 34 1/7/46 Awards SS to Charles I Isukishima (corrected by
GO #G1 to Charles I. Tsukishima)
GO #7 1/11/46 Awards S/S to: PFC Rihachi R. Nagata Sgt Ted T. Yamasaki
GO #11 1/15/46 Awards B/S to PFC Charles B. Ishimaru GO # 14 1/16/46 Awards S/S to: PFC R. Ashai-Chino PFC Tokko Fukuchi PFC Miles M. Hamada PVT George Nishimura PFC Joe Sase PVT Iwao Shimokawa
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PVT Mitsuru Takahashi
GO #15 1/16/46 Awards S/S(post) to: PFC Victor Hada PVT Raito Nakashima S/S(OLC) to: S/Sgt Kenneth Naganuma S/S to Capt Katsurni Kometani
GO #17 1/17/46 Awards B/S to Capt Sakami Katahara [later amended by GO #69 to B/S(OLC)]
GO #22 1/22/46 Awards S/S(post) to T/Sgt Thomas Sagimori S/S to: T/4 Eji Suyama PFC Tom Yagi
GO #25 1/26/46 Awards B/S to CPL Norman Ugai GO #33 2/18/46 Awards B/S to: Sgt James Oura T/4 Masao B. Shimizu
GO #196 11/1/46 Awards Army Commendation Ribbon to: PFC Tsuyoshi Fujiwara S/Sgt Edward Nurnata
GO # 57 4/9/46 Awards Soldier's Medal to: T/Sgt George E. Nakamura
Box 345 Folders 1,2,3 Box 346 Folder 1: General Orders for DSC awards to:
Barney F. Hajiro George T. Sakato Larry Tanimoto Matsuichi Yogi
Boxes 450 to 455: Box Indexes to Decorations and Awards Box 1069 Folder 2
Item 1: 10/29/41 letter to DeWitt: Suggest parents of Nisei soldiers be treated more decently
Item 3: 8/141 statement of loyalty from Committee for Democratic Treatment 59
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for Japanese Residents Box 1600: General Orders, USAF Far East - Pacific Theatre Folder 3: GO 121, BSM to T/4 Elbridge K. Okazaki, T/Sgt Thomas T.
Sakamoto GO 124, L/M to T/3 Masato Iwamoto (New Guinea campaign)
Box 2077: 5th Army Awards Folder 1: General Orders, 5th Army
Item 2: GO 494,11/23/43 - DSC(P) for Shigeo J. Takata Item 3: GO #95, 11/25/43) - redesignation/reorganization of 100th Inf. Bn Item 4: GO #105, 12/12/43 - reorganization of 100th Bn
Folder 2: General Orders, 5th Army
Item 2: GO #27, 2/24/44 - reorganization of 34th Division Item 3: GO #37, 3/9/44 - DSC(P) to Thomas 1. Yamanaga Item 4: GO #77, 5/10/44 - DSC to Cpl Masaru Suehiro Item 5: GO #82, 5/20/44 - DSC to Pvt Shizuya Hayashi Item 6: GO #88, 5/26/44 - SS to S/Sgt Calvin K. Shimogaki Item 7: GO #91, 5/29/44 - DSC to Pvt Masao Awakuni Item 8: GO #102, 6/18/44 - DSC to:
1stLt Young 0. Kim
Pfc Irving M. Akahoshi Folder 3:
Item 1: GO #11'), 5/5/44 - DSC(P) to Pvt Mikio Hasemoto , DSC to S/Sgt Allan M. Ohata
Item 2: GO #121, 7/18/44 - DSC(P) to Shinyei Nakamine, DSC to T/Sgt
Yeiki Kobashigawa Unit Citation to 100th Bn for action at Belvedere and Sassetta
Item 3: GO #132, 8/2/44 - Reorganization of 232nd Combat Engineer Co.,
redesignation and reorganization of l 00th Bn, 442nd Infantry
Item 4: GO #133, 8/8/44 - DSC to: Pvt Jesse M. Hirata Pvt Haruto Kuroda Pvt Thomas Ono Pfc Robert H. Yasutake S/Sgt Yukio Yokota
Item 5: GO #143), 8/24/44 - SS to Pfc Masaichi Miyashiro Item 6: GO #149, 9/10/44 - DSC to 2Lt Takeichi T. Miyashiro
Item 7: GO #153, 9/23/44 - DSC(P) to:
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Folder 3: (con’d) Pfc Kiichi Koda Pfc Kiyoshi Muranaga Pfc William Nakamura S/Sgt Kazuo Otani Sgt Togo S. Sugiyama
DSC to: Pfc Kaoru Moto SS(P) to: S/Sgt Robert M. Takeo
Item 8: GO #187, 12/19/44 - DSC(P) to T/Sgt Ted T. Tanouye
SS to T/Sgt George Iwamoto Folder 4
Item 1: GO #49, 5/5/45 - SS to "1,/5 James K. Okubo Item 2: GO #52, 5/12/45 - DSC(P) to S/Sgt Robert Kuroda, DSC to Pfc Jim
Y. Tazoi, SS(P) to T/Sgt Jimmy Shimizu, Sgt Sadamu Koito, Pfc Fred Yamamoto
Item 3: GO #64, 6/2/45 - BSM to "I'/4 Robert L. Shiroda Item 4: GO #66, 6/5/45 - BSM to:
Pvt Richard Hamanaka Pfc Tadao R. Ige Pfc James K. Kuroda S/Sgt Takao Noguchi T/Sgt Toratsugu Ryusaki Pfc Myers K. Sakamoto Sgt Albert T. Takahashi Pfc Sunao Yoshimori
Item 5: GO #70, 6/10/45 - SS to T/4 Hajime Tsuda, BSM to 1stLt Walter T.
Matsumoto and Pfc Takeo "Takumi
Item 6: GO #73, 6/18/45 - BSM to Pfc Takashi Hasuike Item 7: GO #77, 6/23/45 - SS to S/Sgt Masyuki Otake
Item 8: GO #80, 6/28/45 - SS(P) to: Pfc Shigeo F. Fukuba
BSM to: T/5 Konao Hakoda
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Folder 1: (cont’d) Masaru Koike Pfc Fred Matsuno Cpl Wm Nakamura Pfc Tatsuo Sato Pfc Edwin Uyechi Cpl Richard Yamamoto
Item 9: GO #84 - 7/3/45 BSM to:
Sgt Wilbert Holck S/Sgt Joseph Itagaki Pfc Thomas Kihara Pfc Takeshi Kudo Pvt Yetsu Otsuka T/Sgt Toshiro Suyernatsu
Item 10: GO #86, 7/10/45 - SS to S/Sgt Buddy Y. Kagawa
BSM to: Pfc Hiroshi Aramaki Pfc Henry Chagami S/Sgt Ernest Kagawa Pfc Teruo Murai Pfc Itsuo Nakamura Cpl Shuichi Ogura Pfc Timothy Osato T/Sgt Harry Shiroma Cpl Kiyoshi Taba
Item 11: GO #89, 7/17/45 - Unit Citation to 2d Bn, 442nd RCT for 10/19/45
action near Bruyeres, 10/28/45 action near Biffontaine and 4/6-10/45 action near Massa
DSC(P) to: Pfc Joe M. Nishimoto SS(P) to: Pvt Renkichi Matsumura BSM(OLC) to: Cpl Fred M. Kinoshita
BSM to: Pfc Harold Fukunaga Sgt Seikatsu Kikuyama Pfc Fumio Masaoka Pfc Shigemi Nakasu Pfc Tsutomu Okabayashi Pfc Masahi Sewake Pfc Paul S. Teruya
Item 12: GO #95, 8/4/45 - DSC(P) to Kazuo Masuda
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Folder 1: (cont’d) BSM(P) to Sgt Tadashi Kijima and Pfc Katsumi Fukushima BSM to: Cpl Arthur Doi Pfc Yoshi Fujii Pfc Edwin N. Iino Pfc Frank Ishikawa Pfc Warren Itokazu M/Sgt Samuel Katsumoto Pfc Mitsuo Kure T/5 Keiji Nitta
Item 13: GO #103, 8/19/45:
DSC(P) to Pvt Joe Hayashi SS to S/Sgt Masato Nakagawa, Pfc Takeshi Onuma BSM(P) to Pvt Oike C. Kawano BSM to: Pfc Lewis D. Fukui Pfc Tadashi Hikoyeda T/Sgt Shigeto Kanemoto S/Sgt Iwao Kojiro Pvt Thomas Kurokawa Pfc Haruo Morita Pvt Yukio Okamoto Pfc Shizuo B. Yamanaka
Item 14: GO 4107,8/30/45
DSC to Pfc Frank H. Ono SS(P) to Pvt Masao Shigezane BSM to: Cpl Robert Fujita Pfc Katsuichi Funamura Pfc Masao Furugen S/Sgt Masaichi Sagawa M/Sgt Charles Sugi Pfc Seichi B. Takaezu
Unit Commendation to 232 Combat Engineer Company(Sep) to operations from 6/26/44 to 5/2/45 Meritorious Service Unit Plaque to Service Company 442nd Inf
Item 15: GO # 110, 9/2/45 DSC(P) to Sgt Robert K. Nakasaki SS(P) to Pfc Yoshio Kato SS to Pfc Richard Nakahashi BSM to: Earl T. Kubo
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Record Group 407 Box 2077: (cont’d) 5th Army Awards Folder 1: (cont’d)
Pfc Goro Nagasako Pfc William Yasutake
Item 16: GO #111, 9/3/45
DSC to Yukio Okutsu BSM to: Capt Wallace S. Kawaoka, Capt Katsumi Kometani Amendment to GO #103 to award BSM(OLC) to T/Sgt Shigeto Kanemoto
Item 17: GO #113, 9/10/45
BSM to: T/5 Yeichi Furuno Pfc Isamu Furuya Cpl Minoru Tateishi Pfc George K. Tsujimura
Item 18: GO #114
DSC to 1stLt Daniel K. Inouye, S/Sgt Henry Y. Arao SS(P) to T/Sgt Gordon K. Takasaki SS to: S/Sgt Atsushi Murakami 2Lt Bert M. Tanaka Sgt Thomas T. Uchiyama S/Sgt Earl Y. Yonehiro T/Sgt Rudy S. Yoshida
BSM(OLC) to Pfc Kiyoshi Nanbu
BSM(P) to: Pfc Shigenori Nakama Pfc Harry S. Yamasaki
BSM to: Cpl George Oishi Sgt Minoru Sakamoto Sgt Tony Shimonishi S/Sgt Yoshito Tome S/Sgt Mitsugi Yamada
Box 2581: General Orders, 7th Army Folder 1
Item 1: GO #8, 1/14/45 - BSM to S/Sgt Takao Hedani Item 2: GO #10, 1/16/45 - DSC to S/Sgt George S. Iida Item 3: GO #13, 1/21/45 - Unit Citation to Company "F" and "L", 442 RCT
(O'Connor Task Force) for action 10/21/45 near Belmont Item 4: GO #17, 1/24/45 - SS(P) to S/Sgt Peter S. Masuoka
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Box 2581: (cont’d) General Orders, 7th Army Folder 1 (cont’d)
SS to Pfc Hajime Miyamoto, Pfc Akira Nakagawa, Sgt Fred H. Yamashige
Item 5: GO #21, 1/28/45 - SS to Pfc Sam S. Asanuma, Pfc Satoshi Furuya,
Cpl Charles M. Takashima BSM to Capt Moyer D. Harris, 522nd FA Bn, Pvt Jero Kanetomi, S/Sgt Satoshi D. Shimazu
Item 6: GO #26,1/30/45 - SS(P) to Pfc Larry M. Imamura SS to 2Lt Kazuma Hisanaga
Item 7: GO #28, 2/2/45 - SS to Pfc Harry S. Asato, T/4 Yeichi Kuwayama,
Pfc Hideo Takahashi
BSM to Pvt James K. Taniguchi
Item 8: GO #29, 2/2/45 - SS(P) to 1stLt Charles O. Farnum, .Ir., 2d Bn, 442RCT SS to S/Sgt James S. Koizumi, 1stLt Bert N. Nishimura
Item 9: GO #30, 2/3/45 - DSC(MIA) to S/Sgt Itsumu Sasaoka
Item 10: GO #31, 2/3/45 - SS to Pvt Masayuki Higa
Item 11: GO #32, 2/4/45 - BSM(P) to 1ST/Sgt Uelaro
Sanmonji BSM to T/Sgt Koji K. Yoshimoto
Item 12: GO #33, 2/4/45 - BSM to Capt William Aull, 2dBn, 442RCT, T/4 Sunao Morisato
Item 13: GO #34, 2/5/45 - SS(P) to Pvt Saburo Tanamachi
Folder 2
Item 1: Unit Citation to 100th Bu for combat action Oct 15-30, 1944 near Bruyeres, Biffontaine and Foret Domaniale de Champ
Item 2: GO #593, 10/9/45 - BSM to S/Sgt William S. Sadataki, 522nd FA Bn
Box 3122: 11 Corps Folder 1: G-1 Journal (Aug `44) Folder 2: G-1 Journal (Sept `44) Box 3125: II Corps 202-1.7 to 202-1.13 Folder 4: HQ II Corps General Orders
Item 1: GO #27 7/9/45 Awards Post S/S to: Cpl Takezo Kanda 65
Record Group 407 Box 3125: (cont’d) II Corps 202-1.7 to 202-1.13 Folder 4: (cont’d) B/S to: Sgt Katsuki Tanigawa
Box 9419: 34th Inf Div Operations Reports Folder 1: "Lessons Learned in Combat" November 1942 to September 1944 Folder 4: Report on "Lessons Learned in Combat" Folder 6: Diary of War Events Folder 7: Combat Data re 34th Inf Div. Folder 10: 34th Inf Div paper "The Red Bulletin" "Open Letter to Americans" for
tolerance toward Japanese -Americans.
Box 9427: 34th Inf Div Operations Reports Folder 4: Operations Report for December 1943
Folder 6 Item 1: G-2 Periodic Report for February 1944. Covers battle for Cassino
Folder 9
Item 1: G-2 Periodic Report for May 1944. Anzio Campaign; 100th Bn Mentioned
Folder 11: Item 1-5: G-2 Periodic Report for July 1944. 100th and 442nd covered, up to Pastina
Box 9447: 34th Inf Div Operations Reports Folder 1: Order of Battle for Anzio Beachhead Jan-Mar 1944 Folders 3, 6, 9, 10-14: POW Interrogation Report including POWs captured by 100/442
Box 9448: 334-3 34th Inf Div G-3 Historical Narrative Folder 1: Operations Report - 21 Sept-31 Oct 1943. 100th with 34th Div from
Salerno to Prata Folder 2: Journal for November, 1943. Volturno River crossing to Colli Folder 3: Journal for December 1943). 34th Div from Mt. Patano to San Pietro Folder 4: Journal for January 1944. San Vittore to Rapido River crossing Folder 5: Journal for February 1944 - MISSING Folder 6: Journal for March 1944. Covers San Angelo d'Alife to Anzio Folder 7: Journal for April 1944. Covers Anzio Folder 8: Journal for May 1944. Covers 100th Anzio activity Folder 9: Journal for June 1944. Lanuvio to Civitavecchia. Joined by 442nd RCT
for Suvereto, Belvedere, Sassetta Folder 10: Journal for July 1944. Cecina to Livorno and Arno River
Box 9564: (cont’d) 34th Infantry Division. 133rd Regiment Folder 3: (cont’d) Item 1: GO #8 dated 12/12/43: Company "E" and Company "F" transferred into other Battalion companies
GO #6 11/20/43 awards Good Conduct Medals to 100th GO #5 10/29/43 awards Good Conduct Medals to 100th GO #3 10/14/43 awards Good Conduct Medals to 100th
Folder 4: General Orders:
GO #2 3/11/44 awards Good Conduct Medals to 100th GO #1 1/27/44 awards Good Conduct Medals to 100th
Box 9820: General Orders, 36th Infantry Division Folder 1
Item 1: GO #475 12/19/44 - Awards B/S to: T/5 Chikara Fujiyama Pvt Walter S. Higa Pvt Henry Y. Ozaki of 232d Engineers
Item 2: GO #472 12/18/44 - Awards post S/S to S/Sgt Abe M. Fuji, 232d Eng
Item 3: GO # 465 12/12/44 - Awards B/S to:
Pfc Robert K. Ishikawa Cpl Yoshitomo Mitsuka Pfc Tsutomu Onouye of 232d Engineers
Box 9821: General Orders, 36th Infantry Division Folder I
Item 1: GO # 24 2/7/45 - Awards Purple Heart to: Sgt Paul T. Nishimura, 232d Engineers
Folder 2 Item l: GO #425 10/1/45 - Awards Unit Citation to: l l lth Engineer
Combat Battalion w/232d Engineer Combat Company attached
Box 9944: Journal: 141st Inf Regt, 36th Inf Div, Oct 1944 Folder 1: Journal - October 1944
Items 2-35: Journal Oct 15 through Oct 31, 1944 covers 100/442 through "Lost Battalion Rescue" (See Item 28 for 442nd breakthrough to rescue lst Bn,141st)
Box 9947: 36th Infantry Division Folder 1: Regimental History - 141 st Inf Regt, October 1944
Item 1: Operations in Vosges sector, October 1944. (52 pages) "Lost Battalion" rescue narrative starts from page 27 through page 48
Record Group 407 Box 10788: (cont’d) Operation Reports - 44th Infantry Division Items 1-4: (cont’d)
during March `45 but no other reference to 522"d) Box 10791: 44th Infantry Division
Item 5: G-2 Reports March 1945 (No reference to 522"') Item 6: G-2 Reports April 1945 (No reference to 522°d )
Box 13620: History of 92nd Division Folder 6 Item 8: 92nd Div Operations Reports for May 1945 (Note: 100/442 RCT detached from 92nd Div from May 16, 1945) Boxes 13621-13623: Box Indexes to "History of 92nd Division" Box 13624: 92d Infantry Division History Folder 1. 92d Inf Div History - March 1945
Item 1: History for month of March 1945 Item 8: 442nd Inf attached to 92d on Mar 27, 1945 at Livorno, undergo
Training
Item 22: 442nd Inf Regt Narrative of Events March 1945 Maritime Alps Sector 3/3/45 Manton awards presentation: DSC to Pvt Masato Nakae
Legion of Merit to Chap. Israel Yost
S/S to: Capt George Grandstaff 2dLt Kazuma Hisanaga Pfc Takahashi Kostunoki Pfc Koichi Sekimura
B/S to: Pfc George Akiyama Pfc Yasuyuki Kurokawa Cpl Toshio Mizusawa Pfc Henry Y. Nakasone
3/8/45 Menton awards presentation: S/S to: Pfc Minoru Kunieda
Record Group 407 Box 13624: (cont’d) 92d Infantry Division History Folder 1: (cont’d) Pfc Kiyoshi Kami
Pfc. Terry Kohaya S/Sgt Akiyoshi Kuriyama Pfc Takashi Kusunoki Pfc Masato Kutaka (OLC) Pfc Matsumi Masaki Pfc Walter Matsumoto T/4 Tokio Miyahara S/Sgt Harry Nishimura Cpl Shiro Yamaguchi 34th Inf Div Citation to: Pvt Harue Takei
3/10/45 L'Escarene awards presentation: DSC to: T/Sgt Tsuneo Takemoto (Co. E) Legion of Merit to: 1stLt Gaylord H. Gilmore
S/S to: Pvt Masao Komoda Pfc Akira Okamoto Pfc Gordon Oshikata Pfc Satoru Shikasho Capt Edwin Shorey Pfc James Y. Sugano T/Sgt Toshio Suyematsu Pvt Ernest Tsuji 2dLt Masami Yoshinari
B/S to: Pfc Martin Ito Cpl Fred M. Kinoshita Pfc Tadashi Morimoto T/4 Sunao Morisato Sgt Tsuyoshi Shintani Capt Joseph Stevenson Pfc Arthur Susumi Pvt James Taniguchi Pfc Mitsuo Tsugawa T/Sgt Koji Yoshimoto Pvt Nadao Yoshinaga
34th Inf Div Citation to: Pfc Raymond Honda Pvt Masaru Hayashi Pfc John S. Kakehashi
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Record Group 407 Box 13624: (cont’d) 92d Infantry Division History Folder 1: (cont’d) Pfc Masayoshi Nakamura
100/442nd relieved by March 15 and assemble at Antibes 3/17/45 Antibes awards presentation: DSC to: S/Sgt Yoshimi Fujiwara (Co G) S/Sgt George Iida (Co G)
S/S to: Sgt Mitsusuke Fujimoto S/Sgt Yoshimi Fujiwara Pvt Saburo Higa Pfc Joph Ito T/4 Yeiichi Kuwayama S/Sgt James Koizumi S/Sgt Shinyei Matayoshi (OLC) Pfc Hajime Miyamoto Pfc Robert Muraoka Capt Bert N. Nishimura 2dLt Frank Okusako S/Sgt George Sato Pfc Hideo Takahashi T/5 Wilfred Taira
B/S to: S/Sgt Takashi Aoyagi Pfc Frank Y. Asari Capt William Aull Pfc Kiyoshi Ebata Pfc Harold Fukunaga S/Sgt George Harada S/Sgt Takao Hedani 2dLt Teruo Ihara S/Sgt David Ito Pvt Sueo Kanehiro Pfc Robert Kishi Pfc Nobuo Korenaga Pfc Tetsuo Kurozawa Pfc Thomas Nakahara T/5 Jerry C. Ogawa T/Sgt Shigeru Oyama 1stLt Joseph Ryan Pvt George Takahashi G/Sgt Mitsuo Tsuruda Pfc Takeshi Ueki
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Folder 1: (cont’d) Depart Marseilles by March 23, arrive Livorno by March 25, assigned to Fifth Army, bivouac and train at San Martino.
Item 22: (p.8-30) Historical Report for 442nd Inf for month of March, 1945
(p. 9-13) Summary of activity, including KIA/WIA and Decorations & Awards (p. 14-30) Individual citations: Legion of Merit to Col James M. Hanley, Jr.
OLC to S/S to S/Sgt Shinyei Matayoshi Post S/S to T/Sgt Abraham Ohama
S/S to: S/Sgt Yoshimi Fujiwara Pfc Arthur Kaisaki Pvt Kaoru R. Miyamoto Pfc David K. Morita T/4 Jimmie Motoyama Pfc Susumu Nakahara 1stLt Ragnar Peterson Pfc James Y. Sugano Pvt Ernest Tsuji 1stSgt Tonkin Taba S/Sgt Isao Tabitha T/S Ryoji Terada
Post S/S to: Pfc Nobuo Amakawa Pvt James T. Okamoto Pfc Takeyasu Onaga
S/S to: Pfc Keisuke Asato T/5 Tadao Miyamoto Sgt Kenneth Naganuma T/Sgt Masakazu Nishi S/Sgt Richard Okinaka, Pfc Gordon Oshikata Pvt Noriyuki Taba
B/S to: Sgt Yoshio Oroku
Post B/S to: S/Sgt Senji Sugawara
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Record Group 407 Box 13624: (cont’d) 92d Infantry Division History Folder 1: (cont’d)
B/S to: S/Sgt Tokuo Kajiwara CWO Thomas Kobayashi S/Sgt Kiyoji Morimoto S/Sgt Shigeru Okamoto Pfc Senmatsu Oshiro 2dLt Bernard Perlsweig Pfc Kiyoshi Sekomoto Col Gordon Singles Pvt Keiji Taki Pfc Kozo Yamane Sgt Robert Yukitomo OLC to B/S to: Pfc Chitoshi H. Doi B/S to: Sgt Kakuto Higuchi Pfc Haruo Kaku Pfc Koichi Nakamura T/5 Jerry G. Ogawa Pfc Walter Omura Pvt Robert Owan Pfc Kiyoshi Shimizu S/Sgt Gimei Takaesu Sgt Katsumi "1'akasugi Pvt Harry J. Terasaki Pfc Mitsuo Tsugawa Pvt Tadashi Unamoto Pfc Takashi Wada Pfc Raymond Yamada OLC to B/S to: Pfc Setsuo J. Matsura
Post B/S to: Albert M. Sunada
B/S to: Pfc Kiyoshi Egata Pfc Yoshio Fujiwara S/Sgt David Ito S/Sgt Hideo Kamisato Pfc Don M. Kamachi Pfc Masaru Kono Pfc Fred S. Kurisu Pfc Kazuo Masuda Pvt Teruo Nobori S/Sgt Masaharu Okumura
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Record Group 407 Box 13624: (cont’d) 92d Infantry Division History Folder 1: (cont’d) T/Sgt Shigeru Oyama
1stLt Joseph Ryan S/Sgt Akira Takiguchi S/Sgt Ralph Tomei Pfc Tsugio Yamada
Folder 2: Awards
Item 1: 92d Division Summary for April 1945 Item 7: 92d Division G-2 History for April 1945 Item 8: (p.1-122) 92d Division G-3 Report for April 1945. 442nd h1f Regt
daily activity covered. Item 21: (p. l-2) History of 442nd Infantry for April l-30, 1945.
(p.3-4) Killed in Action: 94 names (p.5) Died of Wounds: 8 names (p.G-15) Wounded in Action: 462 names (p. 16) Missing in Action: 3 names (p. 17-18) Injured in Action: 58 names (p. 19) Summary of Awards and Decorations: 3 DSC 1 Legion of Merit 14 Silver Star 49 Bronze Star 252 Purple Heart 104 OLC to Purple Heart 596 Combat Infantryman Badge 230 Medical Badge 58 Good Conduct Medal
(p.20-26) Award of DSC to S/Sgt Fujio Miyamoto, post DSC to S/Sgt Gordon Yamashiro, post DSC to Pfc Matsuichi Yogi, Legion of Merit to Col Virgil R. Miller
Post S/S to: Sgt Charles Harada Pfc Joe M. Nishimoto
S/S to: Pfc Richard M. Oshiro
OLC to S/S to: Pfc Takematsu Maeda
S/S to: 1stLt Harold Brown 1stLt Gregory Ikeda T/Sgt Genro Kashiwa 2dLt Sadaichi Kubota S/Sgt Koichi Takemoto
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Pfc Masaru Uno
Post S/S to: Pfc Kenji Takubo Pfc John Y. Tanaka
S/S to: Pfc Hiroo H. Endo Pvt Sumito Ikeda Pfc Clarence Komiyama Pfc Bob A. Maruyama Pfc Hajime Miyamoto Pfc Hiroshi Muramoto Pfc Richard Nitta Pfc Motonobu Okada 2dLt Henry C. Oyasato T/Sgt Fred Y. Sugiura Pvt. Kelvin Tsuchiya Pvt Masayoshi Yamamoto
Post 13/S to: Capt Joseph Byrne S/Sgt Akira Shimatsu
13/S to: 2dLt Francis Bianco 2dLt Arthur Boyd 2dLt Willie Kiyota
B/S to: Pvt Yoshito Kinoshita 1stSgt Jack Wakamatsu
Item 21: (p.71-124) 92d Inf Div History for April 1945. Operational Reports &
Overlay Maps, and daily report on "CrI'442"`I" or "442nd Infantry." Award of B/S Medal to: T/4 William lmamoto S/Sgt Akira Ishimoto S/Sgt Herbert Isonaga T/5 Masaru Okamoto Pvt Hideo Oshita Pfc Harry T. Sasaki Pfc Thomas Tanaka
Award of OLC to B/S to: Pfc Masao Kozumi
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Award of B/S to: T/Sgt Shinyei Matayoshi Pfc Tsukasa Sekiguchi Pfc Mitsuru Watanabe
Award of B/S to: Pfc Jack Arakawa Pfc Yoshinori Shinsato Pfc Toshiyuki Tanaka Pfc Yoshio Uyechi Pfc Frank Yanagimachi
Award of Post B/S to: Sgt Noboru Pujinaka T/5 Mitsuharu Kuboyama Pfc Fred S. Yasuda
Award of B/S to: Maj Ivan F. Kovac Maj Claude P. White
Award of Post B/S to: 1stSgt Daniel Aoki Sgt Mitsuru Hayashi Pvt Henry Y. Hayashida Sgt Masami Kasadate S/Sgt Shiro Kashino S/Sgt Willard Matsumoto Sgt Robert Nitahara T/Sgt Akira Otsubo Cpl Masatoshi Sadanaga T/5 Noboru Tsutsurni 1stSgt Jack Wakamatsu
Award of Post B/S to: Capt Joseph Byrne S/Sgt Akira Shimatsu
Item 21: (p.34-101) - Narrative of Events of 92nd Inf Div during April 1945.
Covers 100/442 in attack on Gothic Line and drive up to Po River Valley
Record Group 407 Box 13525: (cont’d) 92d Infantry Division Folder 1: (cont’d) Item 7: Units attached
Item 8: G-2 History - May 1945 Item 9: Operation instruction for May 1945. (Alessandria, Novi, Cuneo,
Chiusa; 442nd RCT detached from 92d Div on 5/14 to 5/16/45)
Box 13633 Folder 4
Item 24: GO # 69 8/23/45 Awards 13/S to: Pfc Tsunenobu Doi T/4 Tadashi C. Fujioka Pfc Masahiro Higa Pfc Isaac lijima Charles R. Monden Pfc Noboru Morio Pfc Kameki Morita Pfc Shigeru Muranaka T/Sgt Arthur Nishimoto T/3 Noboru Ogami
Item 25: GO #73 9/5/45 Awards OLC to S/S to: 1'/Sgt Richard S. Furukawa
S/S awards to: Pfc Miyoji Ishii S/Sgt Kiyoshi Morimoto Pvt Frank S. Yaguchi
Post B/S to: Pfc Henry T. Furushiro
B/S awards to: Pfc Yasuo Amine Pfc Shigeru Asakura T/5 Tadashi Fujishige Pfc Taki Handa Pfc Arthur Iwasaki Pfc Enoch Kanaya Pfc Richard Kinoshita Pfc Kazuo Nakahira Pvt George Sugasawara Pfc Jitsuo Sumida Pfc Sakai Wakakuwa Pfc George Yamamoto
Item 26: GO # 74 9/6/45 Awards Post S/S to: Sgt Ted A. Teramae S/S to: Pfc William M. Higashiyama
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Box 13633 (cont’d) Folder 4 (cont’d)
Pvt Nobuo Murakami
B/S awards to: Sgt Shigeyuki Doi S/Sgt Shigeo Inouye Pfc James S. Ishizawa Sgt Edwin H. Kobubun S/Sgt Howard Kosuma S/Sgt Hideo Kuniyoshi Sgt Yeiki Matsui S/Sgt Kasumi Matsunami Pfc Masaru Miyatake Pfc Harumi Owashi Sgt Richard Nakagawa Sgt Fred M. Okada S/Sgt Yoshio Sasaki S/Sgt Haruo Sato S/Sgt Yoshiyuki Tahara Pfc Takeo Takeuchi Pfc Shigeo Tanada Pfc Yukio Tokuda
Item 27: GO #78 9/8/45 Awards S/S to: Pfc Roy Gikiu Pfc George A. Iwamoto
B/S awards to: T/5 James N. Sakamoto Pfc Gisei Tomiyasu Pfc Wasuke Yasuda
Item 28: GO # 83 9/24/45 Awards OLC to S/S to:
Pfc Joph Ito Post S/S to: Pvt Roy I. Naemura 1stLt James D. Wheatley, Jr.
S/S award to: S/Sgt Wm Arii Pfc Akira Doi Pvt John T. Mita Pfc Takashi Okamoto Pvt Toshiyuki Tagami Sgt Rikio Tsuda
Post B/S to: Pfc Mamoru Kinoshita
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Box 13633 (cont’d) Folder 4 (cont’d) B/S awards to:
S/Sgt Peter G. Kawahara S/Sgt Matsuichi Sugimoto
Item 29: GO #84 9/24/45 Awards B/S to:
Pfc Masano Go Pvt Moriyoshi Shibata Pfc Roy T. Suzuki
Item 30: GO #85 9/24/45 Awards bronze OLC to S/S to:
Pfc. Joph Ito Post S/S to: Pvt Roy I. Naemura lstLt James D. Wheatley, Jr.
S/S awards to: S/Sgt William E. Arii Pfc Akira Doi Pfc John T. Mita Pfc Takashi R. Okamoto Pvt Toshiyuki Tagami Sgt Rikio Tsuda
OLC to B/S to: Plc Akira lwatsuru Post B/S to: Pfc Mamoru Kinoshita B/S awards to: S/Sgt Peter G. Kawahara S/Sgt Matsuichi Sugimoto (Duplicate of Item 28'?)
Item 31: GO #87 9/25/45 Awards S/S to:
LtCol Jack E. Conley B/S award to: 1stSgt Michael Y. Hagiwara
Item 32: GO #90 9/28/45 Awards B/S to:
Pfc Takeo Fudenna Pfc Yoshio Hombo 2dLt Sakaichi Kubota S/Sgt George N. Matsumoto 1stSgt George J. Miyashiro S/Sgt George Murakami Pfc Kunio Ogawa Pvt Yoichi Oikawa
Item 33: GO #92 10/1/45 Awards S/S to:
Sgt Hidenobu E. Pestana B/S awards to: Cpl Thomas N. Kiyosaki
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Record Group 407 Box 13633 (cont’d) Folder 4 (cont’d) Pvt Paul Nishimura
Item 34: GO 393 10/2/45 Awards Soldier's Medal to: Pfc Hideo Arakawa
OLC to B/S to: Pfc Nobuichi Tanaka B/S award to: Pfc Tomio Nakayama
Item 35: GO #94 10/4/45 Awards S/S to:
Pfc Masa Agina Sgt Toshio Endo Col Virgil Miller Pvt Kiyoshi Takeuchi
B/S awards to: Pfc David Arao Cpl Kazuo Asazawa Pfc Katsumi Enomoto S/Sgt Harudo Hanamura Pfc Charles Hanano Pfc Haruo Higa Pvt Frank G. Horino 1stSgt Albert Kariya Pvt Harry J. Kiyomura Pvt Jim M. Tanaka S/Sgt Tomekichi Yamashita
Item 36: GO #95 10/5/45 - Awards S/S to:
Pfc Richard Yorita Pfc Yoshio Yokomizo
OLC to B/S to: Pfc Henry K. Kashiwase B/S awards to: Pfc Mitsuo Kawachi Pfc Shigeo Kawamura Pfc Toshio Kawatomori Pfc Roy K. Komachi Pfc Ken Matsuda Pfc Motomu Nakasako Pfc Frank K. Nishimura Pfc James M. Yanagida
Item 37: GO #97 10/9/45 Awards
OLC to S/S to: T/Sgt Genro Kashiwa T/5 Richard Koga
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Record Group 407 Box 13633 (cont’d) Folder 4 (cont’d) Post S/S to: Pfc Sakaichi Kohara
S/S awards to: S/Sgt George Akiyama Pfc Kiyomi Kobashi S/Sgt Tadaso Ono
Post OLC to B/S to: Pfc Hitoshi Najita
OLC to 13/S to: S/Sgt Ben T. Fukutome S/Sgt Bob N. Takiguchi
Post B/S to: Pvt Stanley Hayami Pvt Torn T. Nishimoto Pvt Robert Sakamoto T/5 Hirose Sugiyama Pvt Seitoku Taira Pvt Yukio L. Tanimoto
B/S awards to: Pvt Manabu Akagi Pfc Shigeru Fujimoto Pfc Seichi Hirai Pfc Sanji Kimoto Pfc Stanley Kimura T/5 Richard Koga Pvt William Miyagi T/Sgt Noboru Nagoshi Pvt Thomas Niida Sgt Itsuo Shiraki Pfc Ichiro Sugidono T/5 Wilfred Taira
B/S awards to: Pfc Minoru Harada Pfc Charles Hoshibata Pfc Yoshinori Ikebe 1stLt Masayuki Kawasaki
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Box 13633 (cont’d) Folder 4 (cont’d) Pvt Sumisu Matsuzaka Sgt Frank S. Nomura S/Sgt Tadaso Ono Pfc Isamu Sugimoto Cpl Tatsumi Tada Pfc Shiro Takahashi
Item 39: GO # 100 10/20/45 Awards S/S to: S/Sgt Shiro Kashino
B/S award to: Lt/Col James M. Hanley, Jr. Box 21085 Folders 3,5,6: Empty [Charged out] Box 21086 Folder 1: 100th Bn Coat of Arms design Folder 2: [Charged out] Folder 3: 100th Bn Journal (Apr l 1 to May 21, 1943) Folder 5: l 00th Bn. Overlay 5/16/44, 6/26/44 (Belvedere)
Box 21251: 422nd Inf Regt Narrative of Events April 1945 Folder 5
Item 1: Narrative of Events April 1945 Item 2: GO #34 - Unit Citation for 442nd & 232 Eng Item 3: Unit History for April 1945. Lists of KIA, WIA, MIA and IIA; Summary of Individual Awards & Decorations (p. 4-20)
Box 21254 Folder 1: Handwritten 442nd RCT Journal (Nov 12, `44 to Feb 1, `45)
Simulated battles, maneuvers, etc. (2" file) (Not copied) Folder 2: Headquarters Fifth Army. Orders, etc. for transfer Lecco to Ghedi Airport, Jun 6 to Aug 14, 1945 Folder 3: Journal & File Aug 1945. Orders, Incidents, Messages, etc. Leghorn, Aug `45 Folder 4: Journal & File November 1945 Folder 5: Journal & File February 1946
