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Okubo, Jim, 208
Sakato, George, 208, 215
stamp commemorating, 208
medical supplies, 109–110, 116, 138, 148
medics. See specific individuals
messengers, 81, 106, 120, 156
Meurthe River, 10–11
MG-42 machine gun, 73
Milho, Kats, 76–77, 141–142
Military Intelligence Service, 21, 204
Miller, Virgil, 46–47
at Arlington National Cemetery burials (June 4th, 1948), 207
call for citations for service/bravery, 170–171
at Camp Shelby, 47
ceremony for the dead (November 11th, 1944), 191
expectations of Dahlquist, 124
October 30th, 1944, 170, 174
personal traits, 46–47
postwar experiences, 212
at Presidential Unit Citation ceremony, 192
prewar history of, 123–124
Tanamachi burial cemetery, 147
Minatodani, Isamu, 126, 139
mine diffusers, 69
mines
2nd Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team (2/442), 74–75
Achten Minen signs, 153
behavior when confronted by, 74–75
Byrne killed by, 3, 168
clearing, 165, 173–174
dead bodies rigged with, 182
faced by 1st Battalion, 141st Regiment (1/141), 13, 27, 31, 40, 71, 90
faced by 442nd Regimental Combat Team, 74–75, 78, 106, 132, 141–142, 198–199, 201
on landing beaches, 16
Pursall and, 92, 142
resetting of, 71
roadblocks associated with, 5, 13, 67, 81, 165
S-mine, 74
Sakato and, 55, 74–75
Schu-mine, 74
Montelimar, France, 15
Moosburg, Germany, 91, 196, 197
morale, 36, 48, 52, 55–56, 167, 180
Morikawa, Hiromu, 180
morphine, 22, 79, 162
mortars, 42, 60, 63, 74–75, 78, 105, 114, 121, 143–144, 147, 151, 154, 166, 171
Moselle River, 26, 56
Mount Belvedere, 198
Mount Carchio, 198–200
Mount Cerreta, 198, 201
Mount Folgorito, 198–200
Munemori, Sadao, 199–200
Musashi, Miyamoto, 49
mushrooms, 64
Nagato, Fumitake, 207
Naito, Richard, 212
Nakada, Henry, 176
Nakamura, Ned, 184–185
Nakayama, Yuri, 145
Naples, Italy, 21, 24, 25
Nelson, Gordon, 40, 109, 154
Nice, France, 194
Nineteenth Army (Germany), 13, 16–17, 56, 98, 217
Nisei, 37, 46–47, 124–125, 158, 161, 181–182, 205–206, 215
Nishimura, Shigeki, 184–185
Normandy invasion, 10
Obama, Barack, 208
Oflag 64, Poland, 196, 218
Ohata, Allan, 155–156
Okubo, Jim
care of wounded soldiers, 103
death of, 208, 214
December 24th, 1944, 194
in Italy, 21, 24
Medal of Honor, 208
November 4th, 1944, 189
October 27th, 1944, 94, 102–103, 105, 114
October 28th, 1944, 114–115, 119, 123, 134
October 29th, 1944, 141, 158
October 30th, 1944, 169
October 31st, 1944, 184
postwar experiences, 214
prewar history of, 18–21
rescue of tank crewman, 189
Silver Star, 202, 208
Spring 1945, 197–198, 200
Okubo, Kenzo and Fuyu, 19–20
Okubo, Nobi, 208
Omokawa, George, 180
Onaga, Takeyasu, 2–3, 159–160
Operation Dogface, 10
Operation Dragoon, 13–14
Oura, James, 101–102, 105, 158
Owens, Charles
at Arlington National Cemetery burials (June 4th, 1948), 207
message to Higgins (October 30th), 183
October 25th, 1944, 43–44
October 26th, 1944, 65, 68
October 28th, 1944, 124
October 30th, 1944, 172, 183
replacing Lundquist, 124
Tanamachi burial cemetery, 147
P-47D Thunderbolts, 87, 110, 121
packs, 59–60
parachutes, 129, 148
Pastina, Italy, 22
Patch, Alexander (Lieutenant General), 45–46
Patch, Alexander III (Captain), 46
Patton, George, 14
Pearl Harbor, 21, 215
Hajiro, Barney and, 23
internment camps as response to, 3, 18, 19
Sakato, George and, 25
Pence, Charles
at Arlington National Cemetery burials (June 4th, 1948), 207
at Camp Shelby, 47
December 24th, 1944, 194
Hanley’s complaint to, 133
October 25th, 1944, 46–48, 54
October 26th, 1944, 66
October 27th, 1944, 106, 112
October 28th, 1944, 119, 123
postwar experiences, 211–212
prewar history, 46
Tanamachi burial cemetery, 147
wounding of, 123, 212
Pesaro, Italy, 197
pidgin English, 36, 106
Pietrasanta, Italy, 198
Piza, Italy, 197, 203
Point 9, 73
Point 30, 72–73
Poirat, Pierre, 12, 64
Poston, Arizona, 35
POW Medal, Higgins, Martin, 218
Presidential Unit Citation, 192, 201, 203–204, 218
prison camps, 91, 143, 180, 196–197, 202, 211, 213
prisoners
of 442nd Regimental Combat Team, 111
American, 39, 50, 195–197, 211
German, 38, 111, 142, 146, 151–152, 161, 165–166, 171, 200, 203
information from, 142, 151–152, 165–166, 171
Purple Heart
Amakawa, Nobuo, 2
Higgins, Martin, 218
for members of 442nd, 201
Pursall, Alfred, 91–92, 137
command style, 91–92
Dahlquist confrontation, 156–157
December 24th, 1944, 194
Distinguished Service Cross
recommendation by Miller, 170
October 27th, 1944, 104, 106–107
October 29th, 1944, 142, 156–160, 164–165
October 30th, 1944, 170, 176, 179
personal traits, 91–92
postwar experiences, 212
Pye, Bill, 125
racism, 18–19, 205
radio, 60, 69–70, 106, 137, 143, 149
Radio Newsreel, 183
radiomen, 60
rations
C rations, 109, 116
D rations, 82, 110, 130
K rations, 31, 37, 83, 109, 181, 185, 198
supply details to retrieve, 138
See also food
Reagan, Ronald, 207
relocation, 169–170
See also internment camps
reparations to Japanese Americans, 207, 214
replacement troops, 185
1st Battalion, 141st Regiment (1/141), 48, 91
2nd Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team (2/442), 77–78
3rd Battalion, 141st Regiment (3/141), 44
100th Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team, 94
442nd Regimental Combat Team, 24, 34–36, 50, 190, 194, 203
casualties, 101, 104
German, 73, 151–152
hardening of, 94–95
importance to mission success, 66
Kuwayama’s observations on, 77–78, 104
as threats to combat veterans, 135
reporters, 22, 183, 184
rest-and-rehabilitation camp, 203
resupply
ing of 1st Battalion, 141st Regiment (1/141), 2, 30–31, 81–84, 86–87, 95–96, 109–111, 116–117, 121–123, 129–131, 141, 148–149, 166–167
reunions, 210, 211, 212, 220
Rhine River, 10, 68, 195
Rhone River, 13
Richter, Wilhelm, 151
road construction and repair, 30, 44–45, 81–82, 165, 182
roadblocks, 5, 13, 15, 40, 50–51, 67–68, 71–72, 89, 100, 115, 123, 126, 128–129, 141, 154, 157, 164–166, 169–171, 174, 184
Robertson, Gavin, 96
Rolin, Walter, 73–74
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
442nd Regimental Combat Team creation, 20–21
Executive Order 9066, 19
internment of Japanese-Americans, 18–19
Roscoe, Claude, 181
S-mines, 74
Sagami, Yohei, 35
Sakato, George, 58
attack on MG-42 machine guns, 73
ceremony for the dead (November 11th, 1944), 191
death of Saburo Tanamachi, 146–147
death of Yohei Sagami, 35
December 24th, 1944, 194
Distinguished Service Cross, 201–202, 215
forest sounds as sentries, 61
in Italy, 24–25
Medal of Honor, 208, 215
October 26th, 1944, 66–67, 76–77, 80
October 27th, 1944, 104
October 28th, 1944, 113, 125
October 29th, 1944, 141–143, 145–147, 201
October 31st, 1944, 184
postwar experiences, 215
prewar history, 18, 24–25, 35
sound of artillery fire, 78
on stamps, 208
suicide charge, 146
Sakumoto, Matsuji “Mutt,” 3
at Belmont, France, 46
Byrne and, 93
October 29th, 1944, 155, 158, 168
October 30th, 1944, 1, 169, 175–178
postwar experiences, 215
prewar history, 49
trench foot, 215
Salero, Italy, 37
Sasaoka, Itsumu, 7–8, 211
Sassetta, Italy, 22
Schu-mines, 74
scouts, 27, 59–61, 127, 176–178
Seale, Milton, 86–87, 122
seasickness, 25
secret agents, 143
Seebacher, Franz, 150
self-propelled guns, 74
Senior Army Decorations Board, 208
senninbari sash, 161
Senzaki, Takahashi, 49, 168, 176
Seravezza, Italy, 198
Seventh Army, 56
shame, 20, 94, 124, 135, 139
shikataga nai, 127
Shimamura, Joe, 158–159
Shimazu, Don, 153
shrapnel, 34, 43, 62–63, 77, 79, 82, 102, 105, 114–115, 123, 125–126, 130–132, 138, 144, 147, 190, 195, 215
Signal Corps, 183, 184
Sigolsheim, France, 195
“silent soldiers,” 74
Silver Star
Amakawa, Nobuo, 2, 101
Higgins, Martin, 180
Kanaya, Jimmie, 38
Kim, Young Oak, 38
Kuwayama, Kelly, 144
Okubo, Jim, 202, 208
Onaga, Takeyasu, 3
Takubo, Kenji, 2, 119
Yamashiro, Gordon, 115
Singles, Gordon
at Biffontaine, 8
December 24th, 1944, 194
Distinguished Service Cross recommendation by Miller, 170
Hill C and Young Oak Kim, 54
Miller’s call for Distinguished Service Cross award to, 170
October 27th, 1944, 91, 106
October 28th, 1944, 123, 125
October 29th, 1944, 141–142, 149–150, 165
October 30th, 1944, 170
personal traits, 91
postwar experiences, 212–213
refusal of Dahlquist’s handshake, 213
Sixth Army, 194, 207
Sladen, Fred, 132
sleep, 85, 108, 117
slit trench, 12, 43, 51, 117, 118, 127, 134, 170, 190
smoke, German use of, 173, 177–178
snipers, 1, 26–27, 34, 38, 65, 101, 115, 126, 136, 147, 150, 160–161
socks, 167
sound surveillance, 42
spies, 143
St. Die, France, 10–11, 67, 185
Stack, Robert, 217–218
Stalag-VII-A, 50, 91, 180, 196–197
stamps, Medal of Honor, 208
Stars and Stripes, 109
Stilwell, Joseph, 206
Stimson, Henry, 20, 206
Stovall, Oran, 27, 44, 150, 165
Strategic Services Section (SSS), 142–143
stress, combat, 174–175
“Suicide Hill,” 158
sulfadiazine, 82
Sunada, Albert, 184–185
supplies from rear, 138, 168
surrender, 90, 120, 151, 161, 216
Suvereto, Italy, 22
Suyama, George, 7–9, 211
Takahashi, Al, 85, 94–95, 102
Takahashi, George, 180
Takekawa, Kazuo, 178
Taketomo, Shuji, 106, 158
Takeuchi, Tadashi, 180
Takubo, Kenji, 2, 119
Tanaka, Chet, 158, 180–181
Tanamachi, Saburo, 145–147, 207, 209
Tanamachi, Sandra, 209
tank destroyer battalion, 105
tanks
with bulldozing blade, 142
limited effectiveness/mobility of, 29, 142, 193
Mark IV (German), 101, 105
tanks, air dropping supplies in auxiliary, 82–83, 86, 87, 96, 110, 116, 122–123, 129–130, 148, 166
taps, 192
Tazoi, Jim
mother’s instructions to, 94
October 27th, 1944, 85, 102
October 29th, 1944, 158
trusting instincts, 94
telephone line/wire, 69–70, 76, 79, 106, 132
Tenth Army (Germany), 37
Tetrick, Paul, 86–87
Texas Military Forces Museum, 220
Thomaston, Georgia, 107, 220
Thompson machine gun, 60, 145–146
Thunderbolts, P-47D, 87, 110, 121
Tokiwa, Rudy
humanity on the battlefield, 136–137
October 29th, 1944, 156–157, 159
postwar racism encountered by, 205–206
Pursall and, 92, 156–157, 159
topographical-map coordinates, 152
Tortolano, Al, 120, 180
Toulon, France, 13
tracers, 122
trench, slit, 12, 43, 51, 117, 118, 127, 134, 170
trench foot
1st Battalion, 141st Regiment (1/141), 71, 97, 128, 154, 167, 173
442nd Regimental Combat Team, 118, 190
Blonder, Erwin, 97, 182, 220
Nakada, Henry, 176
Sakumoto, Matsuji, 215
Truman, Harry, 203–204
Truscott, Lucian, Jr., 13–16, 56–57, 67, 197
Tsukano, Lloyd, 161
Tsukano, John, 190
Tule Lake, California, 20
Ugai, Fred, 176
Uno, Ernest, 92
urination, 113
U.S. Postal Service, 208, 215
USS Bayfield, 13
USS General William Mitchell, 9
Vallecchia, Italy, 198
values, 127, 135
Vanemont, France, 116
VI Corps, 10–11, 13, 16, 57, 67
Vosges Mountains, 1, 10–11, 16–17, 26, 34, 39, 56, 59, 70, 76, 78, 96, 98, 110, 113, 131, 143, 145, 150, 186, 192, 194
Wakamatsu, Eichi, 169–170, 174
Wakamatsu, Jack, 118
war correspondents, 183, 184
War Crimes Section, Eighth Army, 214
war (battle) of attrition, 5, 39, 57, 98, 147, 154
War Relocation Authority, 169
Warren, Tillman, 52, 90
water purification
, 65, 82, 110, 111, 149, 167, 171
water supply, 64–65
weapons, exchange of, 160
weapons platoon, 42, 52
West Seattle Herald, 18
white flag, 90
Wiese, Friedrich, 16–17, 56–57, 67, 98, 217
Wills, Colin, 183
Wilson, Jack
foxhole roof, 110
heavy machine gun, 63
luck of, 63
October 25th, 1944, 41, 52
October 26th, 1944, 63
October 28th, 1944, 116, 122, 128
October 29th, 1944, 147
October 30th, 1944, 173
postwar experiences, 219
winter clothing, 190
wounded soldiers, 79–80, 114–115, 119, 126, 144
1st Battalion, 141st Regiment (1/141), 181–182
aid stations, 30, 53, 62, 63, 75, 80, 103–104, 114, 123, 134, 138, 146, 160–164, 174, 182, 186
care of (see hospital; medics; specific individuals)
October 29th, 1944, 162–164
removal from battlefield, 185
See also casualties
Yamada, Masao, 174–175, 186
Yamaka, William, 7–9, 211
Yamashiro, Gordon, 115
Yamashita, Jim, 93, 100
Yogi, Matsuichi, 105, 158
Yoshida, Minoru, 184–185
Yoshitake, Hank, 197, 199
Yost, Israel, 53, 216
Young Oak Kim Academy, 213