NARA Index 100/442 Documents RG 80 - Department of the Navy Boxes: 6, 7, 26, 35, 39, 51 RG 107 - Asst Secretary of War Boxes: 6, 8, 9, 22, 32, 44, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 55, 56 RG 112 - Office of the Surgeon General Boxes: 1343 RG 165 - Records of the War Department Boxes: 20, 280, 281, 282, 284, 287, 301, 317, 319, 320, 322, 323, 324, 325, 440, 442, 465, 471, 624, 628, 634, 635, 637, 638, 640, 641, 643, 644, 676, 771, 1113, 1130, 1131, 1137, 1139, 1142, 1146, 1147, 1148, 1172, 1177, 1196, 2607-2646 RG 208 - Office of War Information (OWI) Boxes: 1, 2, 8, 9 ` ' RG 247 - Office of the Chief Chaplain Boxes: 11, 780, 1984, 1990 RG 319 - Records of the Army Staff Boxes: 1, 001, 005, 6, 006, 007, 008, II, III, IV, V-C, V-D, V-G, V-J, 009,1016, 17, 18, 19, 105 RG 331 - Sixth Army Group (ETO) Box: 143 RG 338 - Records of US Army Commands Boxes: 1, 1 (formerly Box 15), 2, 2 (formerly Box 16), 3, 3 (formerly Box 17), 4, 4 (formerly Box 18), 5, 5 (formerly Box 19), 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27, 29, 131, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, Congressional Records, Still Photo Section RG 389 - Provost Marshal General Boxes: 1714, 1715, 1716, 1717, 1718, 1719, 1720, 1721, 1722, 1723, 1724, 1725, 1726, 1727, 1728, 1730, 1733, 1734, 1735, 1736, 1737, 1738, 1741, 1746, 1729, 1731, 1732 RG 407 - Adjutant General's Office Boxes: 1, 5, 142, 147, 261, 262, 345, 346, 450-455, 1069, 1600, 2077, 2581, 3122, 3125. 9419, 9427, 9447, 9448, 9564, 9820, 9821, 9944, 9947, 10788, 10791, 13620, 13621-13623, 13624, 13525, 13633, 21085, 21086, 21248, 21249, 21250, 21251, 21254, 21255, 21256, 21260, 21270 RG 407 - Adjutant General's Office Box 1 Folder 1 Item 1: Folder 2: Box 5 Item 2: Box 142 Folder 2: Box 147 Folder 1: Items 1-5: Items 6-9: Item 10: Items 11-15: Item 16: Item 17: Folder 3 Items 1-3: Folder 4 Item 2: Item 4: Item 5: Folder 5: Item 1: Item 2: Item 3: Item 5: GO #317 dated 7/23/45 - Unit Citation for 3rd Battalion 442nd RCT. Citation for 36th Division for Vosges Campaign GO #13 dated 1/21/34 - Unit Citation for Co. F and Co. L, 442nd RCT (O'Connor Task Force) Report of Supreme Allied Commander on "The Italian Campaign" Dec 12, `44 to 5/2/45 Disposition of Enlisted Men of Japanese Extraction Disposition of Japanese EM, protective custody at Jefferson Barracks WDC orders transfers to Zone of Interior MID G-2 asks re Niseis at 4th Army Intelligence School disposition WDC orders; Nisei at Camp Roberts transferred to Camp Robinson 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. 5/28/92 order for formation of 100th Bn Racial concerns re Nisei at Camp Robinson; No further induction of AJs recommended Reports of AH activity fomenting Negro racial unrest at Little Rock Secty of War orders suspension of civilian AJs employed at military bases CO of Services & Supply: absorption of 18,000 AJs impractical, recommend assignment to combat 291.2 Oct-Dec 1942 War Dept to C/Staff 1/7/42:recommend discharge of all J's from employ of US Army Air Forces War Dept JAG memo 1/30/42 affirms validity of removal of all J's from employ of the US* Adj Gen telegram 2/9/42 to Gen Emmons: Suspend all Japanese civilian employees from employment in Hawaiian Department* 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.* 55 55 Record Group 407 Box 147 Folder 5 (cont’d) Item 7-8: Item 10: Item 12: Item 13: Item 14: Items 15-16, 24: Item 17: Item 18: Item 19: Item 20-21: Item 22: Item 23: Item 25: Box 261: Folder 1: Folder 2: A/G recommends discretion be given to DeWitt re retaining 10 Japanese instructors* 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 McCloy to Emmons re 400 J evacuees from Hawaii* 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 Elmer Davis letter to FDR 10/2/42: recommends loyal JAs be permitted to enlist in service American Defense Harvard Group recommends use of Japanese native citizens in Army, transmitting Edwin Reischauer's memorandum. Referred to McCloy by S/W. 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* McCloy memo 10/15/42 to S/W: Agrees with Elmer Davis letter. AJs should be permitted to enlist in special Army & Navy units. 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.* 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. 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* Recommended plan of organization for J-A combat unit (pages 1 and 5 missing)* 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." General Orders GO #157 12/30/44 Awards Legion of Merit to Chaplain Israel Yost 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 56 Record Group 407 Box 261 (cont’d) Item Item GO 43- GO #43, 3/11/45 - BSM to 2Lt Willie K. Kiyota 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 57 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 58 Record Group 407 Box 262 (cont’d) Folder 1: 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: Boxes 450 to 455: Box 1069 Folder 2 Item 1: Item 3: General Orders for DSC awards to: Barney F. Hajiro George T. Sakato Larry Tanimoto Matsuichi Yogi Box Indexes to Decorations and Awards 10/29/41 letter to DeWitt: Suggest parents of Nisei soldiers be treated more decently 8/141 statement of loyalty from Committee for Democratic Treatment 59 Record Group 407 Box 1069 Folder 2 for Japanese Residents Box 1600: Folder 3: General Orders, USAF Far East - Pacific Theatre 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: Folder 1: Item 2: Item 3: Item 4: 5th Army Awards General Orders, 5th Army GO 494,11/23/43 - DSC(P) for Shigeo J. Takata GO #95, 11/25/43) - redesignation/reorganization of 100th Inf. Bn GO #105, 12/12/43 - reorganization of 100th Bn Folder 2: Item 2: Item 3: Item 4: Item 5: Item 6: Item 7: Item 8: General Orders, 5th Army GO #27, 2/24/44 - reorganization of 34th Division GO #37, 3/9/44 - DSC(P) to Thomas 1. Yamanaga GO #77, 5/10/44 - DSC to Cpl Masaru Suehiro GO #82, 5/20/44 - DSC to Pvt Shizuya Hayashi GO #88, 5/26/44 - SS to S/Sgt Calvin K. Shimogaki GO #91, 5/29/44 - DSC to Pvt Masao Awakuni 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: Item 6: GO #143), 8/24/44 - SS to Pfc Masaichi Miyashiro GO #149, 9/10/44 - DSC to 2Lt Takeichi T. Miyashiro Item 7: GO #153, 9/23/44 - DSC(P) to: 60 Record Group 407 Box 2077: (cont’d) Folder 3: (con’d) 5th Army Awards 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: Folder 4 Item 1: Item 2: GO #187, 12/19/44 - DSC(P) to T/Sgt Ted T. Tanouye SS to T/Sgt George Iwamoto GO #49, 5/5/45 - SS to "1,/5 James K. Okubo 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: Item 4: GO #64, 6/2/45 - BSM to "I'/4 Robert L. Shiroda 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: Item 7: GO #73, 6/18/45 - BSM to Pfc Takashi Hasuike GO #77, 6/23/45 - SS to S/Sgt Masyuki Otake BSM to: Sgt Toshio Endo Pfc Hisatoshi Kanagawa 2Lt Michio Takata Pfc Jitsumi Yamakawa Pfc Yoshio Yamamoto Sgt Francis Yano S/Sgt Hisao Yoshinaga Item 8: GO #80, 6/28/45 - SS(P) to: Pfc Shigeo F. Fukuba BSM to: T/5 Konao Hakoda 61 Record Group 407 Box 2077: (cont’d) Folder 1: (cont’d) 5th Army Awards 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 SS to Maj James W. Lovell and Pfc Nobuo Yoneda 62 Record Group 407 Box 2077: (cont’d) Folder 1: (cont’d) 5th Army Awards 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 63 Record Group 407 Box 2077: (cont’d) Folder 1: (cont’d) 5th Army Awards 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: Folder 1 Item 1: Item 2: Item 3: Item 4: General Orders, 7th Army GO #8, 1/14/45 - BSM to S/Sgt Takao Hedani GO #10, 1/16/45 - DSC to S/Sgt George S. Iida 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 GO #17, 1/24/45 - SS(P) to S/Sgt Peter S. Masuoka 64 Record Group 407 Box 2581: (cont’d) Folder 1 (cont’d) General Orders, 7th Army SS to Pfc Hajime Miyamoto, Pfc Akira Nakagawa, Sgt Fred H. Yamashige Item 5: Item 6: Item 7: 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 GO #26,1/30/45 - SS(P) to Pfc Larry M. Imamura SS to 2Lt Kazuma Hisanaga 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: Item 2: Unit Citation to 100th Bu for combat action Oct 15-30, 1944 near Bruyeres, Biffontaine and Foret Domaniale de Champ GO #593, 10/9/45 - BSM to S/Sgt William S. Sadataki, 522nd FA Bn Box 3122: Folder 1: Folder 2: 11 Corps G-1 Journal (Aug `44) G-1 Journal (Sept `44) Box 3125: Folder 4: II Corps 202-1.7 to 202-1.13 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) Folder 4: (cont’d) II Corps 202-1.7 to 202-1.13 B/S to: Sgt Katsuki Tanigawa Box 9419: Folder 1: Folder 4: Folder 6: Folder 7: Folder 10: 34th Inf Div Operations Reports "Lessons Learned in Combat" November 1942 to September 1944 Report on "Lessons Learned in Combat" Diary of War Events Combat Data re 34th Inf Div. 34th Inf Div paper "The Red Bulletin" "Open Letter to Americans" for tolerance toward Japanese -Americans. Box 9427: Folder 4: Item 1-13: 34th Inf Div Operations Reports Operations Report for December 1943 G-2 Periodic Report, Cerasuolo-San Vittore 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: Folder 1: Folders 3, 6, 9, 10-14: 34th Inf Div Operations Reports Order of Battle for Anzio Beachhead Jan-Mar 1944 POW Interrogation Report including POWs captured by 100/442 Box 9448: Folder 1: Folder 10: 334-3 34th Inf Div G-3 Historical Narrative Operations Report - 21 Sept-31 Oct 1943. 100th with 34th Div from Salerno to Prata Journal for November, 1943. Volturno River crossing to Colli Journal for December 1943). 34th Div from Mt. Patano to San Pietro Journal for January 1944. San Vittore to Rapido River crossing Journal for February 1944 - MISSING Journal for March 1944. Covers San Angelo d'Alife to Anzio Journal for April 1944. Covers Anzio Journal for May 1944. Covers 100th Anzio activity Journal for June 1944. Lanuvio to Civitavecchia. Joined by 442nd RCT for Suvereto, Belvedere, Sassetta Journal for July 1944. Cecina to Livorno and Arno River Box 9564: Folder 3: 34th Infantry Division. 133rd Regiment General Orders, 34th Infantry Division Folder 2: Folder 3: Folder 4: Folder 5: Folder 6: Folder 7: Folder 8: Folder 9: 66 Record Group 407 Box 9564: (cont’d) Folder 3: (cont’d) Item 1: 34th Infantry Division. 133rd Regiment 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: Item 1: General Orders, 36th Infantry Division Folder 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: Item 1: Folder 2 Item l: General Orders, 36th Infantry Division Folder I GO # 24 2/7/45 - Awards Purple Heart to: Sgt Paul T. Nishimura, 232d Engineers GO #425 10/1/45 - Awards Unit Citation to: l l lth Engineer Combat Battalion w/232d Engineer Combat Company attached Box 9944: Folder 1: Items 2-35: Journal: 141st Inf Regt, 36th Inf Div, Oct 1944 Journal - October 1944 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: Folder 1: Item 1: 36th Infantry Division Regimental History - 141 st Inf Regt, October 1944 Operations in Vosges sector, October 1944. (52 pages) "Lost Battalion" rescue narrative starts from page 27 through page 48 Box 10788: Items 1-4: Operation Reports - 44th Infantry Division Operations reports Jan-May 1945. (Item 3 lists 522nd FABn attached 67 Record Group 407 Box 10788: (cont’d) Items 1-4: (cont’d) Operation Reports - 44th Infantry Division during March `45 but no other reference to 522"d) Box 10791: Item 5: Item 6: 44th Infantry Division G-2 Reports March 1945 (No reference to 522"') G-2 Reports April 1945 (No reference to 522°d ) Box 13620: Folder 6 Item 8: History of 92nd Division 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: Folder 1. Item 1: Item 8: 92d Infantry Division History 92d Inf Div History - March 1945 History for month of March 1945 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 B/S to: Pfc Masaru Abe T/5 Shuji Akiyama T/5 Tokue Azeka Pfc Mitsuo Furumoto 68 Record Group 407 Box 13624: (cont’d) Folder 1: (cont’d) 92d Infantry Division History 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 69 Record Group 407 Box 13624: (cont’d) Folder 1: (cont’d) 92d Infantry Division History 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 70 Record Group 407 Box 13624: (cont’d) Folder 1: (cont’d) 92d Infantry Division History 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 71 Record Group 407 Box 13624: (cont’d) Folder 1: (cont’d) 92d Infantry Division History 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 72 Record Group 407 Box 13624: (cont’d) Folder 1: (cont’d) Folder 2: Item 1: Item 7: Item 8: Item 21: 92d Infantry Division History T/Sgt Shigeru Oyama 1stLt Joseph Ryan S/Sgt Akira Takiguchi S/Sgt Ralph Tomei Pfc Tsugio Yamada Awards 92d Division Summary for April 1945 92d Division G-2 History for April 1945 (p.1-122) 92d Division G-3 Report for April 1945. 442nd h1f Regt daily activity covered. (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 73 Record Group 407 Box 13624: (cont’d) Folder 2: (cont’d) 92d Infantry Division History 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 74 Record Group 407 Box 13624: (cont’d) Folder 2: (cont’d) 92d Infantry Division History 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: Box 13525: Folder 1: Item 1: (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 92d Infantry Division History 92d Infantry Division-May 1944 History 75 Record Group 407 Box 13525: (cont’d) Folder 1: (cont’d) Item 7: Item 8: Item 9: Box 13633 Folder 4 Item 24: Item 25: 92d Infantry Division Units attached G-2 History - May 1945 Operation instruction for May 1945. (Alessandria, Novi, Cuneo, Chiusa; 442nd RCT detached from 92d Div on 5/14 to 5/16/45) 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 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 76 Record Group 407 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 77 Record Group 407 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 78 Record Group 407 Box 13633 (cont’d) Folder 4 (cont’d) Item 34: Pvt Paul Nishimura 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 79 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 Item 38: GO #98 10/16/45 Awards S/S to: Pvt Kimio Hirose Pfc Katsue Ibara Cpl Shiro R. Yamaguchi 1stLt Keichiro Yamato B/S awards to: Pfc Minoru Harada Pfc Charles Hoshibata Pfc Yoshinori Ikebe 1stLt Masayuki Kawasaki 80 Record Group 407 Box 13633 (cont’d) Folder 4 (cont’d) Item 39: Box 21085 Folders 3,5,6: Box 21086 Folder 1: Folder 2: Folder 3: Folder 5: Box 21251: Item 1: Item 2: Item 3: Box 21254 Folder 1: Box 21255 Folder 1: Box 21256 Folder 6: Box 21260: Folder 1: Folder 2: Folder 3: Folder 4: Folder 5: Pvt Sumisu Matsuzaka Sgt Frank S. Nomura S/Sgt Tadaso Ono Pfc Isamu Sugimoto Cpl Tatsumi Tada Pfc Shiro Takahashi GO # 100 10/20/45 Awards S/S to: S/Sgt Shiro Kashino B/S award to: Lt/Col James M. Hanley, Jr. Empty [Charged out] 100th Bn Coat of Arms design [Charged out] 100th Bn Journal (Apr l 1 to May 21, 1943) l 00th Bn. Overlay 5/16/44, 6/26/44 (Belvedere) 422nd Inf Regt Narrative of Events April 1945 Folder 5 Narrative of Events April 1945 GO #34 - Unit Citation for 442nd & 232 Eng Unit History for April 1945. Lists of KIA, WIA, MIA and IIA; Summary of Individual Awards & Decorations (p. 4-20) Handwritten 442nd RCT Journal (Nov 12, `44 to Feb 1, `45) Handwritten 442nd RCT Journal (Feb 2,'45 to Apr 4, `45) (Journal from Apr 5`45 important because it covers Gothic LineArno campaign) (Not a 100/442 record - another unit fighting in Germany) Journal & File 2/44 to 2/46. Journal & File 442n Inf Regt 12-17 Feb 1944. Camp Shelby? Simulated battles, maneuvers, etc. (2" file) (Not copied) Headquarters Fifth Army. Orders, etc. for transfer Lecco to Ghedi Airport, Jun 6 to Aug 14, 1945 Journal & File Aug 1945. Orders, Incidents, Messages, etc. Leghorn, Aug `45 Journal & File November 1945 Journal & File February 1946 81