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Private First Class Kiyoshi K. Muranaga, USA (June 26, 1944)

Kiyoshi K. Muranaga was born in Los Angeles, California on February 16, 1922 to Japanese immigrant parents. An American citizen by birth, he was living in Gardena, California when he was interred with...

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The 27th’s Three: Baker, O’Brien, and Salomon (June 19-July 7, 1944)

The United States Army‘s 27th Infantry Division was known as “O’Ryan’s Roughnecks” for its World War I commander, Major General John F. O’Ryan. For service in World War II, the New York National...

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Sergeant Roy W. Harmon, USA (July 12, 1944)

Roy W. Harmon was born in 1915 (or 1916) in Talala, Oklahoma. He possessed a grade-school education and was working as a farmhand in Pixley, California when he was drafted into the United States Army...

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Staff Sergeant Kazuo Otani, USA (July 15, 1944)

Kazuo Otani was born an American citizen to Japanese immigrant parents in Visalia, California on June 2, 1918. He was drafted into the United States Army on February 16, 1942. Not long afterwards, his...

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Privates Barney F. Hajiro & George T. Sakato and the “Lost Battalion”...

On October 24, 1944, the 1st Battalion, 141st Infantry Regiment – part of the 36th Infantry Division – was cut off and surrounded by the Nazis in France’s Vosges Mountains. Two attempts were made to...

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Private First Class Joe M. Nishimoto, USA (November 7, 1944)

Joe M. Nishimoto was born an American citizen to Japanese parents in Fresno, California on February 21, 1919. He was interned like most Japanese-Americans in the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor. He...

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Private First Class George B. Turner, USA (January 3, 1945)

George Benton Turner was born on June 27, 1899 in Longview, Texas. He first answered America’s call to service in 1918, when he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps while a student at the...

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Second Lieutenant Robert M. Viale, USA (February 5, 1945)

Robert M. Viale was born in Bayside, California on April 21, 1916. He was a member of the California National Guard who was federalized for service in the United States Army on March 3, 1941 in the...

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Raisin A Whole Lotta Trouble

“Being the little guy against the government can feel like a David and Goliath thing and the idea we could win is tremendous.” These are the words of a small raisin grower in the Central Valley of...

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Private First Class Clarence B. Craft, USA (May 31, 1945)

Clarence Byrle Craft was born on September 23, 1921 in San Bernardino, California. He was working as a “bus, taxi, truck, [or] tractor” driver when he was drafted into the United States Army on...

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