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Brief History of the 232nd Engineer Combat Company 

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Memorials
 

Photos for Co. D and 2nd Bat. HQ added "Medal of Honor" upgrades.  June 21, 2000


           
 

Eiro Yamada Memorial 
Scholarship Award

For immediate release:
The family of the late Eiro Yamada is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2002-2003 “Eiro Yamada Memorial Scholarship.”  The 30 recipients were awarded $500 scholarships.  The scholarship is awarded annually to direct descendants of Japanese American WWII veterans.  For further information and applications regarding the scholarship, please contact the Hawaii Community Foundation at (808) 537-6333 or on the web at www.hcf-hawaii.org.

More news....


Other Links: 

DVD “A Tradition of Honor” 
The film, produced by the Go For Broke 
Educational Foundation, is available for 
purchase online on its Web site, 
www.GoForBroke.org.

The Movie: 
"Beyond Barbed Wire" website.
For information on the movie 
"Beyond Barbed Wire" (official site) 
100th/442nd, Company "E" 
US Army Reserve stationed in Guam

Japanese American Veterans' Association
 (Washington, D.C.)

JACL Southeast Chapter

JA Voice.com

National Japanese American 
Historical Society

Japanese American War Veterans

Merrill's Marauders

Honolulu Star Bulletin

Americas Concentration Camps

http://www.souleyes.com/
stan/honda1.html

Japanese-American Veterans' 
Association (JAVA)

Texas Military Forces Museum

34th Infantry "Red Bull" 
Division Association

36th Infantry Division Association

36th Infantry Division Online Library

112th Cavalry Regiment

Second Battalion, 
131st Field Artillery


LINKS gone bad:

Camp Shelby Home Page
***link down reported 3/29/01

 

 Why www.katonk.com?

I started this page over 5 years ago (and still working on it...) with the intention of just putting up a few pages about the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and seeing what would happen.  Maybe doing a few tweaks here and there but seeing if the subject was of interest to some people.

I was overwhelmed with the response I did get.

After so many emails I had to expand the site to try and include more information. Contact information, bibliographies, reunions, monuments, current news clips, etc. This site is in it's third incarnation now and probably will see many more in the future.

I want to say thank you to all who have visited, are visiting, and have written to me with kind words, critiques, and questions. It's enriched my understanding of the subject and opened other doors and questions that I otherwise would have not asked or known about.

To the men who served in the 100th Bat./ 442nd RCT and MIS. Thank you. I will try and keep this site with correct information so that others may know your story and that the next generation may appreciate your sacrifices for our freedom.

--Michael Furukawa

Next Event:  
Memorial Service 
3rd Saturday of May 2009 
(Armed Forces Day), at Robert's Park in Oakland, California. 

Gather in the parking lot at 11am

Service is at 12pm noon; pot lock directly afterwards.

E very year members of Company "E" Northern California gather in Robert's Park to remember those that did not make it back from all of the wars that the United States have fought in. This event is not just for the veterans of the 442nd RCT, but open to all who wish to pay their respects to those that made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. A color guard and speakers will be present, and after a short service there will be a "pot luck" lunch. Everyone is welcome to come. 

—Michael Furukawa