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12-134 Garand Picture of the Day - Jap Infantry In Us Forces
Jap Infantry In Us Forces
Date taken: December 1943
Photographer:George Rodger
34th INF Div
Activated: 10 February 1941 (National Guard Division from North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota)
Overseas: May 1942
Days of combat: 517
Distinguished Unit Citations: 3
Awards: Medals of Honor: 11
Distinguished Service Crosses: 98
Distinguished Service Medals: 1
Silver Stars: 1,153
Bronze Stars: 2,545
Legions of Merit: 116
Soldier's Medals: 54
Purple Hearts: 15,000
Foreign Awards: French
Croix de Guerre
Casualties: Killed in Action: 3,737
Wounded in action: 14,165
Missing in action: 3,460
Total Battle Casualties: 21,362
MOH Recipients 34th INF Div WW2
Robert Booker 34/133, 9 Apr 43
Mikio Hasemoto 34/133/100/B, 29 Nov 43
Shizuya Hayashi 34/133/100/A, 29 Nov 43
Yeiki Kobashigawa 34/133/100/B, 2 Jun 44
Beryl Newman 34/133, 26 May 44
Allan Ohata 34/133/100/B, 29-30 Nov 43
Leo J. Powers 34/133, 3 Feb 44
Paul Riordan 34/133, 3-8 Feb 44
Ernest Dervishian 34/135, 8 Jan 45
George Hall 34/135, 23 May 44
Furman Smith 34/135, 31 May 44
Thomas Wigle 34/135, 14 Sep 44
William Galt 34/168, 29 May 44
Kaoru Moto 34/442/100/C, 7 Jul 44
Kiyoshi Muranaga 34/442/2/F, 26 Jun 44
Shinyei Nakamine 34/442/100/B, 2 Jun 44
William Nakamura 34/442/2/G, 4 Jul 44
Frank Ono 34/442/2/G, 4 Jul 44
Kazuo Otani 34/442/2/G, 15 Jul 44
Ted Tanouye 34/442/3/K, 7 Jul 44
Note 1: The 442nd "Go For Broke" Regimental Combat Team and its 100th "Purple Heart" Infantry Battalion were assigned or attached successively to the 34th Infantry Division (Naples-Foggia, Rome-Arno, Anzio), the 88th Infantry Division (Rome-Arno), the 36th Infantry Division (Rhineland), and the 92nd Infantry Division (North Apennines, Po Valley) during World War II. Their 20 Medal of Honor recipients appear above within the lists of those divisions.
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Last edited by Mark in Rochester; 05-13-2012 at 06:13 PM.
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I don't see any jap infantry in these photos, only American GIs. Bill Hughes
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Probably a copied caption from the period, though unfortunate. The valor of our Japanese-American soldiers is legendary.
Bob
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Caption was from the original - Included as part of historic perspective
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