442nd Infantry RCT, World War II Memorial

— Korean War Dead - 1950 to '53 —

Text on the plaque attached to the south face of the base beneath the tall column in the northwest corner [traditionally the Japanese/Japanese-American section of the cemetery]:
In Sacred MemoryThis memorial is reverently placed here by the Japanese American Community, under the auspices of the Southern California Burial and Memorial Committee, in memory of American soldiers of Japanese ancestry who fought, suffered, and died in World War II that liberty, justice, and equal opportunity in the pursuit of happiness might come to all democratic and peace-loving people everywhere regardless of race, creed, color, or national origin.

Plaque mounted at the left side of column:
"Those who lie here gave their lives that this country, beset my its enemies, might win out of their sacrifice, victory and peace. We, who are in their debt, salute them."
Signature of Dwight D. Eisenhower
General of the Army, U.S.A.

Yoshiharu N. Aoyama · Frank N. Arikawa · Hiroo H. Endo · Arthur M. Fukuoka · George Gushiken · Stanley K. Hayami · Joe H. Hayashi · Minoru Ishida · Joe Y. Kadoyama · John S. Kanazawa · Frank Kanda · James S. Karatsu · Yasuo Kenmotsu · Paul T. Kimura · Paul T. Kitsuse · Shaw Kojaku · Nobuo Komoto · Henry M. Condo · Harry F. Madokoro · Kiyoshi K. Muranaga · John S. Kimura

These Sons from the Battlefields are Buried Elsewhere:John Akimoto · Victor Akimota Ted T. Fujioka · Henry T. Furushiro · Teruo Hozaki · Two names obstructed by grass · John J. Kato · George Kawano · Ben Masaoka · Kazud Masuda · John Ogawa · Two names obstructed by grass

Plaque mounted on the east side of column column base:
"The soldiers who lie here symbolize the loyalty and courage of Nisei Troops under my wartime command in Italy. I salute them. May they rest in honored peace".
Signature of Gen. Mark W. Clark, U.S. Army
Mark W. Clark
General, U.S.A.

Sadao S. Munemori · Robert K. Nakasaki · Tom T. Nishimoto · Katsu Okida · Susumu Okura · Calvin T. Saito · George S. Saito · Atsushi Sakamoto · Masao Shigezane · Akira R. Shimatsu · Joe A. Shiomichi · Shigeo Tabuchi · Iwoa A. Takahashi · Kei Tanahashi · Ted T. Tanouye · Theodore T. Tezuka · Harry H. Tokushima · Mitsuru Yeto · Tatsuo Yoshizaki
These Sons From the Battlefields are Buried Elsewhere.Lloyd Onouye · William Samonji · George M. Shikata · Togo Sugiyama · Katsumi Y. Sase · Isao Tsuno · Tsuyoshi Yamamoto · Fred S. Yasuda · Hitoshi Yonemura · Makoto Yoshihara · Thomas T. Yamazaki

Plaque mounted on the west side base of the monument column:
Korean War Dead 1950 to '53Samuel A. Fujii · Kenichi Hamaguchi · Aranari Hiraga · Louis M. Hirata · Tomio Honda · Takeshi Inouye · Tetsuo Kunitomi · Shigetoshi Kusuda · Shozo Kuwahara · Jimmy Mayemura · Kiyoshi Mine · Wataru Nakamura · Dick S. Nakashimi · Muneo Ohye · Ray Ito

Plaque mounted at the far right [east] base of the monument:
Korean War Dead 1950 to ?53Takaki Nishihara · Tohoru Nishikawa · Tadashi Obana · Edward Oshiro · Bill M. Otomo · Robert Shinde · Toru T. Takai · Oasmu Tamura · Yukio Tanouye · Archie M. Uno · Takaya Uragami · Joichi Yamashita · Don Yumori · Hiroshi Shibao · Tohoru T. Takai

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