Letters from the 442nd: The World War II Correspondence of a Japanese American Medic

Appendix: People Mentioned in the Letters

277 APPENDIX People Mentioned in the Letters Family Sahei and Kida Masuda, Min’s father and mother Ruth (“Nay”) Nomura, Min’s sister Satoshi (“Sat”) and Rose Masuda, Min’s brother and sister-in-law Hack Masuda, Min’s younger brother Kiki Momoi, Min’s younger sister Tomi Koriyama, Hana’s mother Franklin and Yoshi Koriyama, Hana’s brother (a member of the 442d) and sister-in-law Kay and Suzu (“Sue”) Kuramoto, Hana’s brother-in-law and younger sister (Tama’s twin) Harry and Tama Murotani, Hana’s brother-in-law and younger sister (Suzu’s twin) Close Family Friends Mayme Chin, longtime friend from Seattle who visited Hana and Suzu in Minneapolis during the war Ethel Fukumaga, Hawaiian who met Hana at the Aloha USO in Hattiesburg 278 appendix Joe and Mary Higuchi, University of Washington friends Mariko Inouye, UW and skiing friend Dennis, Mariko’s son Sam and Aya Kozu, investment club and skiing friends Fumi Yoshida Lee, nurse at Camp Minidoka Helen O’Connor, Hana’s Minneapolis landlady Yone and Gloria (“Glo”) Ota, childhood friends Dr. L. Wait Rising, UW Professor of Pharmacy Roy and Jo Sakamoto, investment club friends Yoshiko, Roy and Jo’s daughter Setsu Suzuki, Seattle native who first met Min and Hana in Hattiesburg Shigeko Uchiyama, Seattle friend who shared Min’s and Hana’s interest in opera The University of Washington “Pharmacy Bunch” Don Kazama, served in the 442d Dick and Massa Nomura, Dick served in the 442d Fred Shimanaka, worked in Tokyo when the war began, drafted into the Japanese army, died later during the war from natural causes Friends in the 442nd Mainlanders Augie Aratani Fudge Fuji Futamata Mike Hagiwara Sammy Hokari Harold Horiuchi Lefty Ichihara Isaac (“Zeke” or “Ike”) Iijima Vic Izui Squeaky Kanazawa Haruo Kato Junie Kawamura Kitsu Ed Kiyobara Pete Kozu Tosh Kuge Kelly Kuwayama Maekawa Minata Yoshito Mizuta Tak Momoda Jimmy Morimoto Mukai Speed Murakami Oscar (“Kenso”) Osaki Osozawa Waka Sagami Sammy Sakai Howard Sakura Eddie Sasaki Munro Shintani Eiji Suyama Bobby Takeshita Wachi Mas Watanabe Ben Yamanaka Bill Yanagimachi Haribo Yanagimachi Hawaiians Masato Hasegawa Hayashi Higa (“Higgins”) people mentioned in the letters 279 280 appendix Higuchi Hiramatsu Lionel Ikebe Walter Inouye Kamo Yosh and Haruo Kato Pete Kozuma Ogami Onodera Sakamoto Taira Herbert Tsukayama (“Tsuka”) Killed in Action Yosh Kato Bako Kinoshita Bill Nakamura Yohei Sagami George Sawada ...