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Thanks for posting this. He was a hero.

Fine tribute to a true American hero.

May he RIP in eternity in the loving arms of our Lord.

The MEN of the 442nd are in every way the personification of heroes and exemplify REAL American patriotism.

They had very good reason to be of a different mind but their honor and commitment to cause was of greater importance to them and they IMMEDIATELY made their invaluable contributions evident. I get goosebumps when I read or watch their exploits….those men to me represent the very best this country has to offer.

That man was a real hero. May he rest in peace.

God Bless the Great Warrior!

Rest in peace SSgt Hiroshi Myamura.

True Hero. May he Rest in Peace.

RIP, fine Sir and thanks for your amazing service to our Nation.

He was highlighted in an episide on the Netflix series Medal of Honor. It's a great series that I highly recommend everyone watches.

My dad was also in the 2nd battalion/7th infantry. I remember him mentioning the Chinese mass attacks but other than that, he didn't have much to say about it.

Must have been hell on earth.

God bless and keep our warriors.

Thanks for the story Leighton.

Godspeed "Hershey "

It warms my heart to read that some of the sacrifices of some Americans haven't been forgotten, Aces. Hontouni domo arigato gazaimasu. I have a number of artifacts from that era relating to the 'camps' and the men who, in modern nomenclature, basically said, 'f*ck it, I'm all in', despite what their families, Americans all, had been subjected to.

I'll see about getting some relevant stuff up on this post. My late aunt Aya, born in '21 in Santa Barbara, CA, was promised to a young man who volunteered for the 442nd from the Gila River camp in AZ. He was KIA in Italy in October of '44. I have his 442 patch in my study. Go for broke!

What you wrote rings so true in my heart of hearts. True American patriots aren't born as such; they're made.

Thanks to all for posting.

DD, I confess to having a giggle reading about Mr. M and his thoughts on having Willie Pete dropped on his position. It reminded me of you and some of your exploits in the Land of All Bad Things. I'm guessing here, but when that happens, especially when coming from your own team, it's thinking it's pretty much time to, like, bounce.

Risking everything, including your very bacon, for a bunch of Texans and the red, white and blue? Damn straight. America? F*ck yeah!











Thanks to the lads who've posted and especially to those who've served. E pluribus unum, baby.

Kamo, Their sacrifice and dedication is most definitely NOT forgotten here. In fact a couple of weeks ago I was having a conversation with my 16 year old daughter about WWII and I had brought up the 442nd to her. I’ve been a student of history for as far back as I can remember and while I’ve never had “favorites” of anything WWII related because I never wanted to diminish the contributions of everyone that endured the privations of that war but the more and more that I read I couldn’t help but have a favorite battalion. My only “favorite” thing in WWII isn’t the BAR it’s the 442nd!

To have a patch from a man from that served in that battalion would be one of my most cherished possessions as I’m sure it’s one of yours.

I’ve been struck by the humility of these extraordinary men and I’ve seen some “recent” interviews of them now in their twilight years and the lives they went on to live belied the incredible life they once led. A school bus driver, a flower shop owner a school teacher a California DOT worker, etc. You would never know that you were in the presence of greatness if you didn’t know their history.

Thanks for the thread. 👍🏼

What an amazing example of humble greatness. God bless his memory to us all.

That's incredible. Thanks for sharing.

Miyamura Blvd is prominently labelled as such on one of the overpasses across I-40 in Gallup, NM

Hiroshi was very much honored and respected in Gallup, a tough railroad, coal mining town, turned uranium mining town, positioned on rte 66 between two indian reservations.

Keep an eye out for his overpass, if you ever "motor west".

Sycamore

Thanks for posting Leighton.

I always stand in awe of men like this... and yet they also always seem to be such humble people..

Wish our nation gave them the respect that they really deserve.

I remember when I lived in Minnesota, I saw an old man, that had a license plate that he was a Medal of Honor Winner.

I said something to him, and his response was " Go away, and leave me alone"..

I asked him if I had done something to offend him, to which he replied that he was sick and tired of people harassing him for winning "that Damned Medal", calling him a warmonger etc. ( Friggin Liberals).

I told him I have nothing but respect for him and wanted to acknowledge his service to our nation, that I was a veteran, and my dad was a career military officer, and my family was full of many people that had served this country. Then I saluted him. He just stood and looked at me, and all he had in his eyes were tears... he gave me a very quite "thank you" Shook my hand an got in his car and drove away.

My thoughts were sadden, to think a man put his life on the line, as a young man to save the lives of others, and he managed to survive, and then in today's world people criticize him for winning that medal. This was back in the 80s.

What kind of world do we live in now, that our heroes are harassed and criticized for putting their lives on the line in times of combat. Usually resulting the saving of other Americans lives.

Rest in peace S/Sgt Miyamura, and thank you for your service to our nation....

I had the honor of meeting Mr. Miyamura at a Veteran's day event in NM and have been across his namesake overpass many times. RIP great soldier.

Many years ago I also enjoyed meeting a fine Japanese American family that had a very successful nursery business along Baseline in Phoenix and remember their having told me about older members of their family having been interred at the Gila River camp. When we lived up in Parker we often saw the still existent buildings of the internment camp down near Poston, AZ and those later became the site of a Job Corps operation in the 1960s.

Thanks for posting this account Leighton.

RIP sir

RIP American Soldier, you did well!

Race really has no meaning when it comes to having a set of balls looking out for your buds.
That's when character shines.

RIP Soldier.