Title:
Presentation of the Distinguished Service Cross was posthumously made to Pfc. Kiyoshi Muranaga at one o'clock Saturday, April
21, 1945, ...
Date:
1945-04-21
Subject:
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945--Photographs
Note:
Full title:Presentation of the Distinguished Service Cross was posthumously made to Pfc. Kiyoshi Muranaga at one o'clock Saturday,
April 21, 1945, in the high school auditorium. His mother, Mrs. Kikuyo Muranaga received the medal, which was presented by
Col. Polk Atkinson of Fort Collins, acting under the Seventh Service Command of Omaha, Nebraska. Muranaga was killed in action
last June 26 near Sureveto, Italy, while serving on the crew of a mortar. His action in staying with his gun caused the withdrawal
of the enemy crew manning an 88 millimeter. Just before withdrawing, a direct hit from the gun killed Muranaga instantly after
the rest of the group manning the mortar had taken positions of comparative safety.<lb/> Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru<lb/>
Amache, Colorado.
Local Call Number:
WRA no. I-861
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Presentation of the Distinguished Service Cross was posthumously made to Pfc. Kiyoshi Muranaga at one o'clock Saturday, April
21, 1945, ...