On July18-19 the Texas Military Museum, Camp Mabry in Austin, Texas, will offer a symposium and honor the 100/442nd Neisei RCT. The brave men of Japanese ancestry saved a battalion of the 141st Regiment of which my uncle was a memeber of. This truly was one of the most couragous stories of WW 2. The Captain of the Battalion and the Combat Medic of the 100/442 will be in attendence.
Re-enactors from France, Gerome and his friends are donating artifacts they found on the battlegrounds. They received a grant for $10,000 and FedEx is donating the shipping cost to send the original modified "belly tanks" dropped from a P-47 containg radios, medicine, food, water, etc. This and many other priceless artifacts will be donated to the Texas Museum.
Gerome is a good friend of mine and a WW 2 historian. They are flying in from France and are real excited. The folks down there in Texas are a great bunch, it will be first class. I wish I could attend but my godson is arriving that day for a 2 week visit before heading off to Iraq for the second time. I promised him smoked ribs and beer !!
If anyone should want to attend let me know. Another good friend of mine , Patti is the 36th ID moderator, and she'll make sure you feel at home.
Full dtails at the 36th web site
www.kwanah.com
Best Regards,
Steve
442nd Neisei and the "Lost Battalion" Ceremony
