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Home Town Gothenburg/Hershey, Nebraska
Last Address Camarillo, California
Date of Passing Sep 01, 2015
Location of Interment Conejo Mountain Memorial Park - Camarillo, California
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He flew combat missions in North Africa, Europe, and the Pacific. He was the only Japanese-American to fly combat missions over Japan.
WWII - European Theater of Operations/Tunisia Campaign (1942-43)
From Month/Year
November / 1942
To Month/Year
May / 1943
Description (Tunisia Campaign 17 November 1942 to 13 May 1943) Having gained Algeria, the Allies quickly turned eastward, hoping to take Tunis and Bizerte before the Germans could send reinforcements into Tunisia. But the drive broke down short of the goal. In February 1943, after Rommel had been driven into Tunisia, the Axis took the offensive and pushed through Kasserine Pass before being stopped. With Ninth and Twelfth Air Forces in the battle, the Allies drove the enemy back into a pocket around Bizerte and Tunis, where Axis forces surrendered in May. Thus Tunisia became available for launching an attack on Sicily as a preliminary to an assault on Italy.
