Posted on: Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Photo gallery: 100th Battalion veteran Robert Sato
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robert, sato, now, year-old, mccully, resident, was, during, world, war, ii, one, nation, s, first, nisei, warriors, young, men, who, defeated, not, only, enemy, but, prejudice, as, well, up, in, years, other, storied, veterans, th, infantry, battalion, are, celebrating, anniversary, military, careers, intent, seeing, that, legacy, courage, service, forgotten, standing, far, left, this, picture, taken, europe, he, his, comrades, landed, north, africa, fought, way, italian, peninsula, france, troops, were, trained, wisconsin, mississippi, months, before, deploying, to, here, period, they, traveled, training, bases, mainland, after, arrived, japanese-american, soldiers, from, hawai, experienced, extremes, climate, unlike, anything, had, ever, seen, degree, temperatures, troop, trains, with, windows, kept, closed, so, japanese, faces, wouldn, t, alarm, locals, arctic, winter, photographed, folks, back, home, camp, mccoy, wis, retired, living, right, enjoys, playing, chess, grandson, brandon, low, granddaughter, diane, has, been, expert, player, game, since, youth, veteran, center, treasures, time, family, front, row, wife, kazue, son-in-law, jim, daughter, pauline