World War II Honoree

Lane Nakano

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Los Angeles, California

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

HE AND HIS JAPANESE-AMERICAN FAMILY WERE UPROOTED FROM THEIR HOME IN THE BOYLE HEIGHTS AREA OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA AND SENT TO AN INTERNMENT CAMP IN WYOMING AFTER THE JAPANESE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII ON DECEMBER 7, 1941. HE ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE AND SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER WITH THE 442ND INFANTRY REGIMENT (NISEI) WITH OTHER JAPANESE-AMERICAN SOLDIERS.