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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Kenneth M. Higa

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Honolulu, Hawaii

Honored By

Kenneth Higa

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

Served in Italian campaign with 100th Infantry Battalion, AJA (Americans of Japanese Ancestry) unit from Hawaii known as the Purple Heart Battalion. Attached to the 133rd regiment, 34th Division. Shipped out from Oran, Algeria on 9/19/43. Three days later made landing in Gulf of Salerno, south of Naples. Seriously wounded in action on 5/21/44 in vicinity of Anzio. Honorably (medically) discharged on 9/6/45.