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-o-One Japanese-American.Some time ago the Hood River, Oregon, American Legion post achieved a new low in Americanism by striking from the county war memorial the names of those boys of Jupanese descent •aho had gone into the armed forces from that community. One of the names stricken from the honor roll was that of Frank T. Jlachiya. About one month after bis name was taken off the memorial, Frank T. Jlachiya died for his country, the United States of America, in the Philippines—died performing a service so dangerous that it was done by men who had volunteered. Hachiya volunteered and died, but not until he had completed the task which cost his life.Private Hachiya enlisted shortly after Pearl Harbor. He fought at Kwajalein, Eniwetok and Leyte. There his company was held up by heavy fire from the enemy. The commanding officer had to know the strength and the position of the enemy. He asked for volunteers to go out and get this information. Jlachiya volunteered. He crawled and ran across a bullet-swept i idge. He got the information needed but a Jap sniper got him. Mortally wounded, he crawled, bleeding and in his death agony back to his company, gave the information he had gained and lt;bed.The Hood River American Legion post never dishonored Pvt. Hachiya by striking his name from the county war memorial—it blackened its own nume before all the nation. No striking out ofhis name will ever make Pvt. Hachiya any less the hero. He diedfor what he believed and in flying wrote his nume high amongi In* select of history, who have given their lives that others mightlive.
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Atlantic News Telegraph
Atlantic, Iowa, US
Wed, Feb 21, 1945
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