Placer County JACL - Dedication of Memorial to WW II Veterans

Memorial Dedicated December 16, 2009 in Placer County See Placer County WW II Roster Map to Memorial Location The Color Guard from Sacramento Invocation by Rev. Maggie McNaught of First United Methodist Church in Loomis Placer County Veterans Placer County Supervisors: Rockholm, Weygandt, Uhler, Montgomery Placer County Supervisor Holmes - - Assistant District Attorney Owens - - Stuart Kageta Benediction by Rev. Tesshi Aoyama, Placer Buddhist Church Shown from left are Placer County Board of Supervisors members Jim Holmes, Kirk Uhler, Robert Weygandt, Jennifer Montgomery, and Board Chairman F. C. “Rocky” Rockholm, and 442nd veterans Frank Kageta, Shig Yokote, Al Nitta (seated), Norman Kamada; all from Placer County. To their right are two 442nd veterans from Sacramento who served also as part of the Nisei color guard at the dedication of the Placer County Memorial to the 442nd on December 16, 2009. Placer County Board of Supervisors honor family members and 442nd veterans.
In phase two, the Placer County and Florin chapters of the Japanese American Citizens League plan to add a seven-foot tall bronze monument, designed by France Borka, depicting a Japanese American soldier of the 100th Battalion/442nd RCT helping rescue a wounded soldier of the 36th Texas Division, who were trapped by Nazi troops for days and became known as the “Lost Battalion.” We ask for your support of this project by making a tax-deductible donation to the monument fund at the Placer County JACL. Please help us honor these great American heroes! Donate online (button above, at right), or make checks payable to Placer JACL and mail to:
	Placer JACL Memorial Project 11850 Kemper Road, Suite D Auburn, CA 95603	FEIN #94-6102630
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Join Facebook Group: Honor Japanese American WW II Heroes with a Memorial Listen: NPR story broadcast Veterans Day 2009 from PRI's "The World" View: photos of the interview participants Read: A Nisei World War II Veteran’s Journey Into History Watch: Video from KABC (Los Angeles) - The 442nd Regimental Combat Team's famous rescue of the lost Texas battalion in France during World War II
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