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Pfc. Haluto Moriguchi
February 24,1925 - April 5,1945
Pfc. Haluto Moriguchi
Pfc. Haluto Moriguchi, son of Torao and Yae Moriguchi,
was born on February 24, 1925 in San Francisco, California. He was the only son and eldest of five siblings,
followed by sisters June Moriguchi, Lilly Campos,
Katherine Baishiki, and Barbara Iwai. When the war
broke out, Haluto's family was sent to the Assembly
Center in Santa Anita, California in February 1942 and
then to a Relocation Camp in Amache, Colorado.
On May 29, 1944, Haluto enlisted in the U.S. Army
(Serial No. 39 929 903) at Ft. Douglas, Utah and trained
at Camp Shelby, Mississippi in June 1944. In November
1944, Haluto was sent overseas to Menton, France as a
replacement in the 100th Battalion, 442nd Regimental
Combat Team, Company C where they patrolled the
southern border of France. Haluto's unit shipped out to
Italy in late March. Pfc. Haluto Moriguchi was killed in
action on April 5, 1945 by mortar shell fragments during
their surprise attack against the German Gothic Line in
the Po Valley Campaign.
The late Richard Yamamoto wrote an article "A Chance Meeting" about his memories of Haluto:
"Haluto Moriguchi, a 'kotonk' and 18 years old, joined Charlie Company in the winter of 1944 at
Menton, Southern France. He was a very energetic and likable lad and everyone took to him.
First Sgt. Warren Iwai nicknamed him 'Junior' I was a mail clerk and got to know Junior real well.
He even showed me a snapshot of June, his cute kid sister and told me that his family had moved to
American Fork, Utah, from a relocation center. Junior was killed in action during the big push
Richard Yamamoto recalled after the war ended and during their train ride home that they stopped in
Salt Lake City when, "... I stuck my head out of the window ... and couldn't believe my eyes. There,
standing alone was this young girl, the exact image of the snapshot Junior had shown me. I called out
and asked her if her name was June and she answered yes. Quickly, I called her to our coach and
introduced her to Warren Iwai and other Charlie Company members."
"She said she would call her mother over. Her mother had gone to the other half of the train while June
looked on this side. Mrs. Moriguchi was so happy to see many Charlie Company members
"Unlike the Ganpeki No Haha of Japan, the mother who to her dying day met every troop ship
that returned and docked at the pier near her vicinity, hoping that her son would be on the ship,
Mrs. Moriguchi, even though knowing that her son would never return had gone out to meet every
troop train going through Salt Lake City in the hope that she could meet someone who knew her son
before he was killed in action. Our train was the first with boys from the 100th. It was a happy and yet
a sad meeting for Mrs. Moriguchi, June, and our group .... It was a chance meeting because of a
snapshot of a dear sister that was shown to me." „ *
r K. Baishiki
17
Object Description
| Title | 442nd Regimental Combat Team Facts |
| Description | Go For Broke releases a brochure about various World War II events relating to Japanese Americans. |
| Subjects | World War II--Military service--442nd Regimental Combat Team |
| Type | image |
| Genre | Notes |
| Language | eng |
| Collection | Hirasuna Family Papers |
| Collection Description | 35 items |
| Project Name | California State University Japanese American Digitization Project |
| Rights | Rights not yet transferred |
Description
| Local ID | csufr_hfp_0551 |
| Project ID | csufr_hfp_0551 |
| Title | PFC. Haluto Moriguchi |
| Creator | Go For Broke |
| Date Created | Unknown |
| Subjects | World War II--Military service--442nd Regimental Combat Team |
| Type | image |
| Genre | Notes |
| Language | eng |
| Collection | Hirasuna Family Papers |
| Collection Description | 8.17 x 10.93in |
| Rights | Rights not yet transferred |
| Transcript | Pfc. Haluto Moriguchi February 24,1925 - April 5,1945 Pfc. Haluto Moriguchi Pfc. Haluto Moriguchi, son of Torao and Yae Moriguchi, was born on February 24, 1925 in San Francisco, California. He was the only son and eldest of five siblings, followed by sisters June Moriguchi, Lilly Campos, Katherine Baishiki, and Barbara Iwai. When the war broke out, Haluto's family was sent to the Assembly Center in Santa Anita, California in February 1942 and then to a Relocation Camp in Amache, Colorado. On May 29, 1944, Haluto enlisted in the U.S. Army (Serial No. 39 929 903) at Ft. Douglas, Utah and trained at Camp Shelby, Mississippi in June 1944. In November 1944, Haluto was sent overseas to Menton, France as a replacement in the 100th Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team, Company C where they patrolled the southern border of France. Haluto's unit shipped out to Italy in late March. Pfc. Haluto Moriguchi was killed in action on April 5, 1945 by mortar shell fragments during their surprise attack against the German Gothic Line in the Po Valley Campaign. The late Richard Yamamoto wrote an article "A Chance Meeting" about his memories of Haluto: "Haluto Moriguchi, a 'kotonk' and 18 years old, joined Charlie Company in the winter of 1944 at Menton, Southern France. He was a very energetic and likable lad and everyone took to him. First Sgt. Warren Iwai nicknamed him 'Junior' I was a mail clerk and got to know Junior real well. He even showed me a snapshot of June, his cute kid sister and told me that his family had moved to American Fork, Utah, from a relocation center. Junior was killed in action during the big push Richard Yamamoto recalled after the war ended and during their train ride home that they stopped in Salt Lake City when, "... I stuck my head out of the window ... and couldn't believe my eyes. There, standing alone was this young girl, the exact image of the snapshot Junior had shown me. I called out and asked her if her name was June and she answered yes. Quickly, I called her to our coach and introduced her to Warren Iwai and other Charlie Company members." "She said she would call her mother over. Her mother had gone to the other half of the train while June looked on this side. Mrs. Moriguchi was so happy to see many Charlie Company members "Unlike the Ganpeki No Haha of Japan, the mother who to her dying day met every troop ship that returned and docked at the pier near her vicinity, hoping that her son would be on the ship, Mrs. Moriguchi, even though knowing that her son would never return had gone out to meet every troop train going through Salt Lake City in the hope that she could meet someone who knew her son before he was killed in action. Our train was the first with boys from the 100th. It was a happy and yet a sad meeting for Mrs. Moriguchi, June, and our group .... It was a chance meeting because of a snapshot of a dear sister that was shown to me." „ * r K. Baishiki 17 |
