Oldest Living Medal of Honor Recipient Dead at 94

[GoldenRivet]

http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=13890274

Interesting i haven't seen this anywhere.

I found it first on some low rent, bottom of the line news source, I didn't catch this in ANY of the major networks... CNN, FOX etc

[nikimcbee]

Barney Hajiro, 94, served in the Army's famed 442nd Regimental Combat Team. He single-handedly destroyed two German machine gun nests during the rescue of the "Lost Battalion" in France. He was shot in the cheek, shoulder and wrist, leaving his left arm paralyzed.
"There were snipers, lot of shooting, and people were saying it's going to be suicide, but he said he had a duty to do," recalled Glenn Hajiro.
More than half a century after the bloody battle, President Bill Clinton presented the Medal of Honor to the Nisei veteran in 2000.


:salute: RIP.

[Growler]

Nisei, and part of the legendary 442nd RCT (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/442nd_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)).

Hand salute, sir. Rest easy.

[GoldenRivet]

Oddly enough, one of the video game ideas i had was loosely based on the 442nd

[Jimbuna]

"His dream was to be a track star, but he only went to the 8th grade. He never got to do his thing, so I told him, on his death bed, to run," said Hajiro's son.


Tremendous :sunny:

RIP Sir