by caappy » Mon Jul 09, 2018 5:36 pm
Yoshito Fujimoto is 100 years old and was born on 04/28/1918. He joined the U.S. Army in the summer of 1941. It was five months before the bombing of Pearl Harbor, which catapulted the U.S. into World War II. He was eventually assigned to the elite Military Intelligence Service Unit. Later, he became the personal interpreter for Gen. Richard J Marshall, the Army's deputy chief of staff in the Pacific. August 1945 bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki led to the surrender of Japan. He was one of four Nisei officers who were tasked with the momentous job of translating the document that sealed Japan's surrender and ended the war.
Sent him 2 photos on 20 Jun and got them back signed on 9 Jun.. His son, Ken, enclosed a note saying his father appreciated my letter and that his father can not hear but can communicate in writing.. and that he is doing well for being 100..
Address on the return envelope was
Mr Ken Fujimoto
4124 Konya Dr.
Torrance, CA 90503
Yoshito Fujimoto is 100 years old and was born on 04/28/1918. He joined the U.S. Army in the summer of 1941. It was five months before the bombing of Pearl Harbor, which catapulted the U.S. into World War II. He was eventually assigned to the elite Military Intelligence Service Unit. Later, he became the personal interpreter for Gen. Richard J Marshall, the Army's deputy chief of staff in the Pacific. August 1945 bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki led to the surrender of Japan. He was one of four Nisei officers who were tasked with the momentous job of translating the document that sealed Japan's surrender and ended the war.
Sent him 2 photos on 20 Jun and got them back signed on 9 Jun.. His son, Ken, enclosed a note saying his father appreciated my letter and that his father can not hear but can communicate in writing.. and that he is doing well for being 100..
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Address on the return envelope was
Mr Ken Fujimoto
4124 Konya Dr.
Torrance, CA 90503