George Taro Sakato Collection

Biographical Information

Name:

George Taro Sakato

State of Birth:

CA

Home State:

CO

Note

Veteran's biographical form lists race/ethnicity as Japanese-American.

Gender

Male

Race

Asian

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War or Conflict

World War, 1939-1945

Military Status

Veteran

Dates of Service

1944-1945

Entrance into Service

Enlisted

Branch of Service

Army

Unit of Service

3rd Squad, 3rd Platoon, Company E, 2nd Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team (RCT), 36th Infantry Division

Location of Service

Camp Blanding, Florida; Camp Shelby, Mississippi; Oran, Algeria; Naples, Italy; Biffontaine, France; Germany; European Theater

Battles/Campaigns

Rhineland, Vosges Mountains

Highest Rank

Private

Prisoner of War

No

Service History Note

The veteran earned the Medal of Honor for his service at Hill 617 near Biffontaine, France on 10/29/1944. He was hit by shrapnel while his unit was trying to rescue the "Lost Battalion" (1st Battalion, 141st Infantry Regiment, 36th Infantry Division) on Hill 617.

Collection Information

Type of Resource:

Video: Betacam SP [1 item] -- Oral history interview

Video: Betacam SP [1 item] -- Oral history interview

Manuscript: Biographical information [2 items] -- Typewritten document

Manuscript: Transcript [1 item] -- Transcription of video recording

Interviewer:

unknown interviewer

Contributor:

Thomas Wilkerson

Contributor Affiliation/Organization:

Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation (CMOH)

Collection #:

AFC/2001/001/89776

Subjects:

Sakato, George Taro

World War, 1939-1945--Personal Narratives

United States. Army.

Cite as:

George Taro Sakato Collection
(AFC/2001/001/89776), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress