StevenL Posted May 7, 2009 Share #1 Posted May 7, 2009 Does anyone own or even simply seen any WW2 dog tags with a next of kin address in Hawaii? I saw one for Alaska once on eBay and unfortunately I didn't bid on it. I've never seen another one since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted May 7, 2009 Share #2 Posted May 7, 2009 Does anyone own or even simply seen any WW2 dog tags with a next of kin address in Hawaii? I saw one for Alaska once on eBay and unfortunately I didn't bid on it. I've never seen another one since. Those are though ones! Nevada is a though one too! Las Vegas didnt amount to much during WWII . Kurt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Keith Posted May 7, 2009 Share #3 Posted May 7, 2009 I haven't seen either but I have one with the NOK address in Hungary. BKW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenL Posted May 8, 2009 Author Share #4 Posted May 8, 2009 I've gotten so many "normal" NOK tags by now that I'd like to add some really odd ones but I just can't find any! I've seen some with addresses in Europe before but never any for sale. I'd love to see a photo of yours. Hawaii seems to be the rarest from what I've seen. Funny it'd be easier to find examples with European addresses... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl Posted May 13, 2009 Share #5 Posted May 13, 2009 I've gotten so many "normal" NOK tags by now that I'd like to add some really odd ones but I just can't find any! I've seen some with addresses in Europe before but never any for sale. I'd love to see a photo of yours. Hawaii seems to be the rarest from what I've seen. Funny it'd be easier to find examples with European addresses... Here are a few examples I have from Hawaii. I have never seen one from Alaska. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl Posted May 13, 2009 Share #6 Posted May 13, 2009 Here are a few examples I have from Hawaii. I have never seen one from Alaska. ' Here are two more. Earl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenL Posted May 13, 2009 Author Share #7 Posted May 13, 2009 Those are some really nice tags. Thank you for posting them Earl. You must have a lot of luck to find so many! It's interesting to see how they mark them, as TH, I'd wondered how that worked. The one Alaska tag I saw just had AK, nothing denoting it as a territory. Odd... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim46 Posted May 14, 2009 Share #8 Posted May 14, 2009 'Here are two more. Earl Earl, As I am sure you already know, all four of these men served in the 442d Regimental Combat Team. Kato, Ikebe, and Yamato were assigned to the combat team's medical detachment (I don't know about Sakamoto). Sakamoto was awarded a bronze star. Ikebe, who died on July 1, 1997 at the age of 74, was awarded a bronze star and an oak-leaf cluster. Kato was wounded in July 1944. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl Posted May 15, 2009 Share #9 Posted May 15, 2009 Earl, As I am sure you already know, all four of these men served in the 442d Regimental Combat Team. Kato, Ikebe, and Yamato were assigned to the combat team's medical detachment (I don't know about Sakamoto). Sakamoto was awarded a bronze star. Ikebe, who died on July 1, 1997 at the age of 74, was awarded a bronze star and an oak-leaf cluster. Kato was wounded in July 1944. Jim46 Thanks for the information. Tech/5 Sadao Sakamoto was a member of the 442RCT Medical Detachment. I believe there is a misspell on his tag. I think it should be Sakumoto. Private Ikebe also was awarded the Purple Heart and Private Kato was awarded the Silver Star and Purple Heart. 442RCT and 100th Battalion were an still are a great bunch of American heros. Earl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted May 15, 2009 Share #10 Posted May 15, 2009 There's also a typo on Ikebe's dogtag - the town is KANEOHE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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