ARTHUR KOURA VOLUNTEERS FOR NISEI WAR UNIT
By TONY KOURA
Review staff correspondent

HUNT, Ida., Wednesday, September 15--Arthur Koura, who volunteered for the Japanese-American Combat Unit of the United States Army last March, will leave for Fort Douglas, Utah, soon to be inducted. After he passes his final physical examination, he will be granted a short furlough. Then he will report to Camp Shelby, Miss., where the Combat Unit now is training.

In the training center, the Unit recently staged its first formal parade since its formation, according to word received here. Col. W.C. Pence, the commanding officer, summed up his thoughts by saying, "I'd take these men into war."

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Kazua Yamashita, 34 years old, Winslow, died in the project hospital here September 8. His funeral was held Monday.

His death, first of an Islander at Hunt, came after an illness caused by kidney and heart diseases, complicated by pneumonia.

Mr. Yamashita was born on the Island and attended Bainbridge High School. He was working on an Idaho farm for more than a year and recently came to Hunt to join his family.

Surviving are his mother, Mrs. M. Yamashita; a brother, PFC Masaharu Yamashita, Camp Wolters, Tex., and his sisters, Michiko, Eva, Emiko, Anna, Sally Yamashita and Mrs. K. Nagaishi.

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A large signboard will be erected near the community flagpole here, bearing names of all the Hunt men who are in the service. The Honor Roll will have the names of the Minidoka volunteers who enlisted in the U.S. Army early this year, as well as those men who were serving before the war.

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In the All-Hunt Class "A" softball tourney, Section 7 came out second after losing the championship game. On the Section 7 team were Nob Oyama, Winslow, catcher; Kaya Terayama, Battle Point, pitcher, and Sat Sakuma, Winslow, second baseman.