Katsugo Miho: Photos

Katsugo Miho: Photos

Overview (Family Background)

Infant Katsugo Miho. Kahului, Maui. Ca. 1922 / 1923.

Katsugo Miho, Infant

Katsuichi and Ayano Miho. Kahului, Maui. Pre-World War II.

Katsuichi Miho

Katsuichi Miho Family. Ca. 1922 - 1923.

Katsuichi Miho Family. Ca. 1927 - 1928.

Katsuichi Miho Family. First row, l-r: Fumie, Katsuso, Katsuro, Unidentified, Unidentified. Second row, l-r: Ayano, Katsuichi, Tsukie.

Katsuichi Miho Family. l-r: Katsugo Miho; Mrs. Tanabe; Jayne Miho (wife of Katsuro); Ayano Miho holding Jon Miho, Jayne and Katsuro’s son; and Katsuro Miho.

Katsuichi Miho Family. l-r: Katsuro Miho; Katsuichi Miho; Paul Katsuso Miho; Tsukie Rosaline Miho; Katsuaki Miho; Ayano Miho with infant, Katsugo Miho; Fumiye Miho. Ca. 1922

Miho Family, Japan. 1926.

Miho Family. (L-R) Katsuro Miho; Katsuichi Miho with son, Katsuaki; Paul Katsuso Miho, Tsukie Rosaline Miho; Katsugo Miho; Ayano Miho; Fumiye Miho. Kahului, Maui. Photo by Kutsunai Photo Studio. Ca. 1942.

Miho Siblings at Onishi Camp. l-r: Paul Katsuso, Katsugo, Fumiye, and Katsuaki Miho.

Mr. and Mrs. Katsuichi Miho. Honolulu, Hawaii. Circa 1950s.

Community

Copy of AJA Jr. League, Moiliili baseball team. Second row, fourth from left, is Katsugo Miho.

Kahului, Maui. Miho Hotel is the building on the right with pillars.

Kahului, Maui. Miho Hotel on left.

Kahului, Maui businesses. Kahului Hotel (later Miho Hotel) in center.

Katsuro Miho, winning the 1st Territorial Model Airplane Contest. Hawaii.

Miho family on a picnic in Iao Valley on the island of Maui when Dr. Takakusu from Japan visited.

Private residence of Toda Drugstore family.

Puunene Store (left) and Kahului Railroad Station and post office (right). Kahului, Maui.

Waialeale, Inter-Island Steamship. Pier 2. Kahului, Maui. Pre-World War II.

Youth

"Kewpie Dolls,” 1st grade, Kahului Japanese-language School. Katsugo Miho is 2nd from right.

Boys at the Beach. Katsugo Miho is in the middle; also in view are the Kinoshita and Toda boys. Kihei, Hawaii.

Kahului Athletic Club, 115 lb. Football Team. 1937 Champs. Second row, third from left, is Katsugo Miho.

Kahului Athletic Club, 125 lb. Football Team. Second row, 8th from left, is Katsugo Miho.

Kahului Athletic Club, AJA Basketball. Front row, kneeling, 1st from left, is Katsugo Miho.

Sumo at a picnic. Katsugo Miho, at age 9 or 10, on left. Kihei, Maui.

Education

Kahului Grammar School, 8th grade graduation. Second row, 1st from left, is Katsugo Miho.

Kahului Japanese-language School, graduation. Third row, 1st from left, is Katsugo Miho. Kahului (Maui), Hawaii.

Katsugo Miho, Graduation, High School.

Katsugo Miho (#41), right halfback, Maui High School. Kahului Fairgrounds.

Katsugo Miho (#41), running with the football, Maui High School. Kahului Fairgrounds.

Maui High School vs. Baldwin High School. Katsugo Miho (#41) with ball. Kahului Fairgrounds.

Mrs. Garrison’s Core Studies Class 1 and 2. Maui High School. Third row, 3rd from left, is Katsugo Miho. Kahului (Maui), Hawaii.

Early Adulthood

Katsuaki Miho.

Katsugo Miho, standing in the courtyard of the Miho Hotel.

Katsugo Miho, standing in the courtyard of the Miho Hotel.

The first car Katsugo Miho, 15-16 years old, learned to drive. Katsugo is on the right. Paul is working on engine. Katsuro is behind him. Behind the Kahului Theater.

Home Front

Katsuaki Miho Memorial.

Katsugo Miho as defense worker, posing with dogs. Maui.

Enlistment & Draft

Farewell photo taken before being shipped out. l-r: Katsugo Miho, Ayano Miho (mother), Katsuaki Miho (brother). Kahului, Maui. March 1943.

Katsugo and Katsuaki Miho before leaving Honolulu for Camp Shelby.

Training: Camp Shelby

Katsugo and Katsuaki Miho. Camp Shelby, Mississippi.

Katsugo Miho on maneuvers. Leesville, Louisiana. September 9, 1943.

Louisiana Maneuvers. l-r: “Cannonball” Watanabe, Katsugo Miho, Ed Nakamura, Ed Honda. Leesville, Louisiana.

Miho Brothers. l-r: Katsuaki, Paul, and Katsugo. Camp Shelby, Mississippi.

Training: Internment Camps

Incarcerated enemy aliens. Far right, standing is Katsuichi Miho, in a Dept. of Justice camp. Sunshine Fukunaga’s father is also in photo, sitting second from left. Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Military Service: General

Barbecue chicken feast. Men of the 522nd enjoy the results of Kats’ and Flints’ search for chicken. Germany. 1945.

Military Service: Europe

Katsugo Miho. This studio portrait was sent by Katsugo Miho to his father, Katsuichi, who was incarcerated in a Dept. of Justice camp in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Katsugo Miho driving a jeep, with two children. Mertingen, Germany.

Koenigsee Monastery. Germany. 1945.

Officers. l-r: Joe Polancic, Al Binotti, Rob Everly, and Johnny Cooley. Nice, France.

“Konkon” Shiroma with Horner accordion. Germany.

Military Service: War Duties

Artillery gun at full recoil. Katsugo Miho, 522nd Field Artillery Battalion, Battery B. Menton, France.

Artillery gun at high angle. Katsugo Miho’s back in view.

Kuuipo, #2 gun. Katsugo Miho peers in sight. Hisashi Yamagishi loads gun, Roy Fujii is on the right. France.

Military: Europe, Liberation of Dachau

522nd heads toward Dachau. Sign reads: “Dachau 1000M.”

Military Service: End of War

"Blinkey" standing in front of latrine. Mertingen, Germany.

522nd, Battery B men throwing horseshoes. One of them is Yoshida from Puunene, Hawaii. Occupied Germany.

At Hitler’s hideout. l-r: Katsugo Miho, Richard Ogata, and “Cannonball” Watanabe. Germany.

Displaced Refugees in Germany.

Katsugo Miho in front of "Hitler’s Hideout." Germany.

Homecoming

442nd RCT GIs at the Frank Sinatra Show. Katsugo Miho (3rd row, 11th from right) and Ted Tsukiyama (first row, far right) are in the photo. Los Angeles, California.

Fort Kamehameha, Hawaii where 442nd soldiers were processed for discharge.

Katsugo Miho with discharge papers. Honolulu, Hawaii.

Soldiers boarding SS Ericsson enroute Marseilles to New York.

GI Bill

Japan-Hawaii Goodwill Baseball Series, 1955-1995. Kyushu tour, Japan.

Katsugo Miho, Graduation, University of Hawaii.

Katsugo Miho, Senior Class President, University of Hawaii.

Katsugo Miho, University of Hawaii student, eating a hot dog.

Katsugo Miho at veterans’ dormitory, University of Hawaii.

Katsugo Miho graduates from University of Hawaii. Andrews Amphitheatre, UH-Manoa campus. Honolulu, Hawaii.

Katsugo Miho in front of 240 N. Bryant St., Arlington, Va. He and John Ushijima lived there as law school students at George Washington University; he bought the car for $100.

Katsugo Miho on the steps of 240 N. Bryant St., Arlington, Va.

Marriage

Wedding photo of Katsugo and Laura Miho. Honolulu, Hawaii.

Life After War

AJA Jr. League, Moiliili baseball team. Second row, fourth from left, is Katsugo Miho.

Al Binotti visits Honolulu, Hawaii. “Bulldog” Nishizawa, Katsugo Miho, and George “Gashouse” Ishihara (from Los Angeles, CA) also in photo.

Artillery Motor Officers, Class #3. Katsugo Miho, 2nd Lt., is sitting, fifth from left. Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

Campaign sign for Katsugo Miho when he ran for the City and County of Honolulu Board of Supervisors. Mr. Hirano allowed the sign to be placed there. Honolulu, Hawaii.

Hawaii state legislators on the Big Island to inspect aftermath of Kapoho eruption. Kona, Hawaii.

Hawaii State Legislature, Opening Day. Iolani Palace Throne Room. Honolulu, Hawaii.

Katsugo and Laura Miho. Japan.

Katsugo and Laura Miho with their firstborn child, Carolyn Mariko Miho. Honolulu, Hawaii.

Katsugo Miho, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Katsugo Miho, Japan.

Katsugo Miho and Takamiyama (Jesse Kuhaulua). Honolulu, Hawaii.

Katsugo Miho Family.

Katsugo Miho Family. l-r: Cecilia, Carolyn, Laura, Katsugo, Ann, and Arthur Miho. Honolulu, Hawaii.

Katsugo Miho pointing at his old dorm room at the Atherton House. Honolulu, Hawaii.

Katsugo Miho receiving honor from Foreign Minister Aso.

Reunion of the 442nd RCT. l-r: Laura Miho, Katsugo Miho, Hideo Nagamine, and James Mizuno. Lahaina, Hawaii.

State Representative Katsugo Miho. Opening day of legislative session.

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