George (Ganjiro) Morihiro
“It was exciting.”
George Morihiro is talking about his experience in the all-Nisei 442nd Regimental Combat Team during World War II.
“But don’t get me wrong. I was 17. The German soldiers were laid dead or wounded around us, but still, I never thought we would die. I was excited to serve for the country.”
He talks with a smile in his eyes.
George was born in Fife, Washington. His nickname, Ganjiro, came from his father, who came to the U.S. from Hiroshima in 1898 and worked in a sawmill near Tacoma. His mother came from Hawaii. Just before the …