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November 12, 2005

Now This Just Stinks.

A
ccording to this story, the U.S. Army took 25 Japanese American soldiers in World War II and used them as bait for attack dogs, to train the dogs to respond to the "Japanese smell":
"Hawaii soldiers like Nosaka and Ono were shipped to jungle areas in Mississippi, where the dogs would chase them. With padded clothing for protection, they were also told to wear pieces of meat around their neck so the dogs would lunge at their throat."

Posted by Eric at November 12, 2005 6:28 PM

Comments

I wonder what Mr. Masugi would say about this.

Posted by: Charles at November 13, 2005 1:20 AM

I thought this was common knowledge but have been surprised to find out it is not. I first read about it in the 1970's (I can't recall the book at the moment).

Posted by: David at November 13, 2005 3:14 PM

Pvt. Raymond Nosaka , B Co/100th Inf Bn;
Purple Heart, Combat Infantry Badge

Sgt Tokuji Ono, B Co/100th Inf. Bn;
Purple Heart, Distinguished Unit Badge, Combat Infantryman Badge

I wonder Ono was a Sgt then... sounds like the sort of call for volunteers that Sgts don't go for :)

Timing would probably have been sometime between Mar. and Jul. 43; it sounds like the 100th Bn was getting a bit bored and restless around then. As I understand it, most of the 100th were former national guard, who were already trained. This may have been part of a bunch of stuff to keep em busy whilst the 442nd came up to speed.

http://www.katonk.com/index.html

Posted by: Simon Spero at November 14, 2005 8:56 AM

Tokuji Ono is my grandfather. His leg was injured in battle by a grenade.

Posted by: Jared at December 24, 2005 10:06 PM

Tokuji Ono was my Principal while I was a math teacher at Kalakaua Intermediate in the early 1970s and was and I am sure is an honorable man. If he said, it happened. Best Regards. Bill Hager.

Posted by: Bill Hager at January 29, 2006 10:18 PM