The Sierra Nisei Post #8499 was organized in Fresno, California on October 17, 1953, with the help of V.F.W. member Alva Fleming, who invited the Nisei veterans to join the V.F.W. In fact, he was involved in the formation of 14 V.F.W. Nisei posts throughout the state of California.
The Sierra Nisei Post #8499 began with 120 charter members, which included the Nisei veterans of World War II, the Korean War, and at least one issei (1st-generation) veteran from World War I.
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Charter Members of the Sierra Nisei Post #8499
Edward Hisao Aburamen
Larry K. Ashida
Shoichi Dobashi
Shunkichi Ego
George Fujihara
William K. Fujimoto
Susumu Fujimura
Takeshi "Jim" Fujisaka
Roy J. Furumoto
Yeijin H. Goya
Tsutomu Hamaguchi
Jimmy Etsuo Harada
Makoto Mac Hata
Minoru Hata
Masao Hayashi
Yoshimi "Shim" Roger Hiraoka
Yasuto Jimmie Hirasuna
Richard Y. Hirata
Kenichi Hirose
Ben Sanaye Honda
Koichi K. Hori
Harry Hideo Hoshiko
Takuo Hosoda
Kan Ibara
Hifumi "Hy" Ikeda
Jack Saburo Ikuta
Yosh Inahara
Haruo Harry Inn
Takashi Inouye
Sam S. Ishida
Jin Ishikawa
Frank N. Isogawa
Hiroshi Isogawa
George H. Izuno
Jimmie S. Jinkawa
Gary T. Kadani
Tamotsu T. Kawaguchi
Yoshigo Sheik Kawaguchi
Peter M. Kawamura
Shoji Kawate
Hideo Kikuta
Shinobu Kubota
Futoshi Frank Kubota
Eiichi Kubota
Kazuo Kunishige
Albert Masanori Kunitake
Tetsuya Kurisu
Kenichi Ken Kuroda
Tom K. Maekawa
George Shizuto Masuda
Isaac "Ike" Matsuyama
Tad Miyake
James K. Miyamoto
Jack S. Mori
Tadashi Mori
George Tokiyoshi Morishita
Tom H. Mukai
James Shigeo Mukai
Harry G. Murashima
James I. Murashima
Harry Kiyoshi Nagata
Akira Nakagawa
Aido Nakamichi
Katsuto Nakano
Yoshio Nakashige
Morito Nii
George Nishio
Richard K. Nobori
Hogumo Ogawa
Sam I. Okada
Shigeo Okada
Howard Kange Renge
Robert S. Saiki
Takamori T. Saito
John J. Saiki
Fred T. Sakasegawa
Jimmy Sakoda
Jimmie Yoshiyuki Sasaki
Chester Sasashima
Roy H. Sato
Takeo Tom Sekiya
William Shiba
George Y. Shigyo
Harry Shintaku
Tokutaro N. Slocum
Yoshiji Tom Sugahara
Masao Sugimoto
George Warren Suzuki
Kazuma T. Takemoto
Masaichi Taketa
Kenneth Takeuchi
Floyd T. Takeuchi
Toshio Taniguchi
Hiromo Taniwa
Masaji Teraoka
Masaki "Mas" Teraoka
Herbert M. Togashi
Noboru Togioka
Masao Tsuboi
Toshio T. Tsubota
Seiichi Jim Tsuda
Jack Haruo Tsudama
Minoru Tsudama
Shigeru Gary Tsudama
Teruo G. Tsuroka
William M. Ueki
Masa Uyeda
Roy Kenji Uyeno
Gichi Yamagata
Roy T. Yamagiwa
George Yamaguchi
Shigeto Yamamoto
Frank Y. Yamamoto
Takashi Yamamoto
John Downs Yanase
Sam Isamu Yomogida
Katsumi Yoshioka
Minoru Yoshioka
Ronald H. Yoshioka
Mas Mark Yuyama
Photo credit: Hiroshi Isogawa
Source: 60th Anniversary of the Sierra Nisei Post #8499 program
