A HERO OF THE 100TH INFANTRY BATTALION

Shinyei Nakamine, a native of Waianae, Oahu, T.H., enlisted in the U.S. Army on 14 November 1941. He trained with the 298th Inf. Regt. at Schofield Barracks, Oahu. He later went to Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, and Camp Shelby, Mississippi, with Co. B, 100th Inf. Bn. He saw action in Algeria and Italy before being killed in action near La Torreta on 2 June 1944 after landing at Anzio and beginning the move to Rome. He was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, which was upgraded to the Medal of Honor after military review in 2000. The Medal of Honor was presented at a White House ceremony on 21 June 2000 by Pres. Bill Clinton.

Pvt. Nakamine was also awarded the Bronze Star; Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster; Combat Infantryman Badge; the Asiatic-Pacific, American, and European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medals; and the World War II Victory Medal. He is interred at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu. (Source: http://www.100thbattalion.org and ancestry.com)

⭐ Private Nakamine's Medal of Honor citation reads as follows:

Private Shinyei Nakamine distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism in action on 2 June 1944, near La Torreto, Italy. During an attack, Private Nakamine's platoon became pinned down by intense machine-gun crossfire from a small knoll 200 yards to the front. On his own initiative, Private Nakamine crawled toward one of the hostile weapons. Reaching a point 25 yards from the enemy, he charged the machine-gun nest, firing his submachine gun, stopping three enemy soldiers and capturing two. Later that afternoon, Private Nakamine discovered an enemy soldier on the right flank of his platoon's position. Crawling 25 yards from his position, Private Nakamine opened fire; fatally wounding the soldier. Then, seeing a machine-gun nest to his front approximately 75 yards away, he returned to his platoon and led an automatic rifle team toward the enemy. Under covering fire from his team, Private Nakamine crawled to a point 25 yards from the nest and threw hand grenades at the enemy soldiers, wounding one and capturing four. Spotting another machine-gun nest 100 yards to his right flank, he led the automatic rifle team toward the hostile position but was killed by a burst of machine-gun fire. Private Nakamine's extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty are in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit on him, his unit, and the United States Army.

Shinyei Nakamine was just 24 years old at the time of his death. Lest We Forget.
To read more about the brave men of the 100th Battalion please visit: http://www.100thbattalion.org

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Original description and photo sourced by http://www.100thbattalion.org and ancestry.com.