B Company
Yozo Yamamoto was born in Honomu, Hawaii. In 1937 he graduated from McKinley High School in Honolulu and then worked in his father’s ice factory delivering ice to customers. He volunteered and joined the army in March 1941. Yamamoto played baseball and football during the period before the battalion left for Europe. His nicknames were Rocky and Kokomo.
Awarded two Purple Hearts, he was wounded in the forehead and the second time in his leg.
![Formal Portrait of Yozo Yamamoto, early 1940s [Courtesy of Sandy Erlandson]](https://stage.100thbattalion.org/wp-content/gallery/yozo-yamamotov/yamamoto_yozo_001.jpg "Formal Portrait of Yozo Yamamoto, early 1940s [Courtesy of Sandy Erlandson]")
![Yozo Yamamoto visits the University of Wisconsin, Madison [Courtesy of Sandy Erlandson]](https://stage.100thbattalion.org/wp-content/gallery/yozo-yamamotov/yamamoto_yozo_003.jpg "Yozo Yamamoto visits the University of Wisconsin, Madison [Courtesy of Sandy Erlandson]")
![Yozo Yamamoto and friends visit the Coliseum in Rome while on leave [Courtesy of Sandy Erlandson]](https://stage.100thbattalion.org/wp-content/gallery/yozo-yamamotov/yamamoto_yozo_004.jpg "Yozo Yamamoto and friends visit the Coliseum in Rome while on leave [Courtesy of Sandy Erlandson]")
![Yozo Yamamoto and friends take in a show at the Lexington Hotel while on furlough in Wisconsin, from l-r James Akamine; hula dancer; James Oki; Yozo Yamamoto [Courtesy of Sandy Tomai Erlandson]](https://stage.100thbattalion.org/wp-content/gallery/yozo-yamamotov/yamamoto_yozo_005.jpg "Yozo Yamamoto and friends take in a show at the Lexington Hotel while on furlough in Wisconsin, from l-r James Akamine; hula dancer; James Oki; Yozo Yamamoto [Courtesy of Sandy Tomai Erlandson]")
![Yozo Yamamoto in Italy [Courtesy of Sandy Erlandson]](https://stage.100thbattalion.org/wp-content/gallery/yozo-yamamotov/yamamoto_yozo_006.jpg "Yozo Yamamoto in Italy [Courtesy of Sandy Erlandson]")
![Yozo Yamamoto as a Wisconsin-Dell Indian, Wisconsin [Courtesy of Sandy Erlandson]](https://stage.100thbattalion.org/wp-content/gallery/yozo-yamamotov/yamamoto_yozo_007.jpg "Yozo Yamamoto as a Wisconsin-Dell Indian, Wisconsin [Courtesy of Sandy Erlandson]")
![Yozo Yamamoto at Camp McCoy, Yozo Yamamoto at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin [Courtesy of Sandy Erlandson]](https://stage.100thbattalion.org/wp-content/gallery/yozo-yamamotov/yamamoto_yozo_010.jpg "Yozo Yamamoto at Camp McCoy, Yozo Yamamoto at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin [Courtesy of Sandy Erlandson]")
![Yozo Yamamoto drinking at a water fountain while on furlough in Madison, Wisconsin [Courtesy of Sandy Erlandson]](https://stage.100thbattalion.org/wp-content/gallery/yozo-yamamotov/yamamoto_yozo_008.jpg "Yozo Yamamoto drinking at a water fountain while on furlough in Madison, Wisconsin [Courtesy of Sandy Erlandson]")
![Yozo Yamamoto and a friend ride a Shriner’s camel [Courtesy of Sandy Erlandson]](https://stage.100thbattalion.org/wp-content/gallery/yozo-yamamotov/yamamoto_yozo_009.jpg "Yozo Yamamoto and a friend ride a Shriner’s camel [Courtesy of Sandy Erlandson]")
![Goro Moriguchi (pitcher) ad Takeba (left fielder) practice in Wisconsin [Courtesy of Sandy Erlandson]](https://stage.100thbattalion.org/wp-content/gallery/yozo-yamamotov/yamamoto_yozo_011.jpg "Goro Moriguchi (pitcher) ad Takeba (left fielder) practice in Wisconsin [Courtesy of Sandy Erlandson]")
![Goro Moriguchi (pitcher) ad Takeba (left fielder) practice in Wisconsin [Courtesy of Sandy Erlandson]](https://stage.100thbattalion.org/wp-content/gallery/yozo-yamamotov/yamamoto_yozo_014x.jpg "Goro Moriguchi (pitcher) ad Takeba (left fielder) practice in Wisconsin [Courtesy of Sandy Erlandson]")