B Company
Toshikatsu Nakahara was born in Honolulu in 1919. His father worked on the railroad. After every child was born, his mother took the baby back to the family farm in Kumamoto, Japan. He attended school in Japan and was raised by his grandmother. As a young teenager, Nakahara returned to Honolulu and worked on the railroad with his father.
The war split the family; part of them were still in Japan and some of them in Hawai’i. One of his brothers fought in Japan’s army. Nakahara entered the army in December 1940 and was an original member of the 100th. After the war, he was a cabinetmaker at Tripler Army Medical Center and Fort Shafter where he constructed crates used to ship supplies to the mainland.
![Joe Nakahara plays in the snow at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, winter 1942. [Courtesy of Velma Nakahara]](https://www.100thbattalion.org/wp-content/gallery/toshikatsu-nakahara/nakahara_toshikatsu_023.jpg "Joe Nakahara plays in the snow at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, winter 1942. [Courtesy of Velma Nakahara]")
![[Courtesy of Velma Nakahara]](https://www.100thbattalion.org/wp-content/gallery/toshikatsu-nakahara/nakahara_toshikatsu_027x.jpg "[Courtesy of Velma Nakahara]")
![[Courtesy of Velma Nakahara]](https://www.100thbattalion.org/wp-content/gallery/toshikatsu-nakahara/nakahara_toshikatsu_022x.jpg "[Courtesy of Velma Nakahara]")
![[Courtesy of Velma Nakahara]](https://www.100thbattalion.org/wp-content/gallery/toshikatsu-nakahara/nakahara_toshikatsu_021x.jpg "[Courtesy of Velma Nakahara]")
![[Courtesy of Velma Nakahara]](https://www.100thbattalion.org/wp-content/gallery/toshikatsu-nakahara/nakahara_toshikatsu_019x.jpg "[Courtesy of Velma Nakahara]")
![[Courtesy of Velma Nakahara]](https://www.100thbattalion.org/wp-content/gallery/toshikatsu-nakahara/nakahara_toshikatsu_016x.jpg "[Courtesy of Velma Nakahara]")
![[Courtesy of Velma Nakahara]](https://www.100thbattalion.org/wp-content/gallery/toshikatsu-nakahara/nakahara_toshikatsu_013x.jpg "[Courtesy of Velma Nakahara]")
![[Courtesy of Velma Nakahara]](https://www.100thbattalion.org/wp-content/gallery/toshikatsu-nakahara/nakahara_toshikatsu_012x.jpg "[Courtesy of Velma Nakahara]")
![Joe Nakahara visits a museum while on furlough. [Courtesy of Velma Nakahara]](https://www.100thbattalion.org/wp-content/gallery/toshikatsu-nakahara/nakahara_toshikatsu_030.jpg "Joe Nakahara visits a museum while on furlough. [Courtesy of Velma Nakahara]")
![100th Battalion soldier visits Chicago while on furlough. [Courtesy of Velma Nakahara]](https://www.100thbattalion.org/wp-content/gallery/toshikatsu-nakahara/nakahara_toshikatsu_029.jpg "100th Battalion soldier visits Chicago while on furlough. [Courtesy of Velma Nakahara]")
![Joe Nakahara on furlough. [Courtesy of Velma Nakahara]](https://www.100thbattalion.org/wp-content/gallery/toshikatsu-nakahara/nakahara_toshikatsu_028.jpg "Joe Nakahara on furlough. [Courtesy of Velma Nakahara]")
![Joe Nakahara visiting the Lincoln Memorial in Wisconsin while on furlough. [Courtesy of Velma Nakahara]](https://www.100thbattalion.org/wp-content/gallery/toshikatsu-nakahara/nakahara_toshikatsu_026.jpg "Joe Nakahara visiting the Lincoln Memorial in Wisconsin while on furlough. [Courtesy of Velma Nakahara]")
![Joe Nakahara in Italy. [Courtesy of Velma Nakahara]](https://www.100thbattalion.org/wp-content/gallery/toshikatsu-nakahara/nakahara_toshikatsu_025.jpg "Joe Nakahara in Italy. [Courtesy of Velma Nakahara]")
![Formal portrait of Toshikatsu “Joe” Nakahara [Courtesy of Velma Nakahara]](https://www.100thbattalion.org/wp-content/gallery/toshikatsu-nakahara/nakahara_toshikatsu_001.jpg "Formal portrait of Toshikatsu “Joe” Nakahara [Courtesy of Velma Nakahara]")
![Joe Nakahara at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin. [Courtesy of Velma Nakahara]](https://www.100thbattalion.org/wp-content/gallery/toshikatsu-nakahara/nakahara_toshikatsu_020.jpg "Joe Nakahara at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin. [Courtesy of Velma Nakahara]")
![Lefty Mizusawa and Joe Takata in their Aloha uniforms at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, 1942. [Courtesy of Velma Nakahara]](https://www.100thbattalion.org/wp-content/gallery/toshikatsu-nakahara/nakahara_toshikatsu_018.jpg "Lefty Mizusawa and Joe Takata in their Aloha uniforms at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, 1942. [Courtesy of Velma Nakahara]")
![Joe Takata in his Aloha baseball uniform at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, 1942. [Courtesy of Velma Nakahara]](https://www.100thbattalion.org/wp-content/gallery/toshikatsu-nakahara/nakahara_toshikatsu_017.jpg "Joe Takata in his Aloha baseball uniform at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, 1942. [Courtesy of Velma Nakahara]")
![Joe Nakahara and friends at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin. [Courtesy of Velma Nakahara]](https://www.100thbattalion.org/wp-content/gallery/toshikatsu-nakahara/nakahara_toshikatsu_015.jpg "Joe Nakahara and friends at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin. [Courtesy of Velma Nakahara]")
![Joe Nakahara at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. [Courtesy of Velma Nakahara]](https://www.100thbattalion.org/wp-content/gallery/toshikatsu-nakahara/nakahara_toshikatsu_014.jpg "Joe Nakahara at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. [Courtesy of Velma Nakahara]")
![Setting up tents in the field. [Courtesy of Velma Nakahara]](https://www.100thbattalion.org/wp-content/gallery/toshikatsu-nakahara/nakahara_toshikatsu_011.jpg "Setting up tents in the field. [Courtesy of Velma Nakahara]")
![Toshikatsu “Joe” Nakahara [Courtesy of Velma Nakahara]](https://www.100thbattalion.org/wp-content/gallery/toshikatsu-nakahara/nakahara_toshikatsu_008.jpg "Toshikatsu “Joe” Nakahara [Courtesy of Velma Nakahara]")
![B Company marches in formation. [Courtesy of Velma Nakahara]](https://www.100thbattalion.org/wp-content/gallery/toshikatsu-nakahara/nakahara_toshikatsu_007.jpg "B Company marches in formation. [Courtesy of Velma Nakahara]")
![Joe Nakahara kids around in “tent city” at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, 1942. [Courtesy of Velma Nakahara]](https://www.100thbattalion.org/wp-content/gallery/toshikatsu-nakahara/nakahara_toshikatsu_006.jpg "Joe Nakahara kids around in “tent city” at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, 1942. [Courtesy of Velma Nakahara]")
![Joe Nakahara and friends in “tent city” at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, 1942. [Courtesy of Velma Nakahara]](https://www.100thbattalion.org/wp-content/gallery/toshikatsu-nakahara/nakahara_toshikatsu_004.jpg "Joe Nakahara and friends in “tent city” at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, 1942. [Courtesy of Velma Nakahara]")
![Joe Nakahara in his work gear at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, 1942. [Courtesy of Velma Nakahara]](https://www.100thbattalion.org/wp-content/gallery/toshikatsu-nakahara/nakahara_toshikatsu_003.jpg "Joe Nakahara in his work gear at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, 1942. [Courtesy of Velma Nakahara]")
![Joe Nakahara in his trenchcoat at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, 1942. [Courtesy of Velma Nakahara]](https://www.100thbattalion.org/wp-content/gallery/toshikatsu-nakahara/nakahara_toshikatsu_002.jpg "Joe Nakahara in his trenchcoat at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, 1942. [Courtesy of Velma Nakahara]")