Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 13 hours ago
High school students Faith and Chloe remember Sadao “Spud” Munemori with a potato at Evergreen Cemetery 🥔
Private First Class Sadao “Spud” Munemori was an American-born son of immigrants, who got his nickname for preferring potatoes to rice. He smothered a grenade with his body, sacrificing his life to save the lives of two fellow 442nd soldiers near Seravezza, Italy, on April 5, 1945. Sadao’s valor earned him the distinction of being the first Japanese American soldier of WWII to be recognized with the Medal of Honor.
Portrait of Pfc. Sadao S. Munemori courtesy of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society. Footage of the 100th/442nd marching courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration.
High school students Faith and Chloe remember Sadao “Spud” Munemori with a potato at Evergreen Cemetery 🥔
Private First Class Sadao “Spud” Munemori was an American-born son of immigrants, who got his nickname for preferring potatoes to rice. He smothered a grenade with his body, sacrificing his life to save the lives of two fellow 442nd soldiers near Seravezza, Italy, on April 5, 1945. Sadao’s valor earned him the distinction of being the first Japanese American soldier of WWII to be recognized with the Medal of Honor.
Portrait of Pfc. Sadao S. Munemori courtesy of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society. Footage of the 100th/442nd marching courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration.
