Ogata, Kenje, 1919-2012

found: Kenje Ogata Collection (AFC/2001/001/30983), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, 1994:(Kenje Ogata; b. 1919, Gary, IN, d. 2012; War or Conflict: World War II; Status: Veteran; Dates of Service: 1943-1945; Branch/Unit of Service: Army Air Forces, 15th Air Force; Service History Note: Veteran flew as a belly turret gunner in a B-24) - http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/bib/30983

found: Wikipedia, August 4, 2015(Kenje Ogata; born June 1, 1919 in Gary, Indiana; died January 18, 2012 in Sterling, Ill.; one of five documented Nisei to serve in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenje_Ogata

found: Sterling Schools Foundation web site, viewed Mar. 11, 2011(Dr. Kenje Ogata, Class of 1936: After high school graduation, Kenje Ogata worked in the plating room at National Manufacturing; he learned to fly airplanes through the civilian pilot training program; the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor, he enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps; Kenje became an Army medical corpsman assigned to hospital service at Rockford's Camp Grant; two years later he became one of two Japanese-Americans allowed to fly for the United States in World War II; Dr. Ogata was assigned to a B-24 bomber as a turret-ball gunner with the 15th Air Force near Foggia, Italy; he flew fifty-five missions, survived two crashes, bailing out over Poland and enemy territory in Hungary; he was awarded numerous medals, including the Purple Heart and the Air Medal with three bronze oak leaf clusters; after the war, Kenje completed his dental training at the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1953 and practiced dentistry one year at a dental clinic for children in Hawaii; Dr. Ogata opened his own dental practice in Sterling where his wife Wilma worked with him; they retired in 1997) - http://www.sterlingschoolsfoundation.org/s/1203/index.aspx?sid=1203&gid=1&pgid=343&cid=899&ecid=899&ciid=170&crid=0