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Yuko O’Reilly, the honorary mother of the “Wolfhounds,” 27th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, speaks to her continued volunteer efforts at the Holy Family Home, an orphanage in Osaka, Japan, that her late husband, Master Sgt. Hugh O’Reilly, began supporting when the regiment was part of the Allied occupation of Japan.Master Sgt. O’Reilly, formerly an honorary regimental sergeant major of the Wolfhounds, was stationed in Japan with 1st Battalion, 27th Inf. Regt., in 1949, when he came upon the orphanage. After seeing the conditions for the Japanese children, O’Reilly made a dedicated effort with his fellow Wolfhounds in donating funds to the impoverished orphanage after an impromptu Christmas visit. Later, O’Reilly married his wife, Yuko, in Japan, where they maintained the Wolfhound ties with the Holy Family Home for decades. Since then, the Wolfhounds have worked in concert with the O’Reilly family to provide aid and support when the battalions were together as a regimental combat team, and later in separate brigades within the 25th ID. Yuko O’Reilly has tirelessly helped the legacy live on until her passing on August 23, 2018.
| Date Taken: | 08.25.2018 |
| Date Posted: | 08.25.2018 07:48 |
| Category: | Interviews |
| Video ID: | 621165 |
| VIRIN: | 180825-A-NH731-0001 |
| Filename: | DOD_105957129 |
| Length: | 00:02:17 |
| Location: | HAWAII, US |
| Downloads: | 2 |
| High-Res. Downloads: | 2 |
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