Taneko Hino Erles, Hiraizumi Gorge, Japan

Daughter of Tetsutaro Hino and Matsue Tamura Hino. Born Taneko Hino, daughter of Tetsutaro and Matsue Tamura Hino, in Osaka Japan in 1923. She had one sister, Shizuko Hino. Grew up and educated in Osaka, Japan. Taught kindergarten classes during WW2. Received training for Homeland Defense. Survived the fire bombings of Osaka in 1944-45. After the war, worked for US Army Occupation forces, 8th Army HQ. Met and later married SSGT. Leo D. Erles Sr. and lived in Osaka, then Yokohama Japan. When the Korean War broke out, Leo and the 25th Division were immediately dispatched to the conflict zone, leaving behind his wife carrying their first child. Leo rotated back to Japan after more than a year in Korea. Leo left the Army in 1955 and the couple settled together in Southampton, NJ and raised three children: Roy(deceased 1962), Alice and George. Some years after the passing of her husband, Taneko moved to Leisuretowne, NJ then to Cary, NC. In her later years she resided with her son, George, in Montreal, Canada.