Genkichi Akamine
on October 5, 2010, along with the other veterans of the 100th/442nd Regimental Combat Team. This is the highest Congressional Civilian Medal. After the war, Genkichi married Margaret Sadako Kaneshiro and they lived in Halawa Housing, in Honolulu, a government-run housing area that was popular with recently returned Nisei veterans. He was employed by the U.S.