27, 1911, on the S.S. Siberia from the same village. There were five children in the Watanabe family: sons Yutaka, Hiroshi, Takashi, and Yoshiaki; and daughters Pearl Sadako and Mitsuko. After arrival, Rinnosuke worked on the sugar plantation in Ewa on Oahu. In 1917, Rinnosuke and Iki were married and living near the North
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
Kapaa, Kauai, Territory of Hawaii. He was the son of Hikoju and Fusano (Takabayashi) Takemoto. His siblings were: brothers Tom Tsutomo and Shomito; sisters Celia Ayano, Nancy Sadako, and Haruyo. His parents emigrated from Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, in 1895. Hikoju and Fusano both worked for a sugar plantation until 1940, when they changed to
Hawaii island, Territory of Hawaii, to Kiyoshi and Kimiko (Hayashi) Hirayama. He was the second of nine children: sons Katsuki, Yasuo, Kozo, Shiro, and Masataka; and daughters Sadako, Eiko, Hisae, Naomi. Kiyoshi emigrated from the village of Koshi, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, arriving in Honolulu on July 15, 1912, aboard the Shinyo Maru. He was
January 18, 1915, in Kailua, Maui, Territory of Hawaii, to Matsu and Tsuru (Kanagusuku) Chinen. He was the oldest of eight children – Seiko, Fumiko Lorraine, Florence Sadako, Masahide, Hideo, Yasuo Richard, Dorothy Toshiko, and Yasuko Cynthia. Matsu emigrated from the village of Misato, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, in 1910, and initially settled in Papaaloa,
