on April 21, 1924, in Waipahu, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii. He was the fourth child of Seikichi and Kanako (Miyashiro) Ikehara. His siblings were: brothers Clark Kiyoshi, Thomas Tadashi, Sidney Satoshi, and Robert Akira, and sister Lillian Setsuko. Father Seikichi emigrated from Kumito District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, in 1907 and settled in Waipahu. He