Show pre pl rP rop 2 r i 1 1 M i mi 11 F 0 KURkom MIS ARMY f fl topa 7 r ar artt ben kuroki waG rl t et meet to with us and to tet hera hers fet that a with us is not your main business we arc using your time a3 aiato the fact that you are continue to como to us when your real job is to continuo we are honored that you to help win this war wo 10o want your stay here to be pleasant hav cm hope vf and yoi will find now friends that you frionns here va 1 to am 0 TX coming know RE SIE 0 last february f f i 0 f 19 aa MOY lioy I1 IF j 7 one guo and whir you have we you jant ant to remember reine as our friend your steadfast adherence to duty everyj american we aro ilo to evex are proud of is inn aca alc 1 I orpe you err ant aroki charles ernst project director F george ochi lubo council chairman IF G RO U P GROW mgt ben ku- go dumn roki spoke before the coman wealth club in san francisco some of his experienrelating sone esperi en we present ces in the army a ray excerpts from his speech 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vere vele uneasy but I1 wanted to can undoubtedly our trials and circumstances C et into combat more than anyhave acet circuns magnified marni fied our nisei statues status but it is up to us to thing in the world sol soi kept emor emergee from our shells emore of self sel pity into full after it hells 1I fledged americans to realize right sergeant Serpe ant hiroki is tho kind of citizen weie in then that I1 had a couple of can prepare to bacoat ahr relocation centers oan in strikes on me to begin with and that 1I was going to be the world outside fighting two battles instead against the axis and of one A Ti WRITES aoi U RE A HERO a gainst intolerance among my ow elmeri ben kuroki is cans americans fellow ia a technical srabant in the US fell army ait forces a qualified turret B 24 own case 1 ot cunner in I have alin my ozin boabers ro vote kotaran raft of 30 heavy bombing most won the battle against liberator bombers taran many close missions against tha an e I1 have rany or or of the ruth- intolerance survivor arainst the ru friends in the army now where less costly raid on the of su but manta 0 tv o nania vinner of crosses two years ago 1I had none bu flying grosses wearer means completely no flear sr of the coveted air RI with 1 by modal oak leaf I have tour four oakleaf won clu ter clusters that battle especially Ku kils father was a sead not kuropis gravorr in now after the widespread pub ben Kuro to grow notto Hershoy neb hershey a ton of about SOO people ben and lacity given the recent arroo his kid brother fred as with on frad no an engi- ity stories 1I find prejudice noi neer outfit army two days aft once again directed against me antti vol ahr arty volunteered for tho ter pearl harbor were accepted a donth later tei and neither my uniform nor the ben oar aed one medals which are visible proof missi for 25 combat missions yet he another for tho when propreraid his of what 1I have been through raia bodi 23 25 missions I1 scribed had been fulfilled nis fissions tad he turned have been able to stop it ho down a chance to fly homo home volunta ard instead for dont know for sure that it is the an estr favl teat ben got after that cot his orders for safe for me to walk tho t country own homr my y in tag magazine 7 of 1944 time feb streets azine full and kee can learn a V lot from den ben iiii kuroki oki ame m i wo ilo nisei of howa ho hoa vwas i r 0 i fc 4 s i t |