THE HAWAI'I NISEI STORY
Americans of Japanese Ancestry During WWII

Takashi Kitaoka
100th Infantry Battalion (Separate)

Toraki and a Chinese cook prepare food primarily for single Filipino workers and some Japanese workers. Pastries are served at breakfast. Lunch and dinner, less patronized, feature plain American food.

Meals are charged, with payments deducted by the plantation from workers’ wages.

Toraki bakes and distributes bread to families in Hana and Nahiku. Takashi chops and carries wood for the stove, kneads bread, and waits on tables.