Shiroku "Whitey" Yamamoto
442nd Antitank Company

Youth and Early Adulthood

Shiroku

Whitey is a student at Ninole Elementary and John M. Ross Elementary schools.

Rain or shine, he walks a mile and a half to school.

In the afternoon, he also attends Japanese-language school.

Whitey attends Laupahoehoe High School. When his father becomes ill, Whitey leaves school in the 10th grade to care for him.