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

Kenneth Hagino
1399th Engineer Construction Battalion

At the Hawaii Mainichi Shinbun, a Japanese-English newspaper, Kenneth boils and pours lead for the press and writes local sports articles.

After a year, he moves to Oahu to study accounting at Honolulu Business College. To support himself, he works as a short-order cook at Charley's Place and does deliveries for Stewart's Pharmacy.

In 1941, he returns to the island of Hawaii where he becomes an assistant bookkeeper at the Hilo Chamber of Commerce.