Shiroku "Whitey" Yamamoto
442nd Antitank Company

December 7, 1941 and Home Front

Shiroku

Whitey learns of the attack on Pearl Harbor when police stop by to inform Mr. Rhoads. After December 7, Laupahoehoe High School is closed for a time.

Students are asked to join the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) to assist the military.

Whitey helps build Saddle Road with other CC Corpsmen, cutting through lava rock fields from Kona to Hilo.