Hichiro Matsumoto
232nd Combat Engineer Company

Life After the War

Hichiro Matsumoto

As a World War II veteran, Hichiro finds employment at Fort Shafter: initially in the supply department, later in firefighting.

When he is laid off, he returns to carpentry for private contractors.

He marries Janet Segawa in 1947. Keith is born in 1948 and Coleen in 1952.

From 1952 to the time of his retirement in 1979, Hichiro works for the U.S. Navy at Barber's Point and the Public Works Center.