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

Ronald Oba
F Company, 442nd RCT

“At this point, I think the impact of World War II has faded. We’re history now.

If it wasn’t for us fighting, the conditions or the fate of Japanese Americans would not have been the same. Because of the war, we’re no longer laborers. We came back as professionals, we helped control the legislature and we are respected. We are well educated, no longer plantation laborers; and that the future for this present generation, you can be anything you want.”