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They had received the second-highest honor.He was the only Japanese American recipient of the medal from the war until June 2000.

but it was believed that racial prejudice prevented them from receiving the Medal of Honor.He stood out at a time when stepping out and standing up meant taking great risks.Japan’s consul general in Los Angeles.

While fighting in Italy in April 1945.He said Glendale is a city richer for its immigrant history.

where his family grew vegetables before World War II.

which bears the names of all of the city’s fallen soldiers.Masayuki was envious of the wealthy American lifestyle depicted on television programs and in the films that were flooding into post-war Japan.

things did not go smoothly for Masayuki.Maasayuki OhkuboIn this book you will learn the unusual job he did to earn money to come to the U.

There he met a Korean brother and his sister who instilled the idea of attending school in the U.has been published by Wild Rumpus.