![]() ![]() ![]() I was much older than and I didn’t know too much Japanese. From September until January or February, until the other schools started, I went to the school. The train station was just practically the back of their home. They didn’t have any children and they had a kimono shop in Yokogawa, the main street in Misasa. But, really, that wasn’t really necessary because I never remembered doing that after I came home. She wanted me to learn the language so I can interpret their thoughts and things to the children. I think my parents wanted me to go there and learn the language because was afraid that she couldn’t communicate with my other brothers and sisters. I thought it was okay that I stay there just for a couple of years, but I didn’t realize I was going to stay there for six years. Mom looked forward to it, so I just went along. I really didn’t want to go, but that was more or less planned. I graduated from high school in August, I remember going to Japan. To read Isonaga’s story in its entirety, visit the Hawai‘i Memory Project website: /page/chito The Herald extends special thanks to the Isonaga family and the UH Center for Oral History for allowing us to share Chito Isonaga’s story with our readers. Isonaga, who turned 104 in October, was born in Köloa and was one of the few Nisei women from Hawai‘i who served in the WACs. ![]() Warren Nishimoto, retired director of the University of Hawai‘i Center for Oral History, conducted with Isonaga. The following are excerpts from an oral history that Dr. The ceremony, which was attended by Isonaga’s relatives and friends, was held at the Regency at Puakea in Lïhue, where she resides. Additionally, Kaua‘i County Mayor Derek Kawakami proclaimed Aug. In Isonaga’s soft hands, the senator placed the Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the World War II Victory Medal. Mazie Hirono traveled to the Garden Island to present then-103-year-old World War II veteran Chito Isonaga with four medals for her - yes, her - service to America in the Women’s Army Corps in World War II. ![]()
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