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Veterancome to an end, and his jobwas to ferret out all the mill-from Page 1tar\ leaders so they couldn't'lt; w-m* %Hud Henderson, Bob andescape prosecution The Ebihara family did notJack Aldridge — who “werehear from Hank I bihara fori*many, many months. Roylast heard of as missing in the ... /. ,, , *,^ Ebihara said, but he returnedPhilippines.*“It tears my heart out tohome after the war.think that I could not avenge their deaths, he wrote. TheHe died about 15 years ago from cancer.fate of the tree people allRoy Ebihara said wartimeover the world hangs in theis something that may neverbalance. I only ask that 1 begiven a chance to Tight togo away will.but he hopes itpreserve the principlesIAmerica has to underhave been brought up on andwhich I will not sacrifice atstand that every time we goto war, we’re going to loseany cost,.,How can a democraticcountless numbers of young men that will never have thenation allow a technicality ofbirthplace to stand in the waywhen the nation is fightingopportunity to enjoy life to an old age. Roy Ebiharasaid. “I look at their... to preserve the rights olfree men?Roy Ebihara said the lettergravesites and some never got beyond 2K or 23; theywere only buds never to hlos-sai on Roosevelt’s desk until som. and it certainly makesfirst Lady Eleanor Roosevelt noticed it.me cry. Vets have sacrificed, but we cannot continue to“She was very much moved hv the content of thatsacrifice precious younglives.etter, Roy Ebihara said in atcone interview onTuesday. “She asked thepresident for the opportunityto talk to my brother.tlRoy Ebihara said the conversation was arranged, and his brother was sworn intothe U.S. Annv in late 1943.Because of his knowledge of the Japanese language.Hank Ebihara attended a language school in St. Paul,Minnesota, and began work-forCIn early 1945 he wassecretly flown into Japan.' Roy Ebihara said. “We real-Noble Financei/ed the war was going to575-763-1200
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Wed, Nov 11, 2015
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