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Gr 8-Up Salisbury continues to make his mark by bringing alive the time in Hawaii when the U.S. entered World War II. Eddy, a 16-year-old Japanese American, tells how he and his buddies, Chik and Cobra, become part of Company B of the 100th Infantry Battalion following the attack on Pearl Harbor. Without discounting the community's old loyalties to Japan, the story makes clear the transition caused by the declaration of war, and by the...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Against his father's wishes, sixteen-year-old Hawaiian Eddy Okubo doctors his birth certificate and joins his buddies Chik and Cobra in the U.S. Army. Weeks later, Pearl Harbor is attacked. In an emotionally powerful scene, Eddy and his friends race through the streets of Honolulu, begging for a ride back to base ("Please, mister, we got to get to our post. We're at war. They need us at Schofield") from a frightened motorist ("How do I know you're not one of...of them?"...Log In or Sign Up to Read More