Hiro Writes of His Arrival in Vermont

Hiro Writes of His Arrival in Vermont

Hawai’i
America
Japan
War
Religion

This man has written to his family following his move from Hawai’i to Vermont for his chaplaincy work. In it, we can see the love he has for his child, and the longing to be with him, despite his job during the Second World War. This provides us with a personal, and emotional, insight into Immigration and the Second World War in regards to 20th Century Hawai’i. He also refers to himself as having Hawaiian blood, and complains about how he now has to use 5 blankets to keep his Hawaiian blood from turning to ice.

Chaplain Hiro Higuchi

University of Hawai’i at Manoa
Archives and Manuscripts Department – Japanese American Veterans Collection

http://library.manoa.hawaii.edu/departments/archives/mss/aja/higuchi/hiro.php

30 August 1943

Siobhan Simmonds

University of Hawai’i at Manoa
Archives and Manuscripts Department – Japanese American Veterans Collection
http://library.manoa.hawaii.edu/departments/archives/mss/aja/higuchi/hiro.php

English

Textual - handwritten letter

20th century Hawai'i