MATsUNAoA not only as a friend and a colleague. but as one whose success and position never carried him away from the people he represented. Like so many Americans. SPAR= MATSUNAGA began life among immigrants. with the Japanese sugarcane workers on the Island of Kauai. Hawaii. During the Second World War. he served in the Armys famous allNisei 100th Battalion of the 442d Regimental Combat team. Wounded twice and decorated three times. he returned to Hawaii determined to bring JapaneseAmericans into the political process. and worked tirelessly to empower postwar Hawaiis minority and immigrant communities. Their work changed the shape of Hawaiis political landscape. bringing into the process thousands who had been Ignored or forgotten. From the Hawaiis territorial House of Representatives he fought for the ultimate empowermentfull citizenship and statehood for the people of Hawaii.
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