Kuroki applied for the job. was approved. and was sent to a 2week course in Britain. Kuroki received onthejob training. His maiden flight was on December 13. 1942. During this time of heavy discrimination against Japanese Americans. Kurokis flight crew was instrumental in protecting him from the sneers and abuse by his fellow soldiers. Kuroki received three Distinguished Flying Cross medals for volunteering to fly 25 combat missions against Germany and 28 missions in the Pacific. He was the only Japanese American to serve as an aerial gunner in the AsiaPacific theater during World War II. The son of Japanese immigrant farmers. Kuroki was born on May 16. 1917. in Gaithersburg. Nebraska.
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