Caption on back.

Caption on back

Eric Saul interview with Chaplain Hiro Higuchi, chaplain of the 2nd Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team, conducted in Hilo, Hawaii. The date is incomplete though it likely occurred around November, 1980 based off of other Eric Saul interviews within the collection. In this interview Chaplain Higuchi recalls how wartime trauma shaped his ministry experiences.

Higuchi discusses his relationship with the soldiers of the 442nd, the effect the war had on soldiers, retiring from the army, assisting a woman who had been raped (partially retold by Saul), and going into battle. Saul declares the interview over at 11:20, but the tape continues (may be out of order). This interview was not …

Higuchi discusses fighting the German army, the religious beliefs of the 100th and 442nd, preventing marriages between Japanese nationals and American soldiers, why he decided to become a chaplain, and his interpretation of Christ and God. This interview was not conducted specifically for Loni Ding's work, rather for a book the Presidio was putting together. Original …

Selected article titles: "Asian-Pacific Americans Help Carter" (p. 1), "Nisei's Lost Generation Speaks Up" (pp. 1-2), "Ye Editor's Desk: Koji Ariyoshi--1914-1976" (p. 2), and "Rev. Hiro Higuchi: Recalls Sermon as 442nd Chaplain" (p. 3).

Original caption: Japanese-American Chaplain. This newly-commissioned U.S. Army Chaplain is Lieut. Hiro Higuchi, a native of Hawaii, of Japanese parentage. He is now in training at Harvard, and is the second chaplain of Japanese ancestry to receive a commission in the U.S. Army Chaplains Corps. Higuchi is 36, married, and has a seven year old son. …