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Ben Kuroki
Ben Kuroki (May 16, 1917 – September 1, 2015) was the only American of Japanese descent in the United States Army Air Forces to serve in combat operations in the Pacific theater of World War II. He flew a total of 58 combat missions over Japan, Europe and North Africa during World War II.
==Biography==
Ben Kuroki was born in Gothenburg, Nebraska, United States to Japanese immigrants, Shosuke and Naka (née Yokoyama) Kuroki on May 16, 1917. They had 10 children. When he was a year old the Kuroki family relocated to Hershey, Nebraska, where they owned and operated a farm. The Lincoln County town had a population of about 500.〔Yenne, Bill. (2007). ( ''Rising Sons: The Japanese American GIs Who Fought for the United States in World War II,'' p. 137. )〕 He attended Hershey High School and was the Vice-President of his senior class, graduating in 1936.〔McGowan, Sam, "Most Honorable Son", ''WWII History'', July 2011, pp. 40–47.〕
After the Attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, Ben's father encouraged him as well as his brother Fred Kuroki to enlist in the U.S. Military. The brothers were rejected by the recruiters in Grand Island, so they tried again at North Platte, where their enlistment was processed without any questions — perhaps, as a humorous story suggests, the recruiters thought that Kuroki was a Polish name. Kuroki said this recruiter said nationality was not a problem as he made $2 for every recruit.〔Yenne, ( p. 138; ) Sterner, Douglas C. (2007). ( ''Go for Broke: The Nisei Warriors of World War II Who Conquered Germany, Japan, and American Bigotry,'' p. 124. )〕 His brothers Bill and Henry also served in the military during the war.
The two Kuroki brothers enlisted in the U.S. Army, two of the very first Nisei to do so. In January 1942, they were sent to basic training at Sheppard Field, Texas.〔
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