Uncle Roy Okubo

My grandma Bessie Karamatsu’s baby brother Roy Okubo has been in my thoughts.  Recently, at the reception for the new Consul General of Japan at the consulate I talked to Katsugo Miho, a former family court judge and a veteran of the 522nd Artillery Battery B, 442nd Regimental Combat Team with my great Uncle Roy Okubo.  I mentioned my relation to my uncle.  He responded, “Oh, he was one of my closest friends. We spent months in the trenches, you become really close.”  Tears poured out of his eyes.