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Herald Salutes – Staff Sergeant Higuchi
2nd Battalion, Headquarters Company
Ninety-nine years ago, on January 3, 1924, Asa Asami Higuchi was born in Honolulu to Sadami and Chie (Matsushita) Higuchi, who emigrated from Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan in 1910 and 1914, respectively. Sadami worked for the OR&L Company and later retired as a gardener from Mid-Pacific Institute.
Asami (or “Ace” as he was known) attended McKinley High School and graduated in 1942. He immediately registered for the draft on June 30, while working at Hawaiian Pineapple Company. He enlisted in the Army a year later on March 24, 1943. He was s…
