Serendipity rejoins 2 GIs when children fall in love

By Lee Cataluna

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Oct 23, 2011

~~<p>It was September 1944, in the last year of the Second World War. Harayuki Tamamoto, who grew up north of Hilo, was 21 years old and recently inducted into the Army. He spent two weeks at the Helemano Army camp near Wahiawa before being transported by pineapple train car to Honolulu Harbor. There, the soldiers boarded a troop transport and set sail for San Francisco, where they would disperse to various Army bases for more training.</p>
<p>"A day out of Honolulu Harbor, I noticed that the guy above my bunk never got out of his bunk, always lying down," Tamamoto said. He offered to help him up to the top deck for some fresh air, but the man was so sick he couldn't bear to move.</p>
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It was September 1944, in the last year of the Second World War. Harayuki Tamamoto, who grew up north of Hilo, was 21 years old and recently inducted into the Army. He spent two weeks at the Helemano Army camp near Wahiawa before being transported by pineapple train car to Honolulu Harbor. There, the soldiers boarded a troop transport and set sail for San Francisco, where they would disperse to various Army bases for more training.

"A day out of Honolulu Harbor, I noticed that the guy above my bunk never got out of his bunk, always lying down," Tamamoto said. He offered to help him up to the top deck for some fresh air, but the man was so sick he couldn't bear to move. Login for more...