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Southerner devoted lifetime to nisei soldiers from islands

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COURTESY BOB SIGALL
This war memorial at Castle Junction says it was “presented to the Windward Oahu Community by Earl M. Finch, Hattiesburg, Miss., March 28, 1946.”
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COURTESY BOB SIGALL
Earl M. Finch was given a key to the city at Honolulu Hale in 1946, then walked across the street to the War Memorial, in front of the Territorial Office Building, to speak to the gathered crowd.
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COURTESY BOB SIGALL
Earl M. Finch told the gathered crowd at the War Memorial, “If I did nothing else in traveling all this distance to Hawaii than pay my respects here, my trip has been worthwhile.”