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Pfc. Kanchi Heyada of the 100th Infantry enlisted March 24, 1941, from Kapaa, Kauai, T.H., where he was born November 30, 1917. He was formerly employed as a laborer by the city and county. Pfc. Heyada has two younger brothers; one in school and one supporting his father and mother. He trained at Camp McCoy and Camp Shelby and he was in training at Schofield Barracks, Pearl Harbor, on December 7, 1941. Pfc. Heyada was wounded November 8, 1943, in Italy at which time he lost his right leg. -- Photographer: Van Tassel, Gretchen -- "Washington, D.C.", . 3/27/44

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The Bancroft Library. University of California, Berkeley.