Life Behind Barbed Wire

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

xv ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Although my name appears as the translator for this book, acknowledgment and deep gratitude are owed to the following persons and institutions : The family of the late Yasutaro Soga, with special thanks to his granddaughter , Helen Soga Sato, for working with us throughout the publication process. The Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i (JCCH) and its Resource Center, for assistance and support. The following individual Resource Center volunteers: Yaeko Habein for checking the accuracy of the translation against the original text; Florence Sugimoto for proofing the grammar and writing; and Shigeyuki Yoshitake for verifying the accuracy of names and historical facts. Dr. Dennis M. Ogawa, professor in and chair of the American Studies Department, University of Hawai‘i, for playing a major role in supporting the publishing of this book. I especially want to thank Jane Kurahara, who not only gave freely of her time and talents to help with checking the grammar but assisted Dr. Dennis M. Ogawa and the JCCH Resource Center volunteers with regard to the editorial and publishing needs of the University of Hawai‘i Press and its conscientious and patient editors, Masako Ikeda, Ann Ludeman , and Barbara Folsom. Last, I cannot forget my longtime friend Mr. Tatsumi Hayashi, who invited me to join the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i’s Resource Center as a volunteer translator. Working with Tatsumi and all the great volunteers at the JCCH has been a most rewarding experience. Funding for this book was provided in part through the University of Hawai‘i Press’ Extraordinary Lives series. ...