Yokotake, Masaru - Hawai‘i Internee Database

Internment Locations

Arrested: March 1942

Wailua County Jail, Lihue, Kauai Island

Paroled: May 1942

Released from Parole: February 1944

In the decade before World War II, Masaru Yokotake was a leading member of the Hawaii Democratic Party, having been elected as a Kauai Island representative to the party's Central Committee.

His eldest son, Calvin Masao Yokotake, was a member of the U.S. Army's 442nd Regimental Combat Team. Three other sons also would serve in the U.S. military in the postwar years.

INTERNEE DETAILS

Internee Name:
Masaru Yokotake

Name In Japanese:
横竹勝

Date of Birth:
1889

Generation:
Nisei

Residence:
Waimea, Kauai

EMPLOYMENT

Occupation:
Postmaster, Waimea Post Office