Abe, Kiroku

Prior to the war, Kiroku Abe fell victim to a group of Hawaii Nikkei extortionists who impersonated U.S. military intelligence officers and threatened to expose their fellow immigrants as members of a Japanese spy ring. The FBI arrested and charged four men with conspiracy: Nizo Arita, Masayoshi Mitose, Kuwasaburo Sakaguchi, and Mitsuo Tokunaga. With the outbreak of war, the four were ordered interned for its duration and the government waived prosecution in the extortion case. 

Kiroku Abe would find himself interned as well, incarcerated at Honouliuli along with his assailants.

Abe's son David Yoichi Abe served in World War II as a member of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team.