Wounded Japanese veterans at Seabrook

Johnny "Pineapple" Kubota, Michi Nishiura, and Richard Ouchi pose for a picture at Seabrook. Kubota, on the left, lost his leg fighting in Italy and, after the war, convalesced in Atlantic City before joining his family at Seabrook. Michi (Nishiura) Weglyn attended Barnard College but lived with her family and worked as a disc jockey at Seabrook during the summers. She would later write Years of Infamy. Published in 1975, Years of Infamy uncovered previously hidden government documents that refuted the government's claim that internment was a military necessity.Pictured from left to right are Johnny 'Pineapple' Kubota, Michi Nishiura, and Richard Ouchi. Johnny and Richard were U.S. Army soldiers, and had been injured in the war during the Italian campaign. They recuperated at the U.S. Army's Thomas M. England General Hospital in Atlantic City, but Johnny still lost one of his legs. However, he is reported to have enjoyed most of all having Seabrook Villagers correctly guess which of his legs were artificial, which hardly anyone could do. This photo was taken at a celebratory event organized by Ray Imada of Seabrook Farms, who was also a veteran. Michi Nishiura, seated between the two veterans, was the disc jockey in the plant at Seabrook Farms. She would later go on to write the book, Years of Infamy, as well as earn three honorary doctorates from universities across the country. John Fuyuume provides additional biographical information about Michi in his memoir, 'I remember summers at Seabrook as a college student.