My Story EO 9066: Grandfather’s Unscheduled Fight
Harold and Misa Hoshino, in what is believed to be their wedding photo at the Gila River War Relocation Center. By KRISTEN HAYASHI We’ll never know Harold “Homecide Hal” Hoshino’s full potential as a boxer since one of his last fights, scheduled for Dec. 16, 1941 at the Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, was canceled due to fear of backlash following Pearl Harbor. Consequently, his boxing career was put on hold. My Grandpa Harold soon returned to his family’s farm in Pendleto