In 1948, Santa Cruz High School published a yearbook called the Service Cardinal. It attempted to list all of the Santa Cruz High School students who served in World War II . The editors tried to obtain a photograph and a service record for each person. The foreward in the yearbook warns us that the information may not be complete--"Many were indifferent, some refused to give their records, others their photographs, and a few did not want to have anything to do with our project."

The Library has used the yearbook to compile a list of those individuals we believe to be of Japanese ancestry. We assumed a person was of Japanese ancestry because of his/her surname or because of his service unit. If there are errors or omissions, please send us email.--RAP ed.

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