Hello there,
Yes, in some way indeed, my Japanese family name is in fact Inaba and my grandfather and his whole family were in an interment camp (Manzanar) during WWII after our side of the family had already immigrated to America and purchased our own farm in Riverside, California--probably because some of the other family lines in Japan at the time were involved with the military aristocracy still. In that, for some reason my Grandfather either suppressed or himself did not know of this history, but in searching on a deep hunch and much life-long 'intuitive' feeling, I have uncovered much about my ancestral line in Japan by feeling frustrated in the lack of family history I was given before our living in America and deciding to dig. Though I feel the old man may have known something based on his proclivities and the way he held himself, can't know for sure now, unfortunately, but my soul says yes indeed. Thank you for the reply! I will look up those names and see what I can find as resources myself. Seeing that particular helmet and cuirass makes me feel like a dog picking up a scent its been tracking--so-to-speak.
Thanks again!
