Hank Soboleski, Island History
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Following H.S. (Harvey Saburo) Kawakami’s arrival on Kaua‘i from Japan in Oct. 1912 to join his older brother, Fukutaro, and his father, Fukujiro, at Port Allen, Fukutaro enrolled him at ‘Ele‘ele School to learn English, and in Sept. 1913, Fukutaro sent H.S. to study at Mid-Pacific Institute on O‘ahu.