After World War II began, he and most of his family were sent to the Gila River internment camp in Arizona along with thousands of other Japanese-Americans. He finished high school there.
Ngemva kokuqala Kwempi Yezwe II, yena neningi labomndeni wakhe bathunyelwa enkanjini yeziboshwa zepolitiki e-Arizona kuhlanganise nezinkulungwane zama-Japanese-American. Wasiqedela lapho isikole samabanga aphezulu.