Masaru Nobuto
(Poston 36-14-A) was born in 1928 in Sacramento to Japanese immigrant
parents, Yutaka and Hanayo (Nagase) Nobuto.
His father, Yutaka was a newspaper reporter who immigrated to the U.S. in 1920. His mother immigrated
in 1923.
After the bombing
of Pearl Harbor and Executive Order 9066 was signed by President Franklin D.
Roosevelt, Masaru and Hanayo Nobuto were forcibly evacuated from their home in Los
Angeles, California and transported to the Colorado River Indian Tribe
Reservation in western Arizona. They were incarcerated at the Poston, Arizona
concentration camp 1 on May 29, 1942 and assigned to live at block 36-14-A.
Masaru attended high school and was a 1945 graduate of Poston 1 High School. He and his mother were some of the last to depart
from Poston, Arizona on November 12, 1945, and they returned to Los
Angeles.
Masaru Nobuto served his country and was a
veteran in the Korean Conflict. He was employed for 42 years as an Certified Public Accountant,
and an auditor for the Defense Contract Audit Agency.
Masaru Nobuto died
on May 29, 2012 in Los Angeles County. He was preceded in death by his mother,
Hanayo Nobuto (1991) and father, Yutaka Nobuto. Masaru is survived by his wife, Kazuko; son,
Daniel; and daughter, Pamela.
Source: LA Times June 15-17, 2012
