1947 back home

When he came back to Hawaii, he went to work at Pearl Harbor. He was an engineer in Electrical in the next building. I used to talk to him. Your dad was a very nice person... I got along really good with him. I once asked him, "Will you please buy me a 2nd hand car?" He went to Veteran's and bought me a Studebaker.

One of his first jobs coming back was working up at Veteran's Hospital.

He stayed at the fish pond when he was single. Then he stayed on Kuhio Ave. We were living in Waikiki; our parents bought a place there – he was living there and I kept him company.

~ Harry Young

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I remember Uncle Kenneth as a person that dressed well, again I was too young to take much notice but I remember that he wore cuff links with his dress shirts, and that impressed me because he would leave them around the Kaimuki home and I noticed that he had quite a variety. Remember this was in the "40s."

~ Les Young

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He was babysitting Aunty Dee and she stepped on a nail and he felt responsible. He always talked about that.

~ Una May Young

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When I came home from school, I had a "B" or "C" in a class. He told me that was unacceptable – it was an easy course, you should get an "A."

Uncle Joe conferred with Kenneth quite a bit when he went to school. Uncle Joe was going to be an engineer and your Dad said what for?

Kenneth was taking the test to be a certified engineer. My Dad would say you should give the guy $100 to buy cigars. Grandpa was like a politician, would buy $100 cigars to grease his palms, but Kenneth said he would do it on own merit.

~ Robert Young

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"Pus" was his nickname. All his friends called him this. I don't know why.

He played the accordian. We lived together with Robert, Ken, Amy, and Andrew at Popo and Angang's.

~ Andrew Young

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While he was in Chicago, he bumped into a dentist in dental school, George something, a Chinese person. They stick together. Uncle Edwin was in dental school. He was intrigued by what he was doing. He told me to consider that.

I was always in Detention because I was late to school. I had to walk down to Chinese school on Kukui Street, then be on Detention again. Finally Kenneth encouraged me to go to Iolani. He said if you think about transfering to St. Louis, you’ll be behind. Kenneth took me to take the test. He waited for me.

~ Joe Young

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