Clifton Pinks was born in British Honduras (now Belize) on 6 February 1923. After leaving St. John’s College, he worked in the Civil Service. In 1941, he volunteered to train as an officer in the Royal Air Force, based in Canada, and came to England in 1943 as a Signalman Air Gunn...
Childhood adventures included camping outside military bases and watching planes at Aeroporto Linate. In 1999, he relocated to Atlanta, Georgia, to obtain his commercial pilot license, a move that became permanent. With 24 years in the U.S., he now flies full-time for a Part 91 business ...
Speaking on behalf of USPS was Executive Plant Manager Daniel Hirai. “We honor the bravery and the sacrifices of the Japanese American soldiers of World War II, more than 33,000 Nisei soldiers … The Nisei interpreters gathered intelligence in the Pacific. (Nisei soldiers) flew glider planes o...