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| OT: Wat Masaka, US Army WW2 Vet, NY Knick, super nice guy Date: February 27, 2012 09:57AM |
Had the chance to meet him a few years back and take photos of the story of the University of Utah 1944 NCAA basketball championship. He has been getting a lot of press lately with recent developments in the NBA.
Wataru "Wat" Misaka, World War 2 US Army Veteran, U of U 1944 Men's Basketball Championship, 1947 NIT Championship, NY Knick.
NY Times
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Sports Illustrated
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ESPN
[espn.go.com]
Documentary on him
[www.facebook.com]
Please "Like" the Meiwah restaurant page because you love the place or you pity me [www.facebook.com]
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 02/27/2012 09:58AM by pRICE cUBE.
Wataru "Wat" Misaka, World War 2 US Army Veteran, U of U 1944 Men's Basketball Championship, 1947 NIT Championship, NY Knick.
NY Times
[www.nytimes.com]
Sports Illustrated
[sportsillustrated.cnn.com]
ESPN
[espn.go.com]
Documentary on him
[www.facebook.com]
Please "Like" the Meiwah restaurant page because you love the place or you pity me [www.facebook.com]
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 02/27/2012 09:58AM by pRICE cUBE.
| Re: OT: Wat Masaka, US Army WW2 Vet, NY Knick, super nice guy Date: February 27, 2012 11:01AM |
Thanks, a nice story. I never heard of him before. I got the impression that most of Japanese Americans in the war were in the 442nd.
in tha 510.
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