Son of U.S. soldier looking for kin of 130 Japanese he saved in WWII

The son of a second-generation Japanese-American who served in the U.S. forces during World War II is searching for family members of 130 Japanese soldiers and civilians his father saved in the battle of Saipan in 1944.In a recent interview with Kyodo News, Lawrence Kubo, 67, said he is hoping to hear Japanese side's stories of Bob Kubo who talked eight Japanese soldiers into releasing 122 civilians held captive in a cave.With his Japanese language skills, Kubo was dispatched to the Pacific battlefront and landed on Saipan in July 1944 as an infantry man.In the fierce battle that began in J…READ FULL ARTICLE