“They had soldiers and jeeps with machine guns, you know, patrolling the camps. It was kind of exciting in a way.”
-- Digger Sasaki
Digger Sasaki has a peculiar moniker, one that has fully replaced his given name and dates back to high school. “In high school, I played football. And you know when you practice, you have to push a sled to strengthen your legs. When people push, everybody says, “dig, dig, dig,” you know. And then one day the coach said to everybody, “Dick here is the smallest fella on the team but I think he’s the b…