Full title:Mr. Hiromu Komori (middle), formerly of Pasadena and Gila River Center, and Mr. Hitoshi Fukui, formerly of Los Angeles and Heart Mountain, are shown here operating a Logan lathe in company with a fellow employee, Leonard Peer, at the Aetna Manufacturing Company, Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Komori is a veteran of World War I, was employed in California as a gardener, and until his present job has never done machine shop work. According to his employer, he is already one of the outstanding workers in the plant. Mr. Fukui owned a funeral parlor in California, from 1919 to 1942, and has never done machine shop work prior to his present job. I am very happy in my job and have gained considerable weight since I began work, said Mr. Fukui. His employer states Mr. Fukui is catching on rapidly and is a man who attends to business. The Aetna Manufacturing Company is one of Cleveland's smaller war plants. Mr. Fukui is also a veteran of World War I.<lb /> Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru<lb /> Cleveland, Ohio. Part of: War Relocation Authority Photographs of Japanese-American Evacuation and Resettlement
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