Robert Kiyoshi Fukuda (Japanese: 福田 清,[1] 1922 – July 12, 2013) was an American politician, lawyer and former member of the Hawaii House of Representatives from 1959 to 1962.
[2] He then served in the United States Army Military Intelligence Service during World War II as a Japanese language interpreter and translator.
He also became the manager of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development's programs in Hawaii and Guam from 1982 to 1986.
[2] In 2010, he was one of 6,000 Japanese American veterans of World War II to be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.
[3][4] Hawaiian Governor Neil Abercrombie ordered all American and state flags to fly at half staff on August 11, 2013, in Fukuda's honor.