100TH INFANTRY BATTALION VETERANS CLUB

MONTHLY NEWS

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FROM THE EDITORS' PUKA by Ray and Aki Nosaka

"Now is the time to be a part of making history," so stated Col. Young O. Kim, Chairman of the "100thJ442ndlMIS World \Var II Memorial Foundation" at the meeting held on October 2, 1998, at the Club 100. Accompanying Col. Kim were Mr. Fred Hoshiyama, dynamic fund-raising consultant and Miss Christine Sato, coordinator of the oral history program for the foundation.

Attending this very interesting presentation were the following board members and members of the fW1d-raising committee: Joe Muramatsu, Don Matsuda, Hajime Yamane, Arthur Tamashiro, Al Matsumoto, Kazuto Shimizu, Saburo Nishime, Toshio Yoneyama, lun Enomoto, Ted Hamasu, Sakae Takahashi, Ray Nosaka, Isamu Inouye, Mits Furumoto, Bob Takashige, Stanley Akita, Brent Kagawa, and Drusilla Tanaka.

Mr. Hoshiyama showed the group the right technique of asking for a donation. Everyone walked out of that room with the "5-3-5"-feeling. He stressed that we should always remember the "secret code number," 5-5-5 (Go-Go-Go). We only ask that when one of the members approaches you asking for a contribution for the monument and educational foundation, listen to what he has to say and as you dig into your pocket, be proud to be a part of history. Just remember the story of the 100th, 442nd, and MIS. We must never let it be forgotten.

The 53rd Annual Memorial Service was held on September 27 at Punchbowl National Cemetery. The memorial address was delivered by our own Robert T. Sato (A) and two choral numbers were rendered by the 100/442 Men's Choir. We couldn't help but sadly notice on the program that the names on the Honor Roll of Deceased is increasing each year.

Mahalo to the following PPP volunteers who came out on September 24 to collate and mail out the October issue: Bernard Akamine, Otomatsu Aoki, Robert Arakaki, Kunio Fujimoto, Ralph Fukunaga, Mitsuru Fururnoto, Ted Hamasu, Michael Hamamoto, Mary Hamasaki, Saburo Hasegawa, Tokuichi Hayashi, Ed Ikuma, Walter Iwasa, Shigeru Inouye, Masaru Kadomoto, Kiyomi Kaneshige, Satoshi Kashimoto, Gladys Kawakami, Arthur Komiyama, Don and Kimi Matsuda, Al Matsumoto, Toshio Mizusawa, Y. Mugitani, Joe Muramatsu, Isao Nadamoto, Tom Nakamura, Charles Nishimura, Ray and Aki Nosaka, Tom Nosse, Leo Sato, Hiromi Suehiro, Yukio Tanji, Riki and Evelyn Tsuda, Masa Toma, Ukichi Wozurni, Ben Yamada, Kaoru Yonezawa, Marie Yoneshige. The count by chapters is': Able-11, Baker-l1, Charlie-2, Dog-l, HQ-5, Rural-9, Medics-!, Guests-I.

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: Save the date Tuesday, November 24, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at McCoy Pavilion in Ala Moana Park for a reception honoring the newly appointed V A Director for Hawaii, H. David Burge. It would be great if there were a large turnout of Club 100 members and their spouses to welcome the new director. Please call the office for details - 946-0272.

OCTOBER BOARD MEETING HIGHLIGHTS by President Joe Muramatsu

The October Board meeting was held earlier than usual owing to two factors: . one was that our Executive Secretary was going on vacation early in October and the other was that Young O. Kim and his crew wanted to give their pitch for monies for the Los Angeles Memorial.

After the preliminaries, Don Matsuda reported that the back side of the apartment building was being painted. There is still a vacant apartment that is waiting to be occupied. It was suggested that Drusilla contact the State to see if we can have a SectioH 8 etient occupy the apartment.

Our slate of officers for next year is filled.

Hajime Yamane reported that there were no hitches in the Memorial Services and that he wanted an appropriation of about $300 to take the people who helped with the Memorial Service to lunch at Fort Shafter Officers' Club.

Saburo Nishime, Co-Chair for our 57th Anniversary next year, reported that everything is going along smoothly.

We are awaiting feedback from Chapters regarding the National Infantry Mus(:um at Fort Benning, Georgia. Evelyn Honda, daughter of the late Tatsuo Honda (HQ/Rural), is willing to coordinate plans if we are to follow through with Col. Pye's proposal.

The Club 100 made a formal request to the 442nd Veterans' Club Archives Committee to release some research material to us. These material were obtained from the National Archives by Richard "Sus" Yamamoto and his volunteer team in Washington, D.C. In 1996 we sent them. $1,000 to help fund their research efforts.

We received an invitation from the 9th Regional Support Command to attend the US Army Reserve Annual Banquet on October 23. Board Members were reluctant to attend, however, it was decided to send five people: Joe and Katherine Muramatsu, Stanley and Drusilla Tanaka, and Hajime Yamane.

Hajime Yamane and I will represent Club 100 at the DAV Massing of Colors at Punchbowl on November 11, 1998. Chester Hada will present the battalion colors at the State Veterans Cemetery in Kaneohe on the same day.

Notice was received from the law firm of Curtis and Cunningham in Tucson, Arizona, that Club 100 is a beneficiary in the will of Wilhemine 1. Vaughn, widow ofU. James Vaughn of A Company. The amount of the bequest is $5,000.00.

The Board approved that we purchase a new computer. Drusilla stated that the present one cannot do all of the things that she would like to do, and that the new one will be able to use more advanced programs and have more memory and be faster.

Chapter Presidents were reminded to turn in their chapter roster asap in order to receive the chapter subsidy of $5 per paid up mother club member.

The meeting was adjourned at 10:30 a.m. so that Col. Kim, Fred Hoshiyama and Chris Sato could give us their presentation. After the session, they treated all of us to a delicious bento lunch.

Note: Included in this PPP is fund-raising material from the 100thl442nd/MIS World War II Memorial Foundation. The other "names" for this outfit are: Los Angeles Monument, "Go For Broke" Monument, Col. Kim's Monument. One of the unique features of the monument will be the engraved names of all of the men who served in these units during World War II. Another feature is the education program which will help to perpetuate the legacy of the Japanese American soldiers. Club 100 has pledged $50,000 to the foundation and will be making payments of $5,000 each year for 10 years. The goal is to raise $100,000 total from Club 100 and members. Thank you for your help.

Open Letter to the 53rd Memorial Service Committee Members from Hajime Yamane, Chair

What a pleasure it was to chair this 53rd Anniversary Memorial Service! I can say this only because they were so compatible in our monthly meetings and assumed their share of assignments so efficiently. The monthly meetings which began soon after the 52nd service progressed smoothly and because we had our fun moments, made those meetings enjoyable rather than a chore. I believe the final results reflects upon the performance of this committee, namely, Drusilla Tanaka (our ever­efficient Executive Secretary, truly the catalyst for the whole program), Ann Kabasawa (representing the Sons and Daughters), Tommy Nishioka (A), Bernard Akamine (B), Saburo Ishitani (C), Conrad Tsukayama (D), lun Enomoto (HQ-Medics), Ed Ikuma (HQ), Advisor as past chairman, Shigeru Inouye (Medics), (refreshments coordinator as far back as we can remember), Ken Fukunaga (Emcee), Bob Sato (Keynote Speaker), and finally myself who enjoyed aU of this the most.

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In my appreciation for their many long hours and efforts they put into making this memorial service such a success, I went before the Board of Directors to treat them to brunch at the TripIer Officers' Club. I regret that a few were unable to join us that day on Sunday, October 4. Again, I thank this committee who made my chair so easy and enjoyable and successful!

A special thank you to the following sons, daughters, in~ laws and grandchildren who volunteered: Kenneth Kagawa, Brent Kagawa, Clayton Kamiya, Janice Higa, Chad Higa, Rod Kimura, Sophie Hatakenaka, Warren Yamamoto, Avin Oshiro, MaryAnn Oshiro, Gary Doi, Erika Doi, Charles Balason, Barbara Banai, Brie Thalmann, Jill Thalmann, Norman Uyeda, Marcia Tanaka and her daughter, Luanne Goodness-Ono, Calvert Hung, Noreen Hung, Mitchell Hung, Carl Tonaki, Sheila Tonaki, Kimberly Tonaki, Wade Tonaki, Steven Obara, Bernadette Obara, Drusilla Tanaka, Ann Kabasawa for helping to decorate the graves on Saturday and to the following for helping with the Memorial Service on Sunday: Neal Nakayama, Joyce Doi, Marcia Tsue, Patricia Tsutsui, Joanne lng, Sharon Tanaka, Sophie Hatakenaka, Barbara Hanai, Shayna Hanai, Avin Oshiro, MaryAnn Oshiro, Mychale Inagaki, Cheryl Inagaki, Gary Saito, Calvert Hung, Noreen Hung, Mel Inouye, Robin Inouye, Clinton Inouye, Wayne Iha, Steve Takushi, Clayton Kamiya, Art Nakayama, Cecilee Tanaka, Stanley Tanaka, Drusilla Tanaka, Carl Tonaki, Wade Tonaki, Sheila Tonaki, Kimberly Tonaki, Clyde Sugimoto, Ann Kabasawa, Suzan Kaninau.

We cannot forget the participation of the Boy Scouts who decorated the grave sites with miniature American flags, the Royal Hawaiian Band, the IOOthl442nd Men's Choir, Rev. Yoshiaki Fujitani, Rev. Don Asman, the I DOth BnJ442nd lnf of the US Army Reserve, the Sons and Daughters volunteers, and the valuable assistance of Mr. Gene Castagnetti and his staff at Punchbowl. My sincere thanks to you all. A special surprise was an original poem compsed by Hiroshi Minami (HQ). His poem and the ministers' prayers will be included in the December issue of the PPP.

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY'S REPORT by Drusilla A. Tanaka

My deepest apologies to Mr. Warren Iwai and Charlie Chapter members for omitting the Charlie Chapter News from the October issue of the PPP.

Mahalo to the following donors for their thoughtful gifts to Club 100: • $100 from Hideo Kaya (D) for the Memorial Service • $100 from Oswald Kawahara (F IB/Mainland) in memory of Stanley "Tak Tak" Takahashi • $100 from the late Yutaka Inouye (A) • $200 from the family ofIsami "Jacko" Mayahara on the first anniversary of his passing • a copy of the video, "Beyond Barbed Wire" from the 100thl442nd/MIS World War IT Memorial

Foundation • 2 sheetmetal dustpans, made by the Boy Scouts, and donated by Paul Kusunoki (A) • paper shredder from Clyde Sugimoto and Ann Kabasawa

The following gifts to Club 100 were received in memory of the late Hideo Doi (C): • $50 from Carol Shinyama • $10 from Mike and Betty Tokunaga • $25 from Goichi and Dorothy Shimanuki • $20 from Akio and Mitzi Taketa • $50 from Tsutomu and Fumiko Nagata • $20 from Rose Asato • $50 from Lillian and Mitsuru Sakamoto

Club 100 sends its sincere appreciation to the Doi family for their thoughtful suggestion.

The PukaPuka Parade received: • $100 from the late Yutaka Inouye (A)

Editor's note: The letter accompanying the checks from the late Yutaka Inouye stated that Yutaka made known his wish to send contributions to several organizatio~s after his death. Whenever there was a special project or a need for monetary contributions, Yutaka and his wife Sally were always giving. Even in his declining health, Yutaka thought of the Club. We will certainly miss his generosity and his warm and friendly personality.

The Club 100 Lobby is never wanting for reading material for those who come to sit and wait for grandchildren or spouses. Thanks to Hakaru 'Taoka . (Rural) and Karaoke Kai members who have

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brought in magazines and books. Thank you, also, to the office of the Japanese Consul General for the copies of "Nipponia-Discovering Japan" magazine. Also, thank you to Ann Kabasawa and Clyde Sugimoto for the photo albums of the July Convention and of the September Memorial Service. If you see a photo that you'd like a copy of, just contact Ann at * 82-734-0841.

One of the most popular booklets on the table is entitled, 'For Better or For Worse--In Sickness and In Health!" and was written by the late Doris Kawano. Many have found this documentation of Henry Kawano's battle with cancer and Doris's caregiving to be a source of inspiration and encouragement. One veteran asked to borrow it because he wanted his wife to read it! Call the office if you would like to borrow a copy.

Prostate Cancer Support Group: The club office has received information about a Prostate Cancer Support Group that meets at Kuakini Hospital every 2nd Wednesday of the month from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in PB-5 Conference Room. For those of you who are interested in forming a day-time group to meet here at Club 100, please call Drusilla Tanaka. If there is enough interest, perhaps a group could start meeting at the Clubhouse.

Japanese Eyes ... American Heart If you want to pick up a copy of this book immediately, go to the JCCH Gift Shop at 2454 South Beretania Street, across from Star Market. Even tho' I served on the Editorial Board and was familiar with many of the stories, I find that I cannot put the book down. Some of those stories can be read over and over again. The stories are very touching and some of them make you laugh out loud.

A TIMELY REMINDER FROM JIMMY MAEDA

Note: We are separating this item from the Hawaii Chapter News column which Jimmy faithfully writes each month because this affects EVERYONE. Thank you, Jimmy for saying it so well.

ELECTION 1998 - Today the average age for most of the former 100th Inf. Bn. Veterans is 80 years. Which means we have few more elections to vote. Therefore, this election of November 03 is important. go out and exercise your right and your duty as an American. We worked hard for that right. Many of our comrades gave their lives in battle and others gave their blood. In memory of the fallen heroes and as Americans, we should go out and vote on November 03. If you cannot go to the polls on November 03, you can take an absentee ballot vote before November 03. You need to teach the sansei and the yonsei that you cannot let inertia get the best of you in spite of our age.

REQUEST FROM THE ARCHIVES COMMITTEE OF THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS by Evelyn Honda

Mahalo to all the members and families who have already donated items for the archives.

We are making another request for artifacts (photos, letters, clothing, weapons, souvenirs, etc.) for our archives. It would be helpful if a note explaining the significance of the donated items were attached.

The National Infantry Museum located at Fort Benning, Georgia, is asking for articles that can be used for a permanent display honoring the 100th Infantry Battalion. Some items may be leaving Hawaii permanently or will be on long-term loan. The Officers School is located at Fort Benning, so potential commanders at Shafter or Schofield will be exposed to the 100th while they are still at school. Recently, Club 100 has had to fax over information about the 100th to the generals' aides when they call to ask about the 100th Battalion.

The major reason for the existence of the archives is to help perpetuate the legacy of the 100th Infantry Battalion. It is intended to be an education and research center for members, families, students and interested individuals from the community.

If anyone has items they wish to donate, please deliver them to the clubhouse office. Neighbor Island members could mail their contributions, or call Evelyn Honda at 637-5324 for pick up anywhere on Oahu.

The PukaPuka Parade is the monthly newsletter of Club 100, Veterans of the I OOth Infantry Battalion. Published at 520 Kamoku Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96826.

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LETTER FROM KENDALL HAVEN (grandson of General Kendall Fielder)

"For a book about my grandfather, General Fielder, I am collecting stories, events, memories from anyone associated with either the 100th or 442nd for the period 1 December 1941 through 1 June 1942. Where were you -during this period? What happened to you and your family during that period? How did you and your family react to the bombing? How did your neighbors react? What do you remember of December 7th? What happened to you and your family between then and the time you joined either the 100th or 442nd? How, when and why did you sign up for those units? What events and moments stick out most in your memory? Do you have any personal memories of my grandfather during that period?

"Jot your thoughts down or record them on audio tape and mail them to me, or just let Drusilla in the Club 100 office know that you are wHling to chat with me and I will get the information from her and contact you.

"I am both excited and honored to be making this connection with such a big part of my grandfather's history, and am very much looking forward to hearing from you, the members of Club 100."

AN IDEA I have been attending so many funerals lately. While listening to the eulogy delivered by Richard Ishimoto (A) for the late Yutaka Inouye, I was struck by an idea which I hope will catch on. I wouJd like to collect the eulogies for all departed Club 100 members and their wives. This will be another way to perpetuate the legacy of the 100th Infantry Battalion. We have missed getting oral histories for so many men, but by collecting the eulogies, we will have a concise record of their lives. The Club 100 office is the most logical place to store these eulogies, for we can establish a permanent file of them. Please send in eulogies of your late husband or father or wife or mother to Club 100, 520 Kamoku Street, Hon01ulu HI 96826.

Speaking of funerals ... I attended the funeral of someone on the Tanaka side of the family. The first­born son of the deceased is named Robert Kapuniai, Jr. At the funeral, I spoke with Robert Kapuniai, Sr. (FIClRural) and discovered that we are related through marriage! Now, whenever we tell club members that we discovered our relationship, the first question is HOW? Well, "Uncle Bobby," as I address him now, and I have it all figured out. You see, I am married to the cousin of his adopted son's half-sister's husband. You can learn all kinds of things when you go to funerals.

A very special mahalo to Mary Hamasaki (D) who faithfUlly proof reads the PPP every month. If you still find typos, don't blame her, it was probably typed a&.r she finished proof-reading!

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V A ENROLLMENT AND BENEFITS INFORMATION

If you missed the session which was scheduled for October 24 at the Clubhouse, you may go directly to the V A Office in the Prince Kuhio Federal Building. Call them at 566-1000, then press 2 for Benefits Information and Applications.

Happy Birthday to You new octoBenar;ansin November: Francis Kamikawa (HQ), Etsuro Sekiya (D), Hachiro Shikamura (RurallB), Takayuki Yamane (A).

Memorial Service Address by Robert T. Sato:

Thank you, Ken Fukunaga, for the nice introduction.

Good morning, distinguished guests, next of kin of our KIAs, members of Club 100, wives and widows, sons and daughters, and friends.

It is a distinct honor and privilege for me to deliver the memorial address on this highly specialized occasion, the 53rd Memorial Service of Club 100.

We are here this morning to pay tribute to 344 KIAs who fought so bravely and selflessly in the European Theatre and in Korean Conflict to make this world a better place in which to live. We also wish to pay special tribute to those returned comrades who are still suffering fTom the wounds received in the battlefield.

We've come a long ways - 56 years to be exact - and I would like to go over these years to where we are today. I would like to pay tribute to the boys of the IOOth who returned to build our Clubhouse in memory of the lOath Infantry Battalion. Highlights of the years were our anniversary reunions to which were all looked forward, to this one time when the battles were fought all over again. Our activities that kept us together were 1) golf clubs, 2) dance club, 3) karaoke club, 4) Green Thumb club, 5) Club 100 Carnivals, 6) Anniversary Luaus, 7) Ayumi No Hako Charity Fundraisers, 8) Fishing Club, 9) Bowling and Softball Leagues, 10) Ukulele groups and various Chapter events, such as Family Night, summer pi.cnic, over-night camping, Easter Egg Hunts, Christmas parties, and Chicken Hekka Nights. Another activity that many will remember are the Club 100 Goodwill Tours to Japan. Of course, who can forget the Parents' Day, Waga Fubo no Hi, at the Nippon Theater, and the enjoyable skits put on by Howard Miyake, Japan Nakahara, Tomeki Nishioka, and Frances Okazaki. I know if I don't mention this, I will be swarmed by many of you after.the service: Club 100 sponsored Misora Hibari show, the first of her appearances outside of Japan, with the help of Noboru Furuya and Shinko Nohara.

To outsiders, it seems that the common experience of the battlefield forged our bond of friendship, but through these club activities over the years, we gained new .life-long friends, and we continue to make new friends. As our careers flourished and our businesses grew, we were able to give back to the community--in helping Kuakini Hospital, by building bus shelters, raising money for charities, recognizing outstanding ROTC cadets, and awarding college scholarships. I know many of you are still doing volunteer work, such as information center volunteers here at Punchbowl, or at hospitals and nursing homes and schools. You are truly for continuing service. And not just the volunteer work, but in your careers in the community, too, as teachers, lawyers, doctors, judges, dentists, artists, civil servants, businessmen, social workers, and elected officials. You carried with you your identity as a member of Club 100 by placing the decal on your car window and by wearing your club shirt and cap to funerals and other veterans' events.

Through the vision and foresight of the Apartment Project Committee, the Club 100 Apartment Building was completed and now that the mortgage has been paid, our club can rest assured that the annual budget is fulfilled by the proceeds from the rental income. We don't have to put on fundraising concerts or carnivals any more.

But let me go back a few years to when I was somewhere in Italy, serving in Company A. Totally exhausted, there were seven of us nisei soldiers, seven samurai, sitting on dirty helmets, trying to develop some kind of. conver.sation. But no one cares to start. These

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hopeless and futureless seven GIs are just about giving up everything. Our company started with full strength of approximately 200, but only 32 are left. Yet, we must keep fighting until it is over. One of the group, pulls out a letter from his mother and shows it to me. She lovingly wrote, "1 am offering kagezen in front of your picture every morning." Let me explain what is kagezen--it is a meal set for an absent person. His mother's letter continues, "1 am offering steaming hot rice with umeboshi and a cup of hot tea with the hope that you will enjoy this meal with mother every day. My dear son, I do this because I don't want you to feel hungry wherever you are at the battlefield." His mother closed her letter with the familiar words, "Don't worry anything about the home front. We are just doing fine every day. Please take good care of yourself and do your best to fight for the country." How could we do anything but do our best, knowing our mothers and families were praying for our victorious and safe return?

And so, if I may, I would like to take this opportunity to publicly say "thank you, doomo arigatoo gozaimashita" to all who kept us in their thoughts and prayers all those years that we were overseas--our family, and especially okaasan, our mothers.

Today, we are at the stage where the ranks are getting thinner, we are making plans to have our Sons and Daughters participate as active members of the club. They are beautiful people, educated and most qualified to perpetuate and carryon our legacy. I know we can entrust the future of Club 100 to them. By taking oral histories, distributing books, working on exhibits, and organizing our archives, you continue to tell the story of the 1 DOth Battalion. Without your work, the men who lie under these silent gravestones will be forgotten. Sons and daughters club no minasan, yoroshiku onegai itashimasu.

I am proud to be a member of this wonderful club and I thank you for having me before you today to give you my sentiments of our Club 100. Thank you.

Brief Message by Mr. Gene Castagnetti:

Aloha and welcome!

As an honorary member of Club 100, I have taken the liberty to speak more candidly to you the nisei. On behalf of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Director of the National Cemetery System, welcome to your national shrine.

As members of the One Puka Puka, you are all vigilant of this date as the day in September of 1943 that Joe Takata and Keichi Tanaka died in combat. These combat deaths were sacrifices for the ideal of freedom, even as their families' civil rights were vi~lated.

No one knows better than you that the road to democracy and justice is sometimes a difficult one. I'd like to share with you some other facts about this date in history and the journey to democracy. For it was on September 27, 1722 in Boston, Massachusetts, that Samuel Adams, who did so much to spark the American Revolution, was born.

Adams was considered the "fire brand" of his time--the leader of resistance to the Stamp Act, and the prime instigator of the Boston Tea Party of 1773. Sam Adams was vigilant that some of the injustices that colonialists left England to avoid were creeping back into the American colonies. For example, taxation without representation. His civil disobedience was the harbinger of our independence.

148 years later, another incident of injustice and racism occurred in Massachusetts-­directly related to a lack of continued vigilance.

Case in point was the 1921 case of Sacco and Vanzetti, convicted of murder in a payroll hold-up. Sacco and Vanzetti were anarchists who advocated less government controls at a time when government was imposing more laws, like prohibition. The fact shadowed the trial and colored public opinion against claims of a frame-up. These men were first generation Italians in an era when the Mafia was dominant. Fifty years after their execution, the Governor of Massachusetts publicly apologized and recognized the validity of doubt in the way the case was prosecuted, citing discrimination against Italians influenced the conviction and subsequent execution.

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Eighteen years later, on September 29, 1938, the world was blind in its vigilance, as four men met in Munich on this day and talked--British Prime Minister Chamberlain, French Premier Daladier, Italian Premier Mussolini--and Nazi Germany's Adolf Hitler. What they talked about was the partitioning of Czechoslovakia. This was an injustice, cloaked in words of peace, but the free world wasn't vigilant; therefore, did not object to the discrimination and injustice to the persons of a minor country being tom asunder.

Then three years later, on February 19, 1942, President Roosevelt's made rus ill-advised decision in Executive Order 9066 and there was no human cry of injustice or objections. It seems when there is a crisis, the public'S fears have a tendency to lead us to find a scapegoat to focus our hat on and it is usually a minority group. We need to question whether this democratic nation learned anything from the Boston Tea Party, Sacco and Venzetti, the Munich meeting, and Executive Order 9066. These situations remind us once again that freedom is not free and that eternal vigilance is the price of our freedom.

Your parents left Japan for new opportunities in America, Hawaii--they took a risk and you, the nisei generation, took risks and forged through the crisis of the Great Depression, World War II, racism, to overcome injustice and grab opportunity--you members of the Club 100 were not timid souls. Your parents sought freedom from excessi ve government and an opportunity to work and they had a drive for independence. You, the nisei, were just as driven to gain education, overcome injustice in Hawaii and achieve independence. It was your vigi1ance, your perseverance, and your drive for justice that makes your generation great and made Hawaii our 50th State.

Now, what about the 21st Century? In a recent survey, 80% of generation "X"-ers (that is those persons between 20 and 30 years old) responded that they want an active social life, while only 20% admit success at work and independence is important. Today, in the 90's, more adult males are living at home with their parents than at any other time in our nation's history. The reason why is because Moms and Dads provide comfortable, inexpensive-­sometimes no cost, room and board, so the son or daughters' salaries can be used for fun.

The drive for independence seems to be missing--along with the willingness to take risks, and the self-motivation for achieving personal independence. We, the parents, justify this under the rationalization that we do not want our children to struggle--when it was struggle that gave you your independence, self confidence and success.

The forefathers risked leaving England for "The Americas" for more individual independence, freedom from government and religious persecution.

Sacco and Vanzetti, as anarchists, who believed government authority was UIUlecessary, risked censure to stay vigilant and because of their outspokenness, were unjustly convicted.

You, member of Club 100 and other West Coast Americans of Japanese Ancestry had your civil rights unjustly taken trom you, through government executive order but risked fighting for a nation which doubted your loyalty and denied your citizenship and civil rights.

The saddest aspect of today's youth is that they have not achieved or persevered over obstacles, challenges, and crisis to gain or understand the pride that comes with conquering what seems to be the impossible. Today the challenge is to be constantly vigilant that the freedoms earned by your generation are not eroded, abandoned or abrogated.

Although you are in your golden years, once again, we call on you, the nisei generation, who have done so much, to again be vigilant, and teach generation "X-ers" to become politically active, participants in the challenges of our community and the need for eternal vigilance to maintain our freedoms.

It seems to me, there are too many people living defensive, timid lives today, tip-toeing through life so they can make it safely to death.

But I know and you know by the way that veterans and spouses of Club 100 lived, you don't have that problem! No one can accuse you of tip-toeing through life!

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You have been risk takers, with a high work ethic, moral fiber, strong disciplined character and a drive for personal independence. I thank you for keeping up the external flame of vigilance, for paying the price, for taking the risk necessary to keep freedom alive.

Again, welcome and God bless you!

Memorial Service address of Dr. John Masuhara at the Hawaii Chapter Memorial Service

We are gl:ithered here today to honor the men of the 100th Battalion and the 442nd Regiment who fought so gallantly on the battlefields of Italy and Southern France during World War II. Some are living and with us today, many have died. More than half a century ago, these men answered their nation's call to arms. Most had immigrant parents. Some came from plantations. Some were from city tenements. Many were poor, from families trying to make it. All these young men shared a common bond. They were willing to fight and to die, to prove to a doubting hation that they were loyal Americans. When their work was done, they left with us a legacy that loyalty to this nation is never a question of race and color.

The war affected many families. When the war began in December of 1941, my family was living in Aiea, Oahu, a sugar plantation town situated above Pearl Harbor. I was the first baby born in the Territory on January 1, 1944. My birth certificate reads New Year's Day, 12:0 I a.m., at a plantation hospital in Aiea. My father was a sergeant serving in the Military InteJligence Service at the time of my birth. I did not see him until he came home in 1946 when I was two years old. My uncle, Haruto Kuroda of Aiea, was serving in the 100th at the time of my birth. As I was being born, the 1 DOth Battalion was moving up to fight in the rugged Italian hills before the Rapido River Valley.

As I was growing up, I was very fortunate to have my father and uncle as role models. Both were quiet and humble men who never talked much about their experiences. By example, they taught me to do your best, never give up, and be proud. I try to instill these same values in students J work with as an educator. I hope I honor the memory of my father, my uncle and all the men who served. Their sacrifice made life so much better for succeeding generations.

Many men of the 100th and the 442nd died, many were wounded, some were lucky. All were heroes. They fought, they bled, they died, and eventually they won their fight over Fascism and racism. The deeds of the 100th Battalion and the 442nd are forever recorded in the annals of history.

We must never forget what these men did. To honor them, we have an obligation to be ever vigilant to the evils of racism. To honor them, we have an obligation, each of us, to carry out the full responsibilities of American citizenship. The word American ends with the letters I CAN for a reason. Together, Americans CAN overcome any adversity.

We must never allow a people to look upon another group as being something less because of race and color. Too many good men of the 100th and the 442nd made the sacrifice to remind this nation about some words of our founding fathers that had been forgotten: 'that all men are created equal.' Loyalty to America is never about race and color. We must remember the legacy passed on to us by these gallant men. We must never forget. To all of the men who served, both living and dead, we extend our eternal gratitude on this, the occasion of the 56th anniversary of the 100th Battalion's first killed in action.

HEADQUARTERS CHAPTER NEWS

The Headquarters Chapter Christmas Party (including members of the Medics Chapter):

DATE: TIME: PARKING: COST: KAUKAU:

Saturday, December 12, 1998· 5 P.M. Ala Wai School Parking Lot $5 for all adults, Children 12 years and under FREE Buffet

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GRAB BAG: $10 maximum value, write name on package

There will be special entertainment, plus bingo, family packages, etc. Call your team captain or Tom Nosse or Nancy Nakamura or Dorothy Tamashiro by November 30 for head count. Wally Teruya is our capable Chair.

Ed Ikuma finds the book, "Memoirs of a Certain Nisei" by Thomas Higa very fascinating. It is available from the Sons and Daughters. Call the Clubhouse if you're interested.

BAKER CHAPTER NEWS by Bernard S. Akamine

Baker Chapter extends condolences to the families of Lloyd Seki, Richard Yamada and Thomas M. Yabuki (formerly known as Masatomi Morikuni) during their time of bereavement.

For the October meeting we missed China's bread pudding again. He and other Baker boys were on tour in Japan, and that may explain why there were only 10 members present at the meeting.

For the Christmas party, Rikio Tsuda is asking for help in decorating Turner Hall on the 5th of December which is a Saturday. Please come early, about 8:30 in the morning. The Christmas party will be on Sunday, the 6th of December, starting at 4 p.m. Park at the Ala Wai School. Bring gifts for children costing not more than $10 and write the child's name in big bold letters so that Santa can read them. Donations of door prizes and desserts, etc., will be greatly appreciated.

Baker Chapter received a donation from the Seki family in Los Angeles, in memory of Lloyd Seki.

On Friday, September 25, the Memorial Service Committee participated in a dry run at Punchbowl with all the participants there. After the dry run, we were treated to a tour of the cemetery on a 4-person golf cart, courtesy of Mr. Gene Castagnetti. 1 was particularly interested in the ashes scattering place that was newly created. On the way to the site, Mr. Jeremiah, the cemetery foreman and operator of the cart, took us inside the tunnel that is at the base ofthe overlook area. He told us there were 3 big guns placed on the overlook during World War II, protecting the City and the harbor areas. The tunnel was the underground supply system for the guns. The ashes scattering site is just below the overlook on the Diamond Head side, with a nice view of Ward Avenue. There is no path or road to this site right now, so for ashes scattering services, the cemetery will provide carts for family and participants.

The next day we went to Punchbowl early and decorated the graves of B Chapter members who are resting there. Sons and Daughters and grandchildren helped very much. Besides freeing the sons and daughters for memorial service duty on Sunday, there is another advantage to decorating the graves on Saturday--we could get into our cars and drive to the gravesites farthest away instead of walking to them on the day of the service. We finished in record time and all had lunch together. It was a very enjoyable time.

Uki Wozumi told me that he was on the same jeep convoy that Takeo Azama told me about a few months ago. Uki was on that detail with Yeiki Kobashigawa. The humorous part of that experience was that some of the guys who were assigned to drive the jeeps didn't know how to drive. This makes sense because back in the late 30's and the early 40's not too many knew how to drive. So, it was on the job training, jerking all the way.

CHARLIE CHAPTER NEWS by Warren Iwai

Meeting: The annual Christmas party is set for December 13, Sunday, at the c:lubhouse. The party starts with happy hour at 5:00 p.m. and dinner at 5:30 p.m. The food is being catered, but we are asking the wives to make ono desserts. ~ Members and spouses are free. Single members and guest are free. Children under 12 years of age are free. For all other guests, the charge is $5.00 per person. Parking is at Ala Wai School parking lot. Program will feature Santa Claus visit, carol singing, and bingo. Sign up for party with Kiyoshi Uyeno, phone 395-2517. His address: 333 Lunalilo Home Road, Honolulu HI 96825. Make check payable to Co. "C" Club 100. Deadline: Sunday, December 6, 1998.

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Election of officers: All of the 1998 officers were re-elected for 1999, Thank you guys; we will treat you to our Christmas party. Next meeting will be on November 17, Tuesday, 10:00 a.m. at Wisteria Restaurant Lunch is free if you attend.

The Club 100 57th anniversary celebration will be held at the Hawaiian Regent Hotel on June 26, 1999.

Charlie Chapter members voted to have our representative present to the Board of Directors the idea of having a day care center-like program at the clubhouse. This is to accommodate our disabled but ambulatory members to come to the clubhouse and meet other members, talk story, play cards, etc" and pass a few hours each week with friends outside of their home, We do not have much time as members are passing away fast. We are asking the Board to check into the feasibility of such a program.

1998 FUN NlTE: 48 members, wives and friends attended our rumual husband and wife fun nite at Nuuanu Onsen Teahouse on September 18, Our honored couple was Yoroku and Edith lto who celebrated 50 years and one month of marriage. They were given leis and were toasted for their long and happy union. Our chapter officers were also honored for their many years of service with leis for both them and their wives. We also honored our oldest couple, Goro and Katherine Kuwada and our most recently married couple, Saburo and Fukuko IshitanL The program consisted of "talking story," karaoke, group singing and door prizes. Everyone said the food was ono. That accounts for so little left-over food. The chairman wishes to thank the members and guests for their cooperation and generosity which made this occasion a happy and successful one.

Memorial: On Saturday, September 26, the grave decorating detail consisting of Saburo and Fukuko Ishitani, Steven and Bernadette Obara (son and daughter-in-law of Frank Obara, deceased), Stan Akita, Kiyo Uyeno, Roy Nakamura, Chester Hada, Kaoru Matsumura, Hiromi Suehiro, Takeichi Onishi, Kazuto Shimizu, Warren Iwai and Drusilla Tanaka decorated 87 graves of deceased Co. "c" members. The detail ended with breakfast at Wisteria Restaurant.

On Sunday, September 27, our members were out in full force at the Club 100 Memorial Service. This is one day of the year we all set aside for remembrance and reunion.

QbitlJaries; On September 25, Ruth Sachiko Mizushima, wife of Jack Mizushirna, died. Our sincere condolences to Jack; sons, Roy, Vern, and Gary, daughter Kay, and the rest of the family. There were at least 40 members and wives from "C" Chapter at Hosoi Mortuary on' October 3 to witness a touching memorial service. As the program said, "Drain the tears that need to come and be renewed; Jet go of the sorrow." Jack said, "Ruth died quietly in her sleep."

Hideo Doi passed away on October 6. Service was held on October 16 at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Our sincere condolences to his wife, Hiroko; son, Brian; daughters, Gail and Audrey aud the rest of the family. Hideo was a devout Buddhist and an active member of Honpa Hongwan,ii Hawaii Betsuin. He was also a member of the Wednesday Club which contributed time and effort in the maintenance of the temple. In Co. "C," he was one of the few remaining original members of the first platoon. He was a good soldier; someone you can always depend on, and a true friend. We will miss him very much. Charlie Chapter was able to assist in the service by manning ~e "chobah."

Holiday; November 26 is Thanksgiving Day. Gather around with your family and have a happy and joyous day.

See you at the next meeting -- Tuesday, November 17, Wisteria Restaurant.

" Ladies Comer; On Saturday, October 10, the ladies of "c" Company enjoyed a buffet lunch at the Pare Cafe in Waikiki. Arrangements were made by Yuki Akita and Alice Nakagawa. Those able to attend were Maizie Nakamura, Hisako Miyashiro, Lynn Shimizu, Lorraine Miyashiro, Alice Shiozaki, Takako Umamoto, Marian Yamamoto, Dorothy Onishi, Betty lwai and Fukuko Ishitani, with daughter Yumi visiting from Japan. The group reluctantly departed, with Marian volunteering to plan the next outing with Ai Kawamoto. So, expect a call from one of the gals by the end of this month for another get-together in early November. For details call Marian at 737·0253 or Ai Kawamoto at 396-8353.

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DOG CHAPTER NEWS by Helen Nikaido

James Noji was confined at TripIer Army Medical Center, but he is now at MaWlalani Nursing Center. We wish him well.

Dog Chapter Christmas Party is scheduled for December 20 at the Clubhouse. Details are at the end of this article.

We had a pretty good turnout at the September meeting. Seven members and four wives: Saburo Nishime, Conrad Tsukayama, Martin Tohara, Sadashi and Jane Matsunami, "Doc" Hosaka, Ken Mitsunaga, "Jits" Yoshida, Mary Hamasaki, Kay Harada and Helen Nikaido. Ladies, come out and join us. Martin is a good story teHer--it's interesting listening to him.

We had a discussion on whether to continue having a Christmas party in the future. Conrad has been chairman for many years, but due to medical problems, it's time for him to retire and have someone else to take over. We welcome any volunteers. Conrad will chair the party this year with Annette Harada taking care of the children's program. Eddie and Kay Harada were off to Las Vegas on September 27. Don't forget your lucky frog, ti leaf, Hawaiian salt, musubi, maneki-neko, etc. and lots of luck. Enjoy while your sight is good, your mind aleli and your legs are strong.

REMINDER: Dog Chapter meeting, November 21, 1998, 8 a.m. in the Board Room.

Note: Ben and Gloria Tamashiro have scarcely been seen lately. We wish them speedy recoveries and thank Ben for sending us his "excuse" for not attending the recognition ceremony for contributing writers to the book, Japanese Eyes ... American Heart. We should all be so positive in our attitudes and develop such a sense of humor.

"Please count me out on this one since my physical movements are currently restricted to a: "walker" (cane and crutches on standby) and don't know when I'll be able to get back on my own two feet, again. Hopefully by the end ofthe year. To explain:

"Had long neglected my yard, overgrown with the usual, so spent early September cleaning up the mess, not mindful of nor even conscious of the fact that in my enthusiasm] was extending myself way beyond the norm. Then one night it caught up with me, an awful pain in my left leg. But it was gone by morning, so never paid much attention to it, attributing the pain to pulled muscles. When it didn't go away in time, decided to have it checked out at Straub, ending in a bone scan which revealed two hairline fractures at the point where the hip joint of the left femur (leg bone) meets the hip bone (ileum). In the resultant operation, two silver pins 3-112 inches long were inserted at the point of the fractures to hold things in place. Came home, doing fine.

"Then, one night, having brushed my teeth after supper, walking out of the bathroom, something hit me. Wham! Bang! Boom! Ever been struck by lightning, gored by a rampaging bull, run over by a runaway truck? All at the same time? Well, that's the way it felt. Armageddon hath no such fury. I thought I was losing my mind. Grabbing the door jamb for support, slowly I slid to the floor. Dazed, nevertheless came out of it, then enjoyed by first-ever ride in a 911 ambulance. Operated once more next morning, but this time an actual fracture just below the previous spot, requiring the attachment of yet another piece of steel, an 8-inch long hooked piece called a sideplate, threaded on one end and held in place by four 1-1/2 inch long screws.

"The two operations left a continuous line of 18 stitches on my left hip. But the worst in the whole deal were the side effects: Having that awful contraption called an endotracheal tube (to control specific volume of oxygen into IWlgs) forced down my throat, taped to the mouth, and both hands tied down to the bed so there was no way I could pull it out; from that, a sore throat and hoarseness of voice still plaguing me; and constipation of the sort one wouldn't wish on even the worst of one's enemies.

"Home now and being given the full rehab treatment--physical therapy, home health aide, occupational therapist, etc! Of course, most would think that I'd fallen at home which is common to old futs like me. But no, the culprit is overwork. And when Dr. Maeda, the surgeon who operated on me, asked me how it happened, I lightly remarked that my dear wife, Gloria, had driven me into it. Smiling, he nodded his head and said, "Good that you're blaming her!" A true samurai, no doubt!

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"Reality, of course, is something else. Perhaps the best way I can allude to Gloria's role in all this is to quote one again that classic line from the Rubaiyat: "A loaf of bread ... a flask of wine, a book of verse and thou / Beside me singing in the wilderness ... "

"So, don't cry for me. And may you all have fun. Aloha!"

Just as we were going to press, the club office received a color photo-copy of the x-ray of Ben's leg where the pins were inserted to brace the fracture. Ow .... it looks ... well, I believe you, Ben. Another message is attached, and it ends, as always, in a very positive tone: "And thank the Lord that we're both aHve and well .... give our regards to all. Mahalo! Ben"

DATE: PLACE: TIME: COST:

DOG CHAPTER CHRISTMAS PARTY

December 20, 1998 Club 100 1 :30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Adults - $5 Children 12 - 18 - $3 Children under 12 - free!

PARKING: At Ala Wai School ENTERTAINMENT: Games, Door Prizes, Singalong Donations welcomed and will be appreciated for: Door Prizes, Desserts, Pupus, Refreshments Children's gifts, not more than $10, labeled with child's name for Santa's bag.

Adults and older children - bring Christmas wrapped gifts for exchange

Telephone contact will be made in mid-November for total count of those attending.

RURAL CHAPTER CHATTER by Ted M. Hamasu

Congratulations!! Leeward Drive Inn is open for business with more ono food and faster service after six months of rebuilding and refurbishing!! Congratulations to Carole and> Jerry Yamaki and the crew at Leeward Drive Inn.

We held our bi-monthly meeting at Westgate Center's conference room on 18 September 98 from 11 a.m. with 12 members and wives attending. We bought our lunch at the newly refurbished Leeward Drive Inn and it was supergood. As usual, Jerry furnished the refreshments. from his well-stocked reefer. Thanks, Jerry, for being such a good host.

We are looking for replacements of the present officers, so are asking that you be present at the November meeting to accept or refuse the nomination when your name is submitted for nomination, otherwise you can be nominated to replace any officer. The present officers have served for three years and it's about time we make changes. We do not want career officers in our chapter.

Saturday, 26 September 98, we decorated the graves of our'jcomrades and we want to express our mucho gratias to the volunteers. Mililani Memorial, Walter Iwasa and Lefty Mizusawa; Punchbowl National Cemetery, Susumu Ota and Masaharu Saito; Diamond Head Cemetery, Ted Hamasu and Kaneohe Veterans Cemetery, Ben Yamada. Rural Chapter deeply appreciates your kokua and devotion to our deceased comrades.

Hakaru Taoka was reminded by his doctor to be off his feet as much as possible, so according to him, sometimes he hobbles around on all fours at his home. I-Ie says that his legs get swollen when he in on his feet. He is getting much better, the last time I talked with him. Gambare, Hakaru, we're all rooting for your fast recovery.

Oscar Fukino's wife, Jane, is not in the best of health. Oscar says, since Jane took care of me when I was down, it is my turn to take care of her. Jane, we in Rural Chapter will be praying for your speedy recovery.

Next meeting will be held at Zippy's of Wahiawa on 20 November 98 from 11 :00 a.m. all members are encouraged to attend this year-end meeting. .

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KAUAI CHAPTER NEWS by Tsugi Takemoto

Where to begin? I wondered as I just got back from my trip to Las Vegas and San Leandro on the 14th. We had a meeting on the 18th at the Wailua Family Restaurant (formerly Sizzler's) and were brought up to date on the happenings.

Shall go back to our September 27 Memorial Service as we had many changes since I left for the September trip to New Orleans and San Leandro and mailed out invitations fTom there. First call was from Muggsy saying we had changed the speaker to Commander John Barfoot of the Pacific Missile Range Facility. The Rev. Shindo Nishiyama of the Waimea Honpa Mission offered the prayer, Dado Tumacder was the bugler. Monty Nishiie and Rokuro Yamase carried the wreath, accompanied by the following widows: Kazue Kawamoto, Kinue Mizuno, Grace Morimoto, Renee Moritsugu, Jane Sugawara, Chizue Teshima, and Tokiko Yoshioka. Larry Sakoda was the master of ceremonies. Light refreshments were served by Renee Moritsugu, Sally Arakaki, Tokiko Yoshioka, Mitsuko Miyazaki, Chizue Teshima and Grace Morimoto.

Announcement was made that the Christmas luncheon is on Sunday, December 6, 1998, at Green Garden Restaurant, Hanapepe, at 11:30 a.m. Cost is $15.00 which includes tax and tip. Each woman is asked to bring a grab bag gift of $5 or more. By the courtesy of the members, they voted to invite the sons/daughters, guests and the grandchildren. Guests are the better half of the sons/daughters so that whole families will come. If families would like to give grab bag gifts to ~heir grandchildren, they may do so. Ladies on the committee for the luncheon are Hisae Kagawa, Natsue Morikawa, Tomoe Shimatsu, Jane Sugawara, and Ann Y otsuda. Members voted to donate $50 for a tree to the group home that Lei Takemoto resides in.

Bunkichi Matsuyoshi atmounced that flu shots were being given at the Vet Center on Kuhio Highway. The Veterans Day Parade is November 7,1998, 10 a.m. in Kapaa; Veterans Day Services, November 11, 1998, at the Kauai Veterans Cemetery, at 11:00 a.m. The Kauai Veterans Council will have a Christmas party for all veterans and their families on December 20.

Kauai Chapter now has three 100th Infantry Flags (colors) which are being displayed in the Kauai Veterans Building. When a flag is required, Bunkichi takes it to funerals or parades, or wherever required.

MAUl CHAPTER NEWS by Tom Nagata

Maui Chapter's annual KIA Memorial Service was held at the Maui Veterans Cemetery, Makawao, on Sunday, September 27, at 2 p.m. Goichi Shimanuki was the hardworking chairman and also served as emcee for the program. The Rev. Jack Belsom of the lao Congregational Church, Wailuku, conducted the service. Chapter President Stanley Izumigawa gave the welcome address, and John Miyagawa led the singing of "America the Beautiful" and "God Bless America," and the 100th Infantry Battalion song with all the members of Maui Chapter standing in front of the audience. Shimanuki read out the names of all the Maui KIA, and members and honorary members who had passed away since the end of the War. Our thanks go to Toshio and Thelma Iwami for taking care of the refreshments, Wataru Kaneshina for storing our five large picture frames and stands, Akira Ishikawa for transporting the picture frames from Wailuku to Makawao and to all the people that brought snacks and flowers for the serVIce.

The Friday evening chicken hekka dinner that was held on October 9 at the Kahului Community Center was well-attended with 20 members, 19 wives, 9 widows present. Groups 3 and 4, led by Akira Ishikawa and John Miyagawa, were in charge of the dinner, and they were ably assisted by the group members and wives. There were generous donations of rice, side dishes, pastries and snacks. Topsy Omuro's 82nd birthday was observed with a large birthday cake. The Wataru Michioka's donated green onions for the hekka and also dozens of long-stemmed roses of various colors for the wives and widows. Chapter President lzumigawa called on Wataru Kaneshina to bless the food and it was ladies first at the bulging buffet table. Bingo games were played after dinner with Masao Sato, Akira Ishikawa, and Stanley Izumigawa in charge.

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There will be a luncheon meeting at the Tasty Crust restaurant at 11' a.m. on Tuesday, November 3, 1998. Also, there will be a Veterans Day luau on Saturday, November 7, at 1 p.m. at the VFW Hall in Kihei.

HAWAII CHAPTER NEWS by Jimmy Maeda

The Hawaii Chapter annual memorial service on Sunday, September 27, at the Hawaii county Veterans Cemetery # 1 was a meaningful and well-attended service. The service began with aUght shower--a good omen of the 100th Infantry Battalion. The speaker, Dr. John Masuhara, Principal of Hilo High School, honored the men of the 100th and 442nd. His speech is included elsewhere in this issue. We are very grateful to the Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts and parents of Boy Scouts of America Troop #50 for showing up at the cemeteries before 7 a.m. to decorate the grave markers with the American Flags for both cemeteries. Our thanks to the sons and daughters of the AJA Veterans for their help.

Our sincere thanks, mahalo, and arigato to the many other participants: Hawaii County Band, Hilo High School ROTC Color guards, George Taketa, President of Hawaii Chapter Club 100, James Maeda, invocation; Barry Taniguchi, Emcee, Sons and Daughters; Floral tributes, Sons and Daughters of AJA Veterans. Our thanks to the Buddhist ministers, Rev. Nobuhiro Fuchi of Higashi Hongwanji Mission and other Buddhist ministers for conducting the service.

,Memorial service committee comprised of: Yasuo Iwasaki, Motoyoshi Tanaka, Stanley Ushijima, Barney Miyazono, and James Maeda.

Harue Wakakuwa of Hilo, wife of Sakae Wakakuwa, died on September 17 due to illness. She was 79 years at the time of her death. Harne was a homemaker. Funeral service was held on September 23 at Dodo Mortuary Chapel.

Richard M. Yamada (B) October 4, 1998

Robert Imoto (B) October 5, 1998

Thomas M. Yabuki (B) also known as Masatami Morikuni

October 5, 1998

Hideo Doi (C) October 6, 1998

Yutaka Inouye (EtA) October 12, 1998

May they rest in peace.

The Club 100 Ohana.extends deepest sympathies to their families.

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CLUB 100 CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR NOVEMBER 1.998

ABLE ..................................... Saturday, November 28 ................. 8 a.m ................................... Lounge 'BAKER .................................. Saturday, November 21 ................. 1 p.m ......................... Board Room

CHARLIE ............................. Tuesday, November 17 .................. 10 a.m ............. Wisteria Restaurant DOG ...................................... Saturday, November 21 ................. 8 a.m .......................... Board Room HQ ......................................... Tuesday, November 17 .................. 9:30 a.m ............................... Lounge HAWAII ............................... Thursday, November 19 ................ 11 a.m ........... AJA Vets Mem. Hall MAUl .................................... Tuesday, November 3 .................... 11 a.m ....... Tasty Crust Restaurant RURAL ................................. Friday, November 20 ...................... 11 a.m ................ Zippy's Wahiawa KAUAI BOARD ................................. Friday, November 13 ...................... 10 a.m ......................... Board Room S&D BOARD ........................ Friday, November 20 ...................... 7 p.m ......................... Board Room GREEN THUMB ................. Monday, November 2 .................... 10 a.m .................................. Lounge KARAOKE FUN NITE ....... Friday, November 13 ...................... 6 p.m ............................ Turner Hall GREEN THUMB ANNUAL ORCHID SHOW AND PLANT SALE ... Sat. & Sun., Nov. 21 & 22

I-la~~y V~t(!NIM' Day and I-lQ~~y Thanksgiving Holiday

The Clubhouse Office will be closed on Thursday and Friday, November 26 and 27, in observance of the Thanksgiving Holiday.

Deadline for articles for the December 1998 issue is November 10, 1998.

The PukaPuka Parade collating will be on Thursday, November 19, at 8:30 a.m. Able and Charlie Chapters are responsible for providing the manpower and refreshments.

Reporters: Deadline for articles for the January 1999 issue is December 8, 1998. Collating will be on December 17> 1998. Please note that the deadlines are ONE WEEK earlier than usual and that coUatingwili be on the THIRD Thursday of November and December due to the holidays.

Club 100 Veterans of the lOOth Infantry Battalion 520 Kamoku Street Honolulu HI 96826-5120

NOVEMBER 1998 ISSUE

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