1/355 S 4 o P7c6 \{ .:: f!<.!cords Depository I :!o ~PUKA PUKA PARADE UN1Vf-H5ITY OF HAWAII /' Published by the Club 100 P. O . 5 0). I H, Ho. 'OLULU 10 An Incorporated Association of Member s of the 100th Infantry Battalion TERRITORY Of H.H""AII

VOL. 1 JULY 1, 1946 NO.4

ROBERT TAIRA ELECTED OAHU CHAPTER PRESIDENT

To the members of Club lOa, Oahu Chapter: As your new president, I belleve that much can be accomplished in the commg year. It is now a choice of getting things done or watching this club die of inactlVlty. I have, therefore, appomted SlX Standing Commlttee chair men who are willing to sacrIfice much of their time and effort to work With your officers and dlrectors m making thiS Oahu Chap­ ter the kmd of orgaruzatlOn we all dream of haVlng. T o do thlS, your E xe c uti ve Board needs your kokua. We urge you to attend to the following matter s at once: 1. If you have not r ecelved no­ tices of general meetings or lssues of the Puka Puka Parade, the r eason The Executive Committee presenting check to Governor Stainback In lolanl Palace. From left to right; Masayoshi Kawamoto, Mltsuyoshl Fukuda, ToshIo Kunimura ~ Tadashi Ohta, is that we have no record of your Edward Yoshimasu and Governor Stalnback. present address. So, send in your permanent address and telephone number to-- CONVENTION TO BE HELD TIDAL WAVE RELIEF CHECK JUL Y 20- 21 T URNED OVER TO GOVERNOR Chairman, Membership & STAINBACK Dues Committee A Territorial convention of the P. O. Box 1636 Club 100 is scheduled to be held at A check for $ 2395, represent­ Honolulu, T. H. 1444 Nuuanu Ave., Honolulu on Sat­ ing the contribution from the men in 2. Bring your dues up-to-date. urday and Sunday, July 20-21 at which the 100th Battalion who are s till Statements have been mailed to all time delegates from Hawaii, Oahu overseas for the relief of Hawaiian members. Make your payments by and Kauai will gather and formulate res idents who were victims of the mail to the Chapter Treasurer, or p I a n s and poliCies for the coming tidal wave disaster, was turned over at the Clubhouse to any of the of­ year. to Governor Ingram M. Stainback by ficer s on Saturday or Sunday. This information was recently the executive committee of the Club 3. Attend your general meet­ released by Mitsuyoshi Fukuda, Pre­ 100 . ings and make known your desires s ident of the Territorial corpcration The check was sent to the Club regar ding club functions. Partici­ of the Club 100. 100 for distribution but due to the pate in all Club 100 functions. We Fourteen delegates from MaUl, lack of adequate facilities to handle promise to notify you well in ad­ two from Hawaii and two from Kauai such a task, the Club executive vance of such functions . will me e t with approximately 35 committee decided to turn the money me m be r s from Oahu on SatlLrday over to the Governor who c 0 u I d My officers join me in thanking afternoon starting at 1 P.M. to elect channel the money to the pro per you for your support in putting us directors of the corporation for the agencies. into office. We shall look forward coming year. On Sunday morning a The concern shown by the boys to that same backing in the months session of the Board of Director s is who are still overseas is apprecia­ ahead. scheduled for 9 A.M., and an election ted by all the members of the Club Sincerely yours, of officers and the appcintment of an 100 and by the people in the com­ Rober t Taira (Signed) executive committee will be taken munity. President, Oahu Chapte r up. Social activities planned for this two day meeting includes a gala chop Bowling and golf will be featured be­ MAUl CLUB 100 ATHLETES TO suey dinner at the Waikiki Lau Yee tween meetings either on Saturday INVADE OAHU Chai on Saturday evening at 5 P .M. afternoon or Sunday afternoon. Ken­ On Sunday the newly installed mem­ neth Kaneko, an outstanding athlete Gor o Kuwada, secr etary of the bers of the Board of Director s will of the lOOth Infantry Battalion, is in Valley Isle Chapter, has notified the be enter tained at a luncheon after the charge of the Sunday morning's soft­ Oahu Chapter that an aggregation of r egular meeting. The Maui delegates ball game which is scheduled to be 10 athletes will invade Oahu during have asked the Oahu Chapter whether played at Ala Moana Park. The Maul the T erritorial Club Convention July bowling, golf and a softball gam e aggr egation have assured the H,~no ­ 20th and 21st to challenge the city could be arr anged, and the city boys lulu chapter that their athletes are boys in boWling. golf and softball. have accepted the challenge and will no harns" so Oahu is going out full (Continued on,Page 4) be ready to take on the M a u i t e s . for ce to turn them back. E L FINCH: HONORARY MEMBER BIG ISLAND NEWS R1chard Miyash1ro's CAFE THIS IS THE FOURTH OF A SERIES OF AR',' ICLES ON THE 100th in Hilo, which was r eported HONORARY MEMBERS OF T HE CLUB 100 damaged by TW (tidal wave) during the month of April is once more op­ erating again. Lots of luck R1 chard. When the wounded began coming This issue of the Puka Puka You Honolulu lads should come over back for hospitalization to the States, Par!'.de is r espectfully dedicated to and try our deliclOus porter house Ea r 1 Finch, at his own expense, Mr. Earl M. Finch, Honorary Mem­ and T-bone steaks. ber of the Club 100 from Miss!ssip- toured the different h 0 s pit a 1 s to pi. visit and cheer the bed-ridden. He This writer is wondenng where On March 5, 1946, a tall, arranged for orchestras to accom­ the gals of Hilo were when the Ter­ stringy, slightly bald gentleman of pany him, and entertained at dif­ ritorial Council on Veterans Affairs thirty or thereabouts, came walking ferent hospitals with Hawaiian pro­ held an orientation r ecently for Vet­ off the Pan American clipper which grams. For those patients who were erans on the s ubject of available had just gotten in to Honolulu. Hun­ strong enough to go out on passes, territonal house lots for sale and dreds of AJA's were there to greet Mr. Finch entertalOed them wit h FHA material priority and loans. him in traditional Hawaiian sty 1 e nightclubs and theaters. Oh yes, several of the veterans from with leis and music. Earl M. Finch, He is not an extremely wealthy the Club 100th were bashful to at­ Hattiesburg businessman, who had man, as many people make him to tend the orientation together with the befriended A J A's in Camp Shelby be, however, money and time seem other prospectlve husbands-to-be, had just come to Hawaii to v is it immater1al to him. He has travelled therefore they came into the coun­ with the boys he had come to love. thousands of miles to see AJA's who cil's office inctividually. Earl Finch needs no introduc ­ were scatter ed all over the United tion. Word of his genuine interest States. Our pr exy Mitsuyosh1 Fukuda in the welfare of the AJA 's had He impresses an observer as and Mr. Leslie Deacon, both from reached far and wide throughout the one who came from Hawaii. Watch­ the Castle and Cooke of the Capital U. S. and Hawaii, and to them this ing him conversing with men of the City, while on a business trip r e ­ man had become a symbol of toler­ 100th and 442nd, he uses all the col­ cently in Hilo, fruled to observe a ance. His month's visit in Hawaii loquials and pidglO that are so preva­ big sign "BUS STOP ONLY", within gave not only the AJA's, but the lent among the Hawaiian soldiers. their first hour 10 the ralOY city. people of Hawaii as a whole, an op­ The men themselves take to h1m as Thanks for your donation to our poor portunity to meet the man who had a fnend and are not hes1tant about county. The Hilo gals were sor e been dubbed "One Man USO" be­ cracking jokes athim or teasing him. with the wnter for haVlng that s tag cause of his sincere in t ere s t in He feels nght at home with the boys, get-together for our Honolulu guests. entertaining men of Hawaii who wer e and admits that he does not enjoy Who were they concerned about?? training in the States. the cramped soph1sticated style of Upon his arrival, Yoshinao the South. Thomas T. Kadota and Shigeru "Turtle" Omiya wi th Audrey, his Theforegoing is just asurfaclOg Ush1jima both Club 100th members seeing eye dqg, greeted Earl, whose of the true Earl Finch, and does not are on the territorial s tat e h 00 d enthusiasm of the r eunion with the do him justice. However, it is the committee from this island. Do you man he had taken es~cial interest belief of the writer that Ear 1 M. know your 48 s tates first, boys? in, was a touching scene to even the Finch is a pleasant picture in every coldes t of hearts. "Turtle" was member's mind. The Club 100 is one of the many AJA's who had be­ proud to have the Gentleman from OAHU CHAPTER JOINS CLEAN· come a fast friend ,of Earl Finchbe­ Mississippi an Honorary Member, UP CAMPAIGN cause of his extreme interests and and the members at large send h1m sincer e efforts to help men return­ all the MAHALO and ALOHA. Club 100, Oahu Chapter, has ing from combat wounded. joined 75 interested ciVlc orgam­ Even in Mississippi, where the zations and departments of the City "]lm Crow Law" insists on white AUTOS FOR AMPUTEES and County and Territorial Govern­ s upremacy, Earl Finch dared to de ­ ments in the clean-up and beauhf1- fend the cause for the AJA's. This There 1S a bill now pending in cation campa1gn sponsored by the action jeopardized his social as well Congress to prov1de specially-e­ Chamber of Commerce of Honolulu. as his economic position in his home quipped cars for the amputees and Several achve committees have town and outlying dis triCts, but this paralyzed veterans of World War II. been set up, and members of this man unerringly s upported a princi­ Various hospitals throughout the organization are urged to partic1 - ple he believed. All this came about Mainiand are urging immectiate ac­ pate fully in the community efforts because of a coincidence of his cu­ tion on this bill and it is believed to clean and beautify Honolulu Hale. riosity and sympathy for several that quick and favor able action can Specific projects to be under­ AJA's who were in Hattiesburg be expected once the bill hits the taken by the Club 100, Oahu Chapter, early in May, 1943. His kindnes;; floor of Congress. will be announced later. Meanwhile, spread like wild fire, and before Members of thJ'! Club 100, who let's do all we can, as proud citizens long he had all the men in camp at are amputees or paralyzed veterans, of a growing city, to aid the drive his fr ont door. are urged to s upport this measure to "bathe and dress-up" Honolulu . . From his first acquaintance of a:.tthorizing the government to fur ­ one of the AJA's h1S interest grew nish specially -eqUlpped motor cars until he was entertaining groups of to disabled veterans who otherwise BATTALION COLORS COMING hu n dreds to parties, dances and would find it almost impossible or HOME TO STAY sightseeing trips. When the units, extremely difficult to get around. If 100th and 442nd, embarked for over­ you are 1Oterested, write to Mit z Hawaii's own, the 442nd Regi­ seas combat duty, he kept close con­ Fukuda in care of Club 100. mental Combat Team and the one and tact with the men by writing to them. only lOOth In f an try Battalion, is At the same time, he made new "Give me a sentence, Dick, with scheduled to arrive in Honolulu on or friends among the replacements who the word 'Rotterdam' in it." about the 10th of August to be deacti­ came to Shelby after the originai " My sister et my candy, an' vated. They bring with them the unit left Shelby. hope it'll r otter dam teeth outl" (Cont. on page 4)

-2- GI BENEFITS: HOLD ON TO YOUR INSURANCE

Many members of the Club 100 MAUl NEWS who have let their National Service Life Insurance lapse are ' unaware' of the fact that the policy can be rein­ Kaoru Moto recently r ecelved ting a bakery shop; Rlchard Inguchi stated by the Simple method of pay­ an Italian decoration, the Military is nursing a bad ankle and plans to ing two months' premiums. Lapsed ' Valor Cross, for herolc action 10 go to school soon; Toshio Iwami IS government policies may now be re­ the Italian campaign. Moto IS one electrician with the Maui ElectriC instated by payment of the premiums of the most decorated men in the Company; Geor ge Kurisu and Donald - -one for the lapse and one for the Valley Island today for he holds the Uchimura ar e s ign painters at the m 0 nth for which 'reinstatement is Distinguish Service C r 0 s s aslde Kahului Navy Air Base; Shoichi desired. from other "frult salad" r ibbons. Matsumoto is attending Maui Voca­ N a PHYSICAL EXAMINATION Moto is due for m 0 r e battles (do ­ tional School; Wataru Micruoka is IS REQUIRED REGARDLESS OFTHE mestic ones) f or he got mar ned cdpartner in home appliance busi­ LENGTH OF TIME THE POLICY lately. ness; Matsuyoshi Nagao, Wataru HAS LAPSED. T he s e regulations Nouchi, Tsukio Yamagata, Noboru are effective until January 1, 1947, It was just like old times when Hashiro, Masayuki Kitagawa, Masa­ or for six months after the official Col. Turner, Maj. Lovell and Capt. mi Kagehiro, Shinichi Yamada, Tsu­ end of the war, whichever is later. Kometani arrived here for the Me­ tomu Nagata, Robt. Shimada, Kazuma In Congress there are several morial Day ceremonies. Memorial Taguchi, Shigeyukl Suma, Rudy Yo­ bills proposing changes in the in­ Plaque was unveiled here on that shida, Masao Sato, and Wataru Ka­ surance act. There is one bill in day with Col. Turner as malO speak­ neshina are all employe d at the particular which we ought to know er. Of the 114 names listed on the N a v y Base; Yoshito Nishlmura is about. In the S e na te it's Bill No. plaque, the following were from the with the La.4aina Ice Company. 1677 and in the House No. 4965. The 100th: Mat sue i Ajitomi, Harold four changes proposed by this bill Arakawa, T a k eo Fujiyama, Yeiko Nob 0 r u Sugahara, personnel seem so logical that they're likely Goya, Tam 0 t s u Hanida, Hideyuki department at Puunene; Shmgo Ta­ to become law eventually. The main Hayashida, Harold Higashi, Kihashiro kahashi and Eichi Endo, HC&S Co., reason for the proposed changes is Hotta, Henry Ikehara, Katsui Jinno­ Kenichi Tokunaga, Puunene air base, not alone s,cattered protests about hara, .Paul Kimura, Sho~atsu Kina, Tatsuo Terao, Kahulul Store; Goro the 1 a c k of flexibility in the NSLI Masao Mats u i, Tsuyoshi Miyoga, Kuwada, Walluku post office; Yoshio plan. It's also because National Ser­ Isa mi Miyasato, Saburo Maehara, Kobayashi, Maui Pineapple Company; vice Life Insurance is now a big bu­ Joe Nakamoto, Edward Nakamura, Toshio Kusunoki, fisherman; Edward s iness--the greatest life insurance Martin Naganuma, Kazuo Nlshihara, Nashiwa, baker, Tadao Sato Paia business ever known. It should be Hideo Nagata, Sue 0 Noda, Douglas Cleaners; Shlro Yamato, school put on a peacetime basis. Otani, Wallace Oshiro, Masanao teacher; Shinichi Yam'lda, Pioneer Otaka, Masatsugu Riyu, Louis Saka­ Mill Company; ZenklChi Shiroma and The bill I've mentioned w 0 u 1 d moto, Herbert Sadayasu,David Suda, Shuichi Tengan, bus drivers; Ma­ make endowment poliCies available-­ Takeo Shimizu, Hit 0 s h i Taguchi, moru T~bayashi, tailor, Kiic h i thi-ee kinds. There will be a 20-year Taro Tonai, Yoshinobu Takei, Haru­ Kohats u, !j;aleak'ala Motors; Goichi endowment, an endowment at age 60 yoshi Tateyama, Min 0 r u Tosaka, Shimanuki, harbor clerk, Nobuyoshl and an endowment at age 65, With Ken k 1 chi Teruya, Isami Tomita, Furukawa" store keeper; Raymond the three types of permanent lllSur­ Robert Takeo, Teruto Tanimoto, Lel Iwamoto, Willie Goo and Charles ance policies already available for Yamashiro and Yogi YasUl, Mizoguchi, Walehu golf course keep­ our selection - ordinary life, 20-pay After the ceremomes, MaUl'S er s; Yukits ug u Iwamoto, Ma Ul life and 30 pay life -- and the three 100th veterans gathered at the On­ County; Hatsuo Satoshige, Wailuku new endowment policies, a vet would ental Chop Suey house for lunch Wlth Sugar Company; Isoji Iwalshi, store have six choices. the Honolulu visltc;>rs as guests. :Sull keeper; Kazuto Masuda, Libby Mc­ One of the amendments proposed session followed, and all Maui men Neill and Libby; Tsutomu Nagashima, w 0 u 1 d remove restrictions on the agree that we had a grand time re­ Territorial Motors, Yoshitaka Ushi- , c 1 ass of beneficlaries permitted. counting old times. jima, farmer; Toru Orikasa, Maui There would be no limitations as to ~--- ShmbWr, Stanley Masumoto, Terr. who or what flrm or w hat friend Valley Island lOOth Infantrymen Council on Veterans AffairS and could be named as beneficiary. There observed the 4th anniversary of the Mamoru Koki, U. S. Engineers. seems to be need for a change of this battalion with dinner and dance at kin d to get NSLI on a peacetime, Mr. S. Mizuba's beachhouse Saturday Osamu Nakagawa runs a tailor commercial basis. night, June 8th. Guests included re­ shop; Hisao Tsutsumi and Arthur cent Club 100 hostesses and each Shinyama are with the Maui Pine­ Next, the amending bill, if it veteran was allowed one guest. Hula becomes law, sets up new modes for apple Company; S h i n ob u Tofukuji dance by "JOCkey" Akira Ishikawa runs the City Drug; Fred Yokoyama settlement to the beneficiary. Na­ highlighted the entertainment. tional Service Life has allowed the runs the Hinode Soda Works; Ted beneficiary a choice of only two op­ Hamasaki runs appliance stores; tions or methods of settlement in Toru Orikasa, Kaoru Moto, Ka­ Jack Arakawa is parts man at Maui case the insured veteran dies at any zuma Taguchi, Nobo r u Hashiro, Motors; Kiyoshi Ikeda is with the time or from any cause. Yet the two Ts ukio Yamagata, Charlie Yayoshi, con s tr uc t io n department of the choices have been good ones--both Topsy Omura, Hideo Kon, and Donald HC&S Co.; Akira Ishlkawa trains have been 1 i b era 1 adjustments to Uchimura were some of the Maui race horses; Hideo Kon is with the provide payments to the beneficiary. 100th members who were recently Ma1!i Pineapple Comapny; John Mi­ The fourth amendment would set up married. yagawa, works in the recreational a system of disability benefits pay­ department at HC&S Co.; Kaor u Moto able to the insured veteran in case Jack Gushiken, secretary at is with HC&S Co.; Mitsugi Moto is he becomes totally disabled fro m Maui Police Department, is expect­ mechanic at Maui Motors, Minoru any case. There wiil be an addition­ ing a ,visit from the pr overbial stork Murakami is mechaniC at Puunene; al premium to pay if any of us want soon; Kats Hanada runs a service Mits uru Omori is school secretary; to buy that kind of insurance ... ' .. station; Robt. Hashimoto is opera- Yoshiharu Saito is truck driver. - 3- MESSAGE FROM OAHU GENERAL RYDER ACCEPTS MAUl CLUB 100 ATHLETES CHAPTER PRESIDENT HONORARY MEMBERSffiP (Cont. from page 1) Dear Sir: Plans are being made to wel­ At a r egular meetIng of the come these Mauites and a schedule Club 100, Oahu Chapter, held on Upon my return to my IX Corps Headquarters m Japan, from an ex­ is being drawn up for a tournament Sunday, June 2, 1946, officer s and in all three sports. directors for the corrung year were tended leave m the United States, I found your letter conferrmg upon me In his letter to the secretary of elected. an honorary membership in Club 100. the Territorial Chapter, Goro com­ Robert Taira succeeds Dr. Ko­ ments that these i n v a d e r s are no metaru as president; James Akamine To say that I am delighted to accept this honor is putting it ver y mildly. "Hams" and advance warning was IS the new vIce -president , Jlr o given to prepare for an onslaught. MatsuI becomes secretary, Tsuneo It is one of the highest that I have received in a rather checker ed mili­ Oahuans will have to rally to­ Morikawa takes over as treasurer; gether to avoid thIS murder, and in­ Gary UchIda IS assistant treasurer; tary career. I remember, vividly, my first terested members are asked to con­ Hideo Kajikawa was reelected audi­ tact the Club offIce by telephOning tor; and Sam Sakamoto succeeds Mr. contact with the 100th Battalion out­ side of Oran, when I visited Its head­ 66594 and leaving theIr names with Turner as director. the secretary. Oah u delegates to the Terri­ quarters to speak to the officers and torial Convention to be held m Hono­ non - commissioned officers of the lulu July 20-21 were also elected. conditions they would soon find on the BATTALION COLORS COMING The delegates are: Mike Miyake, battlefields of Europe. No one could (Cont. from page 2) Katsuji Shintaru, Harold Tabata, look into the keen, serious,intelligent, Yoshiharu NIShida, Fred Kanemura, interested faces that surrounded me Battalion and Regimental Color s , Rioe TomIta, Wilham Oya, All e n that morning without coming to the flags that are symbolic of the hghting Ohata, Jiro MatsuI, Kenneth Yoshi­ immediate reahzation that here was hearts of the AJA's from Hawaii. ura, Sam Sakamoto, Noboru Kaneko, a " combat unit par excellence" m A reception commIttee headed Eddie Yoshlmasu, Masa Kawamoto, the makmg that needed only a battle by our for me r Colonel, Farrant Isamu Tomita, Naojl Yam a gat a, seasorung to put it among the best. Turner, assisted by other members Conrad Tsukayama, Andy Okamura, As you know history and your actions of the Club 100 plus representatives Hideo Kajikawa, Ryo OkazakI, Robert justuled completely that first Im­ of the 442nd Club, is plannmg a de­ TaIra, Takashi Kitaoka, Eugene Ka­ pression. Benevento, The Crossmgs serving welcome for these boys. of the Volturno, Cassino, The Anzio wakamI, James Akamine, Hldeo Sato, Tentatively the following lS the Ralph Yoshioka, Gary Uchida, Mar­ Beachhead, The Advance on Rome, program on the day the ship pulls tin Tohara, Tokujl Ono, Tadashi Ota, The Advance Northward to Pisa, and into one of the ports of Honolulu. Tom Nosse, and ToshlO Kunimura. all the hghting that these actions en­ CiVlhan cars, approximately 60, ap­ President Taira has announced taIled, gave to the 100th Battalion a propriately decorated, will be at the the members of the six standIng reputatlOn for loyalty and ability that wharf to take these men on a planned committees: House and Trophies-­ was not bettered by any other batta­ motorcade through the city k> the James Akarrune, chaIrman, W,lham lion m the American Army. Governor's office. The boys will be Oya, George Izuta, Larry Hlrokawa, It IS, indeed, a pleasure and a greeted with Hawaiian music and Shigeru Nakata, Kenneth Kaneko; pn vllege to accept an H 0 nor a r y hulas at the pier. Parents of boys Mutual' Assistance -- Takashl Kita­ MembershIp in Club 100. I appre­ are encouraged to be at the Palace, oka, chairman, Allen Ohata, Tokuji ciate deeply, the honor you have be­ but are asked not to take too much Ono, James Tani; History -- Kaneml stowed upon me. time with them because the boys Kanazawa, chairman, Masayukl Ka­ Sincerely, will have to get to the Governor on wasaki, Kenichi Suehir o, Warren (Signed) CHAS. W. RYER a set time. At the Palace, the boys Iwai; Social--Eddie Yoshimasu, Major General, U. S. Army will be officially welcomed home by chairman, Yoshiharu NIshida, Ernest the Governor. Aft e r the official Tanaka, Fred Kanemura, C her r y ceremony, the boys will be free for Kunieda, Conrad Tsukayama, Eugene moto; Membership and Dues--Naoji one hour to meet families and friends. Kawakami; Public Relations--Henry Yamagata, chairman, Shinya Namiki, The boys will then pile up on Army Kawano, chairman, Kungo Iwai, Rioe James Matsuda, Chikami Hirayama, trucks and will be taken down to Tomita, Tom Nosse, Herbert Yama- Harold Kanemllra. Schofield for final processing.

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