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* **** JANUARY - FEBRUARY, 1981 Vol. 35, No.1
THE 1981 CLUB OFFICERS ARE INSTALLED BY THE REVEREND HIRO HIGUCHI; AND MEMBERS AND WIVES AT THE JANUARY 17 INSTALLATION PARTY. PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
By the time this issue of the Puka Puka Parade reaches you, we will have our foot well inside the 1981 door--actually the PUKA PUKA PARADE first year of the 1980 decade.
Official Publication of Club 100, an Incorporated Associa tion of members of the lOath Infantry Battalion. Editorial At our January 17 install ation, we s eem and Business Office, 520 Kamoku Street, Honolulu, Hawaii to have started in the direc tion of more 96826. Published bimonthly and mailed to club members, active participation by the "100th group." honorary members, next of kin, Gold Star parents and As many of you who were there know, over special friends of the club. Phone 946-4286. 250 members, wives and guests got together. For some it was a reunion--not having seen PUKA PUKA PARADE STAFF each other for years. It was a good fellow ship night--topped by good food and a very Editor...... Donald Kuwaye informative talk by O. A. "Ozzie" Bushnell, Assistant ...... Charlotte Mitsutani author of "Water of Kane" and :'Stone of Kannon." REPORTING STAFF We have been told that the opening of the Able ...... Tom Fujise 100/442 Exhibit at Presidio Army Museum, Baker ...... Richard Oguro San Francisco, will be on Saturday, Charlie ...... Ralph Ikeda March 7, 1981. All indications are that Dog ...... Mrs. Helen Nikaido it will be a gala affair to be carried by F Co ...... Kenneth Higa national press and T.V. media. Each of Headquarters ...... Kenichi Suehiro the c l ub members is invited to the banquet, Rural ...... Hakaru Taoka the t icket for which is being sold at Hawaii ...... Walter Kadota Maui ...... Tom Nagata $30 .00. We realize that transportation Kaui ...... Ben Morimoto is a problem for us in Hawaii. Those who So. Calif...... Tad Hashimoto are on the mainland do not face the same Dance Club ...... Yasuo Takata situation. If we are able to attend, let's Bonsai Club ...... Mrs. Florence Matsumura do so and not just say "Let the other guys Special Writer ...... Ben Tamashiro do it." We'd like to see maximum parti Special Writer ...... Mrs. Gloria Tamashiro cipation in this once-in-a-lifetime project. Cooking Class ...... Mrs. Rut h Kajikawa There may be some questions a s to why the BOARD OF DIRECTORS fuss? Several of the 100th men were inter viewed for the book "Go For Broke". Many CLUB 100 OFFICERS photos from personal col lections of the President ...... Hideo Kajikawa 100th members and some documentaries from 1st Vice President ...... Martin Tohara the Club 100 files are part of the pool 2nd Vice President...... Stanley Nakamot o from which the book is being prepared. We Secretary ...... Sonsei Nakamura understand that War Department and Signal Treasurer ...... Walter Iwasa Corps photos which had not heretofore been Assistant Treasurer ...... Mikio Takahashi made available to the public are also in this pool. CHAPTER PRESIDENTS We have been told that· both of our U.S. Able ...... Y oshiharu Nishida Senators are very enthused about this Baker ...... Robert Sakoki Charlie ...... Warren Iwai project which is backed by the U.S. Army. Dog ...... Hiromi Urabe This project deserves our full support. Headquarters ...... Kenichi Suehiro Medics ...... Kent Nakamura Our next club affair will be the Anniversary Rural ...... Stanley Hamai luau, scheduled for June 27, in Honolulu. Hawaii...... Kazuma Taguchi Details will be announced later but for now Maui ...... Nobuyoshi Furukawa reserve that date to get together again with Kauai ...... Ben Morimoto the 100th guys. Sout hern California ...... Y. B. Mamiya Hideo Kajikawa The second of a two-part interview with Mitsuyoshi Fukuda, Able Chapter; former commander, 100th Infantry Battalion
In The Spirit Of The One-Puka-Puka
by Ben Tamashiro
Toward the close of the first interview, Mits Fukuda talked a bit about the bravery of guys like Young O. Kim; how, for example, he and his group of men would usually be the ones to volunteer to go out and capture some of the enemy whenever there was a need for information on enemy dispositions. Said Mi ts, "I can't picture myself volunteering for that kind of job." And as to what made the 100th the kind of outfit that it was, he credits it partly to the fact that "there was no such thing as shirking, refusing to do it. Why? Because the rest of us were doing it. We were all part of a team. And if we were told to go forward, we'd go forward." The interview continues .•
"But I remember at one point we didn't go forward. This was at the battle of Cassino, at the Rapido River. We (Companies A and C) were told to attack at midnight. And from eleven to midnight, there was an artillery bombardment on the hillside and town of Cassino. It was spectacular fireworks and the whole hillside was just bursting in flames. Nobody could live through all that. When the bombardment lifted, we advanced through the fields on the flat lands and then got to the river wall. Soon as we got there we were hit by - I don't know - maybe, hundreds of guns. And we just couldn't get over the wall. A lot of guys got hit while still crawling through the flat lands. And at the river, at places where the line of fire of the machine guns could not reach, the Germans had those areas mined. So we had to call for mine-sweepers and guys like Calvin Shimogaki helped clear paths so we could go through.
"We got to the wall and we couldn't move. The wall was about ten feet high, then the river, and another bank we had to go over. So we stayed there. We got orders to go over the bank the next morning and storm the hill. But every time a guy stuck his head out, he'd get hit. I remember Larry Hiraoka getting hit in the eye, just sticking his head out. To me, it was an impossible situation. So we just stayed put. Then the battalion commander sent Baker Company in broad daylight across the flat lands and they got hit. Some of the guys made it to the river wall but they, too, weren't able to get over the wall.
"Looking back over the flat lands, some of our guys were already wounded. We could hear them moaning. But nobody could go out to rescue them till nightfall.
"I went back to headquarters that night and reported the situation to them but I guess the higher ups in the (34th) division felt we could storm the hill. So they sent Major Jack Johnson with me so he could get to see the actual situation. And while we were crossing the mine field he got hit. Whether he was hit by a machine gun or a mine that had exploded, I'm not sure. We stayed at our position by the wall for two nights, then pulled back.
"So there were occasions when in spite of orders, we were unable to go forward."
3 The main battle for Cassino began on the night of January 24, 1944, when the 141st and 143rd Regiments of the 36th (Texas) Division were thrown into the battle. Earlier, the enemy had dammed the Rapido River further up north and diverted its waters into the flat lands, flooding its ditches. The attacking regiments therefore had to not only make therr way through torturous mine fields covering every line of approach to the river but also struggle their way through a flooded land. Carrying lightweight boats with them, several companies managed to cross the river. But with daylight, men and equipment on both sides of the river became sitting ducks for enemy tanks and self-propelled guns. After a calamitous two days and nights at the river, the regiments had to withdraw.
(The division lost over 1600 men in the effort, half of them missing. After the war, the 36th Division Association obtained a Congressional Enquiry into the battle with the intent of pinning responsibility for the debacle on 5th Army commander General Mark Clark but he was exonerated.)
(In his book, "The Battle of Cassino," author Fred Majdalany says of this initial disaster: "The two regimental commanders who bore the burden of this operation could not help themselves. Their thinking had been done for them. They had merely to carry out an extremely difficult assignment, with little scope to influence the proceedings themselves , and i seems clear that their Divisional Staff had committed a number of elemental mistakes in planning the operation. For the Germans it was an easy thing. They knew ~ere the crossing would take place; they knew the lines of approach that were going to be used ; they knew when to expect the attack as they could see the final preparations in the assembly areas. ")
Fukuda's recollection of the 100th oil is of an action which took pI two days after the 36th nightmare, to the ri ht of the 36th's position. And 100th had to slog its way through the S~ flooded lands and mine fields only be stopped at the river wall by an enemy rno long ago had made preparations for protracted stand at Cassino; a battle which lasted four months and ended on y ·th the taking of the Abbey of Monte Cas sino on But the lOath as pulle 0 during the middle of the battle and left ap rhor on March 5 for Anzio.
The tide of c
The experience of war had its profound e n another returning GI. "Dealing wi th mature a on prospect of dealing with young kids in schoo Because of my teaching experience I was offer of Education which I turned down. The VA offere i e its association with teaching so I did t Planters' Association had decided to expand include a veteran to work with returning veterans
"I accepted a job with Castle and Coo ions assistant to the Indus trial Rela tions direc tor" and ociat~on with that company. His was a case of continuing staying within the personnel and industrial relations he was promoted into his present position as vice president 0 "I will retire from that job in a year-and-a-half," he sid.
From carpenter's son to executive suite
The view from the 2nd story suite of the Castle & Cooke Building in the downtown Financial Plaza takes in the mauka panorama of the city, from Kapalarr4 Heights and Nuuanu Valley to Punchbowl. This is where Mits Fukuda holds sway as
4 vice president of Industrial Relations; certainly a long ways from the environment of the sugar plantation camp of Waialua where he was born 63 years ago, of immigrant parents. His parents had migrated to Hawaii from Kumamoto, Japan, and had settled at Waialua where his father became a carpenter. But the family was forced to move out of Waialua when the Japanese laborers went on strike against the plantation in 1920. The family had to hitch-hike its way into Honolulu, settled in Manoa, then in Moiliili.
But in a sense, Mits has never left Waialua because of the nine Hawaii divisions in the Castle & Cooke domain, one is the Waialua Sugar Company; the others being C&C Inc., Honolulu Office, C&C Terminals, Dole Company, Hawaiian Equipment Company, Hawaiian Tuna Packers, Oahu Transport Company Oceanic Properties, Inc., and Kawaihae Terminals.
Mits at work in his 22nd-story suite. There's nothing pretentious about the trappings of his office: floor-length drapes, a low coffee table, bookshelves, clustered with binders of reports, and books on the business he's engaged in. But there are also non-corporate type books: "In Gardens Of Hawaii," Lawrence Fuchs' "Hawaii Pono," Ed Joesting's "Hawaii - An Uncommon History," and the like. And the current issue of "Who's Who In American Society Of Personnel Administration" in which he rates a few lines.
Castle & Cooke has other holdings on the mainland and in a number of foreign countries and employees in both the domestic and oversea operations total thirty thousand. As vice president of Industrial Operations, Mits is responsible for their corporate safety, labor relations, employee benefits, and personnel admin istration in the Honolulu office. One of his key responsibilities is in directing and managing the labor relations program, meaning that "I'm a negotiator for the company; I represent Castle & Cooke and all of its companies in pineapple nego tiations, sugar negotiations, waterfront negotiations, and construction industry negotiations; wherever we have contracts with labor unions. We have a lot of operations on the mainland United States and I have a staff up there that deals with mushroom companies, seafood companies, lettuce companies. I'm responsible for the negotiations in all of these areas."
From conviction to reality
In retrospect, Mits seems to have been made for the job. For instance, the 100th had left Honolulu on June 5, 1942, on its way to where, no one knew at that time. After a week at sea, it landed at Oakland. Recalled Mits (this was in the firs tins tallment): "One of the firs t impressions I got as a local Hawaii man is that in Hawaii most of the working people were either Japanese or Chinese or Filipino and all the white people were supervisors and management people. This is the concept that we had as we grew up. We got to Oakland and we looked at the people working en the waterfront and we saw white faces doing longshore work. This struck me as being different. All through my travels through the United States I was impressed by this difference. And when we returned to Hawaii, mv
5 conviction was that the local boys had performed very well overseas and now that we had come back to Hawaii, we should be able to hold our heads high and be assuming managerial and professional positions in Hawaii."
Then, going further back into his earlier years, he recalls that it was only in his last year at McKinley that he realized that his father wanted him to go to college. Mits then had the notion of going into engineering but it was too late to accumulate the necessary credits in math and science. So he had to settle for an agricultural major, got his degree, but upon graduation from the University of Hawaii discovered that there were no such jobs. So he went back to school for his fifth year and got a teaching certificate in vocational agriculture.
So a loss to engineering seems to have evolved, in retrospect, into a gain for industrial relations with its heavy emphasis upon the variable problems on the human scale, in contrast to engineering's articulation on the preciseness of form. This highly impersonal conjecture is only meant to suggest that Mits Fukuda's early steps in life seemed to have led him into the development of a particular feel for the wants of people. Even his choice of a job after the war seemed to have been made, consciously or otherwise, with that thought in indo He earlier had said that working with men in the army had soured him on the prospect of dealing with kids. He would now be working with mature adults for the rest of his working life.
And in the doing, his progression through the years seems to be a representation of a life come full cycle. The picture: of that little boy of 60 years ago tagging along at the heels of his immigrant parents as they hitch hiked their way out of the white men's town they were forced to leave; then that first-time glimpse, as he was going off to war, of white men working at the oa land docks, not as white-collar supervisors but as common every-day variety of laborers ... to today, being responsible for the welfare of thousands of or rs of various races, including white, from his position as vice president of Industrial Relations in a once all white corporate bastion of pre-war Hawaii.
Out of this kind of mold often emerge those who consider themselves to be larger than life. Not so in the case of its uda. For the portrait is, rather, of one with an immense concern and empathy for the problems of his fellow men.
Out of the cruc'ble of war
But his is not a singular experience, of course, because the war had its impact upon Hawaii as no sociologist, for instance, could have ever dreamed of. "Our growth, the local people, the Japanese people in Hawaii, can be said to have advanced much, much faster because of the performance of the 100th and the 442nd. An example of this, my personal experience is that I came back to civilian life I didn't have to go into a company to sell myself. All I had to do was to say, 'I was in the 100th Battalion.' They knew about the 100th and how it had performed. And this was sufficient for them to say, 'You must be a good man.' And I'm sure all the other boys had the same public experience when they applied for a job: They were members of the 100th, therefore they were deserving of consideration for a job.
"However, many of the boys took advantage of the educational benefits given by the Veterans Administration. Many of the boys didn't want to go back to the same laboring type jobs they had; they wanted to upgrade themselves. So they went back to school. Even school teachers like me, they didn't want to go back to teaching again. And so we would look for other jobs. Jack Mizuha was a school principal; he went back to school and got a law degree. Sakae Takahashi had a school teaching certificate; he didn't want to go back to teaching so he went to law shool and
6 became a lawyer. And so on. And any number of instances where a guy wanted to do something different; go back to school or into another field where he thought the opportunities would be greater. And opportunities were greater because of the lOOth and the 442nd. I think their reputation was such that people in the community automatically accepted us as being an okay guy just because we were part of the lOOth.
"Guys went into politics and the fact that you were a veteran, a member of the lOOth or 442nd helped in getting you elected, in getting promoted, getting into position. I would say that, overall, there was a hastening of the political, economic, social level of the Japanese people in Hawaii because of the war, because of the performance of the lOOth and the 442nd in the war. I guess all of these things would have happened without the war but I think it would have been a slow process - to overcome all these obstacles of being of immigrant parents, not being educated, not having the cultural background."
Random recollections
A frustration which dogged Mits for a while began early in the training days at McCoy. It concerned a cook with Company D. "I had difficulty communicating with him because the guy persisted in speaking only Japanese; he made no attempt to speak English. He had been a fisherman on MauL" When the pre-war draft netted him into the army, there was no way the army was going to change his fisherman ways: a loud and raucous voice often giving way to the singing of naniwabushi while working or taking a break in the latrine, a lover of drinks, a fantastic crap shooter who kept his greenbacks rolled up and tied to a string which in turn was tied to a belt loop on his trousers. On weekends when cooks had little to do in camp, he ritualistically would head for the brothels in Winona. Oversea, when units were short of men and ammunition, cooks were often pressed i nto ammo carrying duties. So it wa s that near Cassino, the cook found himself doing just that. One early evening, a lone enemy tank wandered into the wooded company bivouac area and began firing random shots. Little damage was done, however to men or equipment. But i n a most iniquitous manner in which a soldier could have ever been accorded the Purple Heart, a wayward shrapnel somehow sneaked its way through the trees to the cook, lodged itself between his legs and in an action fit only for the wrath of gods neatly sliced off one of his two reproductive genitals. It was a fate that could not have been wished even upon the worst of enemies; for him whose life had been centered around the blondes of Winona, as ironic a circumstance as could ever have been contrived by the wildest of imaginations. Whatever, scratch one frustration.
Mits recalls another guy, Tadao Seo (Able Company) who also spoke much Japanese but he had no problem communicating with him. Which makes Mits wonder whether the cook was only playing games with him.
The Louisiana Maneuvers gave cause for another tale of frustration. Mits was then in Charlie Company. The company was leading the battalion on a night march and the lead platoon had difficulty finding the cut-off road leading back t o camp. It eventually did find it but as it turned out, it was the wrong one, so t he whole battalion ended up marching an extra couple of miles before reaching camp late at night. The men of Charlie vented their anger at Mits for letting the thing happen. "I'm sure the rest of the battalion was mad at me, too!" declared Mits. In confir mation, he was called to Colonel Turner's camp headquarters the next day and pr e sented with a large hand-made cardboard compass.
Of Turner, Mits considers him the right man for the right job. "He ha d a good feel for the local boys; he was one of them," said Mits. Years older than his men, he presented a much needed fatherly image to the boys. "And when he returned early from the war to Hawaii, he was the right spokesman for the group. "
7 Another man highly regarded by Mi ts is Jim Lovell. "He never said much. But like Turner, he had a feel for the boys. He was an outstanding officer," said Mits.
Harking back again to his early days with Dog Company, there was the time when Sadashi Matsunami and Mahut Kondo went on pass and got into a fight with some 2nd Division guys. Matsunami had a cut over one eye to show for his night on the town. Mits was tempted to discipline them with some form of company punishment but he let them off with a lecture about how good soldiers do not get into fights. Mits laughed, because in the after-thought: "The lecture must have done as much good as pouring water over a duck's back."
But on another occasion when Mahut overstayed his pass - and this was about par for him! - Mits had Mahut march up and down the company street with a rifle on his shoulder and a full-field pack on his back.
Mits characterized the two as "Nice guys - but always getting into trouble." Both are fast friends of Mits today.
Oversea, in southern France where the lOOth was in its "Riviera holiday" period, Mits found himself one day in a q uandar~having to pass judgement on his own men in a serious infraction of regulations. Cream Hiramoto and Johnny Miyagawa, Charlie Company, found themselves stalled at the top of a hill, in a Jeep. They rolled the Jeep down the hill in an effort to get it started but unfortunately, it kept right on rolling, and into out-of- bounds Monaco territory. "At least that was their story," said Mits. The MPs picked up the two in Monaco and recorrmended courts-martial. But Mits spared them the courts-martial after listening to their tale of woe. A smile lighted his face as he recalled the incident.
But there was no smile that day at the Moiliili Japanese School when the school bully took a football away from Mits. Mits and his friends in the 6th (or 7th) grade were playing football when this bully, in the th grade, came along and busted up the game. The guy was uch huskier and bigger than the others so there was not much they could do about it. Subseq ently when the lOOth s formed, there was this bully, one Fundee Shira' by in Baker Co pany. The became good friends.
At McKinley, its was ot considered by his te chers to be of college material. He was shy, his grades were not outs ndio he s no speechmaker. Which was probably all the more reason hy at the ni ersity he too to professors who, beside teaching, involved themselves in students' affairs. Sociology professor Bernhard Hormann was one of these. He played olley ball, for instance, with his students, and invited them to his home. its rates him as exceptional .
Then there was Dr. Haley Work, professor of animal husbandry. Mits was president of the Ag Club and Dr . Work its advisor, and the two used to work together on club projects. Dr. Work passed through Honolulu five years ago and many of his former students got together and held a reception for him. To Mits, "It was heartwarming to find so many of his former students, now 60-year-olds, taking time off to attend the reception."
Lastly, Mits spoke of Alexander Budge, past president and chairman of the board of Castle & Cooke, who passed away two months ago at age 89. Alex, as many of his friends were wont to call him - but to Mi ts he was always "Mr. Budge" - used to poke his head into Mits' office in the morning and greet him with a, "Hi! Mits!" "He was not outgoing," said Mits. "In fact he was an introvert.
8 But he dealt with people on a personal basis and expressed great concern for people like me. He was a great man."
If anything, what comes through in these vignettes is a picture of one who himself had a feel for others; appreciated their concern for him even as he himself always kept them in mind.
Heroes of a whole generation
This interview with Mits Fukuda was conducted jointly by Eric Saul and the writer (the writer is solely responsible for the narrative). Let me tell you a bit about Eric .
The monthly bulletins, to all members, for December and January (this is being written long before the appearance of the February bulletin) have included bits of information concerning the "Go For Broke" exhibit being sponsored by the Presidio Army Museum in San Francisco. It is the second largest museum in the United States. The exhibit is the first major exhibit on the history of the Nisei soldiers in WW II and is centered around the lOOth and the 442nd. It will include photographs, uniforms, standards, weapons and artificats. And a book highlighting all of this is being published; details of the book noted in the January bulletin.
The exhibit is scheduled to open at the Presidio on March 7 and be there for a year. It will then come to Hawaii for a stay, then go on national tour. After that, those things that are ours, or are more germane to Hawaii, will come to us - the lOOth and 442nd clubs - for safekeeping and preservation.
Eric Saul is the curator of the Presidio Museum. Project coordinator is Tom Kawaguchi, a veteran of the 442nd. They were here recently to pick up additional materials for the exhibit and conduct interviews with club members in order to obtain a broader comprehension and understanding of the wartime role of the lOOth.
Then there is Donald Shearer, a German Army expert who is acting as special consultant to the exhibit. A separate article on Shearer and outlines of his initial findings appear in another section of this issue.
Said Eric to Mi ts during the interview: "When I started this (museum) exhibit, I knew that you were the most decorated unit in the history of the army. But I didn't know that you were quite the heroes of the Nisei generation: visible, tangible, walking heroes of a whole generation.
"I wasn't aware of it until I went to Japan along with Tom (Kawaguchi) and saw the restaurant owners and the kids and everybody else - who venerate these men. Are you aware of that in Hawaii?"
The Japanese connection
Japan? Perhaps what needs to be understood at this point is that the telling of history, in whatever form - accounts of a battle, a biography or autobiography, a novel, music or poetry, the tape recordings of oral history, whatever - is a study of the human past and is often written not so much for the present as for future generations.
The majority of us are content to simply live out our lives. A few live with an eye for history. Winston Churchill was one of these. In 1941, Britain was fighting for her life: with the fall of France a year earlier, she was left without an ally in Western Europe; London lay in ruins from the nightly air raids;
9 Rommel's tanks were grappling for the British jugular in the Libyan Desert; her lifeline to America was being threatened by the U-boat wolf packs. The empire was reeling.
But to the indomitable Churchill, t he se we re Britain's greatest moments . His a ddresses to the na t ion are reflec tions of the his tory of the human spirit, as i n the following which he deliver ed in October of tha t year: "Do not let us s peak of darker days; let us rather speak of s t erner days. These are not dark days: they are great days - the greatest days our country has ever lived; and we must all thank God that we have been allowed, each of us according to our stations, to playa part in making these days memorable in the history of our race . "
Some people make history: the men of t he 100 th had their share of memorable days . Others write about it, and one who does is Hokkaido-born Masayo Duus. She wrote the first book ever published on the famous (infamous?) Tokyo Rose, "Tokyo Rose - Orphan of the Pacific." It was written i n J apanese, then trans lated into English by her husband, Peter Duus, a professor of modern Japanes e h istory and director of the Center for East Asian Studies at Stanford University .
She was here last year gathering mater ial for a book she ' s writing about the Nisei and their part in WW II. Ma ny in the 100th we r e i n terviewed by her, including Mits Fukuda. In the process she had touched upon t he very question asked by Eric. Mits himself has never been to J apan but "I ' ve got an indication of what's going on in Japan," he replied to Eric. "She indicated to me that there is a growing interest on the part of the young people there; that they are no longer worried a bout their image or their reputations; they are now interested in 100 ing at the factual history of World War II. And they are willing to 100 at the lOath and the 442nd from an objective viewpoint." This is something t t st of us are probably unaware of.
But as t o the situation at home, Mits remarked to Eric ny of the Sansei kids don' t even remember that there as such thin e lOath and the 442nd. "
ith a sense of pride
On the other hand, continued its, liE 'en in Ha aii hen I get introduce d to people I don't know one of e ces is that 'he was a member of the 100th I nfantry Battalion.' it is lmost a matter of pride." For those who l ive d in Hawaii during the days of and for others who have heard about the 100th , the reference to the 00 h n 1ly has the effect of quickly establishing a bond tinged with respect and pride.
Speaking of that kind of r a pport, Eric noted that "There's no precedent like that, in my experience in dealing with eterans, of all wars ; that k ind of reverence. Which makes my project all the more interesting. " He went on to explain that he has attended many unit reunions and "People har dl y know each other at these affairs. Their only common bond is the unit . There isn't the closeness." Which is another way of saying that the lOath was the beneficiary of an exception to army policy.
The army assigns men to wherever, whatever uni ts, based on need. Another reason for this policy of fragmentation is to avoid the specter of a whole town in grief over a unit wiped out in battle, all of its sons being in that one unit (a situation which conceivably could have happened to the 100th).
10 But when the lOOth went off to war, the army kept the men from Hawaii together; not out of choice, but because of no choice - inasmuch as it had to keep a parti cular eye on the performance of these men in whom ran the bloodline of the per petrators of Pearl Harbor. So it was that under the exigencies of war, the men of the lOOth who had grown up and labored and lived together were further able to develop a new kind of esprit in the comforting presence of each other; an ascription which was to be a key element in the combat effectiveness of the lOOth.
Interesting, then, the recent news item from the army that hereafter, men from a locale will be kept together as a unit.
To be or not to be
Returning to Mits' observation that many of the Sansei are rather oblivious of the existence of the lOOth and the 442nd, it is paradoxical, indeed, but not uncommon, that those closest to home should care the least. But the Sansei shouldn't be faulted too much for the seeming lack of interest in our war. They had, after all, their own - the Vietnam War.
And on that score, asked whether the combat record of the Nisei in WW II had any kind of influence upon their offsprings in things mili tary, Mi ts replied, "I don't know," but then cited his son David as but one example of what had been.
David, Fukuda's eldest son, had attended Griffin College in Wisconsin and one of the reasons he had gone there was because the school had a good ROTC program. Upon graduation from the advanced ROTC program there, he was sent to Ft. Benning's officer school and there on to an intelligence school in Baltimore, then shipped out to a divisional intelligence unit in Vietnam.
"At that point," said Mits, "he wrote me a very touching letter, apologizing that he wasn't following in my footsteps and going into the infantry. He was concerned that I would not be as proud of him because he had chosen a branch of service other than the infantry.
"Well, the fact of the matter is that the guy was an observer in a 2-seater single engine Piper Cub, going up every day observing the Vietnam lines. And I can't think of any more dangerous mission than to go up every day on this single engined plane. You're a pigeon up there! For any kind of weapon, including a rifle! And to think that he would apologize for not being in the infantry! I thought it was kind of • . ." His voice trailed off.
The Vietnam War period was a time of riotings, draft protests and draft card burnings: rejoinders to an unpopular war whose left-over emotions linger and continue to spillover into succeeding decades (as it did during last summer's registration of the nation's 4 million 19- and 20-year-olds). But inasmuch as David had chosen to enter ROTC, the tide of dissension and discontent passed him by. Instead, he wound up being an open target for enemy fire. Some day when we meet up with him, we shall ask him how come the choice and hope that his answer will be more illuminating than his dad's "I don't know."
David is now working on Maui with the Maui Branch of Honolulu Roofing Company. Mits' second son, Patrick, is in Seattle engaged in the development of commercial real estate while the third, Richard, is assistant cashier in the Bank of Hawaii here in town. The youngest, Jean, is in Columbia Law School and will be graduating this May. Mits' father died while he was in college and his mother passed away two years ago at the age of 83.
11 Remembrance of things past
There are few I-don't-knows in Fukuda's V1S10n of how the lOOth should be remembered. Speaking in his role as chairman of the club's Long Range Planning Committee, he said that he has three goals in mind.
"Number One. There should be a public recognition. My idea is that the state or the federal government should put up a building, a memorial, which will recognize the contribution of veterans to the State of Hawaii. And when we talk about veterans, we are talking about the lOOth, 442nd, National Guard, Military Intelligence, Engineers - all equally remembered. A memorial stadium or building of some kind, with certain parts of the building set aside for a museum or exhibit so that we will have the battalion flag and battalion history, a marble plaque with all the KIAs listed on it - but the building itself could be for some governmental purpose. For example, for World War I, there is the atatorium. Something of that order.
"Number Two. I think we should have a living memorial so that the people in Hawaii would have something ongoing which would recall for them the name of the lOOth. A chair at the University of Hawaii, a scholarship fund for the dependents of the lOOth, a special room at the Academy of Arts - something along that line.
"The third is a short- term objec ti ve of providing benefi ts to the lOOth members for the rest of their lives. I initially thought of medical benefits or old-age care benefits for members plus spouses at a place like Kuakini Hospital. We initially had IRS proble s ith that proposal but I think they have been pretty well cleaned up and we can proceed with the project. However, medical and old-age care may not be of most benefit to the members so we have to look at some other benefits which can be tied in to this particular objective. In doing that we thought that we need to make a contribution of our assets to a place like Kuakini Hospital so that non-profit organizations performing a community service should be the beneficiary of our assets.
"These are ideas and the long range planning committee will have to sit down and hammer out the details."
Although the sound of this narrative may convey the impression, it is not in any way intended to set up Mits as a paragon. On the other hand, we can expect to hear a lot more from this carpenter's son in whom we have entrusted the task of hammering out the form by which it is hoped that the 100th will be remembered long after the last of us has died and gone, for as much an anyone else in the club, his heartbeat is geared to the remembrance of the men of the lOOth Infantry Battalion - their deeds, even their misdeeds.
Pma/tl Cloll es A ATIONAL F00lllALL L.EAGllE JU:FEltEE teHs this story: One day before the start of a game I was to referee, the sky looked threatening, and Roman Gabriel of the Philadelphia Eagles came over and asked me if I thought it would rain. "Your guess is as good as mine," 1 told him. "I've known that for years." said the quarterback. "Only this is the first time you've admitted it" -Contributed by Vince Mooney
TOMMY BELL, retired after 15 yean as a 'ational Football League referee, tells a story about Fred ATbanas. former all-pro end for the Kansas City Chiefs, who had a glass eye. "There was a game where he was hit and the glass eye was knocked out," Bell recalls. "I picked it up and handed it back to him when he was revived. ATbanas just swirled the glass eye around in the water bucket and slapped it right back in his head. "I said, 'Golly, ATbanas, you got a lot of guts. What would you do if your other eye were injured?' He didn't even crack a smile as he said, 'Mr. Bell, I'd become a referee, just like you.' "
12 Donald Shearer's examination of the records of the enemy whom the 100th fought against in Italy ...
The German 10th Army
An aspect of the Presidio Army Museum's "Go For Broke" Exhibit is the work being done by Donald Shearer III, the German Army expert who is acting as special 'consultant to the exhibit. He's a WW II veteran himself and spent 14 years in the service as a young infantryman, naval combat aircrewman and air force officer. He is examining extant German Army records which may have a bearing on the 100th and 442nd. Let him tell you what his work is all about:
I,Ihat I have done is to break dOl~n the combat eXE'erience of 100 into convenient sCOl"ents to facil itate 1:1'/ O\·m research. I run throuoh a brief listina of the areas covered. Once this is established then I a~ able to proceed. I have the t:;errr.an 10th Army material here a hOl1'e where I do rry r~5earch. I first read the rli,;lV \.'ar Oi arv [Kri eastaaebuch~F.qJ and then the suoo 1efTlenta 1 1iter" ~"re appended rAn laoen] and then, fi na 11 v, the Sitl'~t.irr Maps [LaoenkartenJ. This way allows me to Ooce thi3 is done then I can IJroceed to a breakdown of the Gerrran forces. Oftil1'es the ~ao shows formations down to battalion level. This'will allow areater control as I read further in the divisional and unit hist.ories. I use the Gerrr.an style of listing: r10st of this is understandable - the German usaoe on a s~aller unit is by unit desi9nation, the slant sign, then a next larger unit [Thus I/PzGr 8 Iiould designate the First Eattalion of Panzer Grenadier Reoiment 8] I have listed then for you the Gerfllan divisirnal unit aqainst 100 and also the oooosino reaiment or rattalion at a snpci+";c instance. I have also listed the availability of further (;erfllan GocUl,;enca;;iof,. es~eciaij~ at the divisional level, and it is here we will aet mor2 dptail. Where I have listed a ~TB this will indicate that a coPY of this specific record exists in the USA. All these will be examined. I will have to 00 to the r,reman ~lil i tary Archives for reoimenta 1 records. I shall be pleased to ans~:er any questions from members of 100 as I proceed ~tith the research. His listings include information on major towns on the drive north from Salerno, neighboring units on either side and the major divisional units faced - on a daily basis. Up to the time of the preparation of this paper (mid-January), Shearer had sent us preliminary listings covering the following periods: 1st Combat Phase 26 Sep - 4 Oct 43; 2nd Phase 4 - 31 Oct 43; 3rd Phase 31 Oct - 31 Dec 43; 4th phase 31 Dec 43 - 22 Feb 44; 5th Phase 24 Mar - 6 Jun 44. This preliminary information extends to 9 pages. Space limitation preclude repro duction of all the data forwarded. They are, however, available at the clubhouse for your perusal.. But to give you an idea of what this initial spread looks like, reproduced on the following page is the 1st Combat phase. And the 4th Phase is also reproduced because it covers the Cassino period, a phase which Mits Fukuda talks about in his interview in this isaue. The reproductions are about half the size of the original submissions. 13 En ~ Forces Data Preliminar~ Research lOOth Infantry Battalion 1st Combat Phase 26 September-4 October 1943 Salerno-Cal ore River 100 InfBtl (-E/100, F/100), IR 133, 34 10, VI AC. 5 Army 26-27/9 (Night) Salerno-Montecorvino-Rovella-Eboli-Contursi-Oliveto Citra Teora-Lioni-S Angelo-Montemarano 27 28/9 Montemarano 29/9 Montemarano-Castel vetere-Chiusano 29-30/9 (Night) Chiusano-Montefalcione 30/9 Montefalcione 1110 Montefalcione-Montemiletto 2/10 Montemiletto-S Giorgio 2-3/10 (Night) S Giorgio-Benevento-W Benev~nto Feuertaufe 29/9 Along line Castel vetere-Chiusano [Baotism of Fire] Opponent: KamftfaruDre von Mandelsloh of 26 PzD [PzGrRgt 9, rIA 3, co pzPfBtl 93J Examination of German 10th Army Situation Mao (Laqekarte) indicates specific unit as I/PzGr 9. Operations 29/9-1/10 26 PzD. Ka~f1ruPle von Mande1s1oh 1/10 Along line MOri:e alc one-MOntemfletto Crossover enemy divisional boundary lines 29 pzGrD. PzGrRgt 15 1-3/10 29 PZGrD. PzG~gt 15 26th Panzer Division Ulvision Commander Generalmajor (Generalleutnant 1/10) Freiherr Smi10 von LOttwitz The 26 PzD activated 14/9.1942 from units of original 23 10. Activating Military District, Wehrkreis III, replacement functions centered at Potsdam. As 23 10 action in Polish, French and Russian Campaigns As 26 PzD fought north fr Calabria to present position War Diary [Krie~taoebuCh=KTBJ 1. of Operations Branch [Ia], with Supplements [Anlagen] for combat oeri available in USA Activity Report [T~ti9keitsbericht]. Anlagen, for Intelligence Branch [Ic] available in USA - KTB for subordinate units may be available in German Military Archives Divisional History: Staiger, Georq. 26. Panzer Division. Ihr Werden und Einsatz 1942-1945 [Bad Nauheim: Podzun, 1957] 29th Panzer Grenadier Division Dlvislon Commander Generalmajor Walter Fries 29 10 first activated 6/10.1936, motorized 2/11.1937. Action in Polish, French and Russian campaigns. Destroyed at Sta1ingrad. Division reactivated 11/2.1943 from 345 10 (Mot), itself originally activated 1/12.1942. 23/6.1943 designation of Infantry Divisions (Motorized) changed to Panzer Grenadier Divisions. As 29 pzGrD fought north from Calabria to present position No records of division exist in USA Divisional History: Lemelsen, Joachim. 29. Division [Bad Nauheim: Podzun, 1960] Both divisions were subordinated to LXXVI Panzerkorps (76th Armored Corps) Commanding r,eneral Generalleutnant Traugott Herr Chief of Staff Oberst iG Runkel KTB 1, la, and Anlagen Next senior command was ArmY Command 10 (AOK 10) for 10th Army Commander-in-Chief ~eneraloberst von Vietinghoff geD Scheel Chief of Staff Oberst iG Wentzell la Oberst iG Berlin KTB 2 la, with Anlagen A milftary examination of the activities of 10th Army is contained in the Foreign Military Study [FMS] T-la. Italian Campaign Supreme command in Italy was _ested in Commander-in-Chief South fOberbefehlshaber SOd] Commander-in-Chief Genera1feldmarscha 1 Albert Kesselring Chief of Staff Generalmajor Westphal la Oberst iG Graf von Klinckowstrllm k da ily reports 14 lOOth Infantry Battalion 4th Combat Phase 31 December 1~43-22 Februarv 1944 100 InfBtl, IR 133, 34 ID, II AC, 5 Army Cass1no 13/12.1943-5/1.1944 Presenzano 100 InfBt1, TF B, 1 55F, II AC, 5 Army 6/1 Presenzano-CepoaQna 7/1 Cepoagna (1n and out) 8/1 1190 9-10/1 1190-1270 11/1 1270 100 InfBtl. IR 133, 34 10, II AC, 5 Army 13/1 Mt Majo-Cervaro-Cassino Road 16-22/1 5 Michele-Patrols Rapido 24-27/1 E Raoido-5 Michele 29-30/1 WRap1do 31/1 N Cassino (Barracks) 1-22/2 W Cassino Operations 7/1-1/2 HuD (44). GrenRgt 131,132 - Cassino II/Gren 132 2-12/2 71 10. Il/Gren 211 (44) Reichsgrenadier Division Hoch- und Deutschme1ster Division Commander Genera11eutnant Dr Fr1tz Franek Actfvated 1/4.1938 from the Austrian Army. Action in Polish, French and Russian Campaigns. Destroyed at Stalin~rad. Reactivated 17/2.1943 as 44. 10. Recefved title of Reichsqrenad ier Division Hoch und Deutschmeister 1/6.1943 [Traditional Austrian title] . Cassino first action. M1scellaneous m1nor records D1visional History: 5ch1mak. Anton, Karl lamnrec ht, Friedrich Oettmer. Die 44. Infanterie Oivision - Ta oebuch der Hoch- und Deutschmefster [Wien: Austria, 1969] 71st Infantry Division Division Commander Generalmajor Wi lhelm Raanke 71 ID activated 26/8.1939. Action 1n French and Russ1an Campaigns Destroyed at 5talingrad. Reactivated 17/2.1943 First actions 1n January 1944 at Nettuno. No records D1visional Hfstory: Arbe1ts~eme1nschaft "Das Kl eeblatt" Di e 71. Infanterie Division im Zweften We1tkrieo 1939-1945. lK1eeblatt: 1973) Both divisions subord1nated to XIV Panzerkorps Chief of Staff (new 25/1) Oberst 1G Schmidt von A1tenstadt KTB 6, la, Anlagen; Ic fBI Anlaaen Commander-in-Chief Generaloberst Heinrich von V1et1nQhoff gen Scheel ObSlId ROCliange 15 A dead woman - and a footnote to 100th history Donald Shearer lives in Mills Valley and is the proprietor of what he calls a hole-in-the-wall bookstore in Tamalpais Valley. The valley has an "improvement club" and one of the things it does is publish a community newspaper. In a recent issue, Shearer (who's vice president of the club) wrote a full-page story about one Barbara Funston, a longtime resident of the valley who had recently passed away. In her latter years she was a frequent patron of his bookstore and their common interest led him to become a confidant of the aged Barbara. So upon her death he had the task of helping to settle her estate. Her house was in disrepair, the roof leaked. The interior was a mess of piled-up furniture (to get out from under the dripping rain water) while other household effects were just strewn all about. She lived along in a gardener's shed in the back of the house, in almost abject poverty, in order to be able to exist within the means of her inadequate Social Security stipend; her only companions, her cats. In going through her possessions with her heirs, stuck within a pile of clothing, he came across a number of medals awarded the cats which she and her sister raised. However, there was one different from the others and when he turned to the obverse, he found himself staring at a Congressional Medal of Honor! Quickly, he took it over to the Presidio Army Museum for examination and to his amazement found a whole wing devoted to the man whose name was on the medal. The man had been a major general in the United States Army. During the Spanish-American War of 1 98, he commanded troops in the Philippines and received the medal for crossing a river under enemy fire. He was commander of the Presidio at the time of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire and was placed in charge of the city to restore order. He died in 1917 and is buried at the Presidio. Why this brief about an old lady's death in California? Well, as history so frequently demonstrates, many a tale of the human equation would lie untold, buried forever in a pile of old clothing, so to speak - were it not for a chance encounter. Let Donald Shearer unfold this one for you (from the conclusion to his news story): The Presidio Army Museum is arranging an extensive exhibit to honor those Americans of Japanese descent, who in World War II, proved their Americanism by their valorous service in the famed 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, our most decorated outfits. Since I am an expert on the German Army I proposed to research the German side of their combat experience, as a volunteer consultant to the Army, and I am honored to have received the personal approbation of Senators Inouye and Matsunaga, both combat veterans of these units, for my research. My preliminary research indicated that the lOOth Battalion had shipped from Oran to Salerno in the US Army Transport Federick Funston, named after the general, and christened by hi~ daughter, Barbara Funston. The acts of people often take unexplainable bounces. Upon his death, the city of San Francisco, in gratefulness for his heroic deeds to his country and for his humane services to the city, named a park after the general. But after the death of one of its recent mayors, the city renamed Funston Playground to Moscone Playground. Laments Shearer: "The renaming of this playground is perhaps the first time in American history that a memorial to a Medal of Honor winner was locally overturned." 16 Could it have been this which gave Barbara reason enough to shove the Congressional into a pile of clothing with a bunch of commonplace awards to her feline friends? But, again, acts of people also work to restore faith in humanity. The Medal of Honor now rests in a safe and permanent niche in the museum. And "AI though Barbara had ordered cremation I arranged that par t of her remains be united with her family as a beau geste," writes Shearer. Buried beside the general are two sons, a daughter, and a grandson - and now, Barbara. How it is that the medal came to be in her possession? Shearer will never know, of course. But he felt that it should be in a final resting place worthy of its claim. And as for Barbara, uniting her with her family was the proper thing to do. - Ben Tamashiro BAKER CHAPTER SERVING CREW JUST BEFORE DINNER TIME STARTS. o l'-< H o H S CI) ~ CI) o gl'-< Il< YASUO TAKATA SERVES RUTH KAJIKAWA , DOROTHY TOHARA AND GLORIA TAMASHIRO. 17 1981 CLUB OFFICERS INSTALLED by Donald Kuwaye The largest turnout of members, wives and special guests in several years, at least 260 of them, gathered at the clubhouse on Saturday, January 17, to witness the installation of the 1981 club officers. The 260 turnout enjoyed a night of good food, an inspiring program, and un unforgettable chazuke session. As the chairman of the installation party committee, I was rather concerned about the low registration in mid-December, only 4 weeks before the party. There were only 35 registrants then. Then more publicity in the bulletins, and through club president's personal letter to many members in early January, brought the count to 150, then to 200, and finally to 250. The party started at 5:30 p.m. and the registrants were taken care of by the Rural Chapter's registration crew. Many thanks to Rural prexy Stanley Hamai and his assistants for doing a good job. Those who wanted refreshments, two kinds, were helped by Ken Suehiro and his helpers. They did a fine job, helping the members with their beer and highballs. The ladies were treated to the less intoxicating drinks. After Ray Nosaka gave the grace, the special guests were called first to get their plates filled. Chef Bob oki and his right-hand man, Tom Ogata, had prepared roast beef and baked short ribs with vegetables and all the trimmings. Baker members who helped with the serving were Harry Katahara, Yasuo Takata, Sonsei Nakamura, Rikio Tsuda, Ta eo zaca and Mrs. Natsuko Nakahara. They did an excellent job in serving the right amounts of the delicacies, especially the sashimi. Chef Aoki was slightly concerned because registrations were coming in until the day of the party. Fortunately the count did not go beyond 260. MC Ben Tamashiro started the formal program with appropriate remarks and then called the Reverend Hiro Higuchi to install the 1981 officers. Reverend Higuchi emphasized that he had undergone some medical tests earlier in the week, wasn't feeling too well, but decided to co e down and give the installing oath to president Hideo Kajikawa and his fellow officers. Said he has not missed giving the oath for 25 consecutive years and did not want to break the string. The 1981 club officers are: President, Hideo Kajikawaj 1st ice President, Martin Toharaj 2nd Vice Presi dent, Stanley Nakamoto; Secretary Sonsei Nakamura; Treasurer, Walter Iwasa; and Assistant Treasurer, Mikio Takahashi. Mrs. Ruth Kajikawa and secretary Sonsei Nakamura's wife, Elaine, presented the leis to the officers and the installing officer. I want to thank Richard Oshiro and Orchids of Hawaii for the leis. The MC then introduced Ozzie Bushnell as the foremost writer in Hawaii on the Issei. Mr. Bushnell spoke for about 25 minutes on the first Japanese worker group brought to Hawaii in J868 - the Gannen Mono. He described the hardships endured by this first group which many in Hawaii today are not aware of, except when intro duced to magazines and books dealing with the story of the Issei in Hawaii. 18 Following Mr. Bushnell's after-dinner talk, the lucky numbers were called. Shiseido of Hawaii's boss, Noboru Furuya, had generously donated 14 prizes, all nicely wrapped. Also, Coca-Cola Co. through Harry Mori, had donated a substantial prize. The grand prize of the night, a Carrier air conditioner, was donated by Stanley Nakamoto, president of American Equipment Co. Stan is also the 2nd VP of the club. The winner of the air conditioner was Archie Kamisato of Headquarters Chapter. Then the chazuke session followed. This feature was approved by the committee with Tom Matsumura (Charlie) and Biffa Moriguchi (Able) in charge. They planned the menu with sufficient rice, hot tea, and the various tsukemono. The chazuke was popular and everyone enjoyed it. The rice, thought to be suffici ent for at least 250 people, was all consumed just before the volunteer worker s from Able and Charlie were to have their share. Many thanks to the ladies who donated tsukemono and pastries t o the party. The committee members want to thank you. The large chocolate cake was dona t ed by Robert Taira of the King's Bakery. And Wally Teruya of Times Supermar kets donated two cases of oranges. No party can be successful without wonderful donor s and unselfish workers. Thanks to all of you. The hours had passed by so swiftly. Before we knew it, the clock showed it was time to adjourn. The whole gang pitched in and helped to put away the tables and chairs, and sweep the floor. This was done in 15 minutes. This method of cleanup is the fairest way - many hands can finish the job in no time. And, finally, my thanks to the following committee members for thei r meeting attendance, contributions, and for carrying out their assignments: Walter "Biffa" Moriguchi (Able), Robert Aoki (Baker), Tom Matsumura (Charlie), Robert Yo shioka (Dog), Kenichi Suehiro (Headquarters), Seiji Nomura (Medics), and Edward Saito (Rural). Special thanks to Max Imai and Sumio Ito for the photos of the i nstallation party. Some of them are included with this article. PRESIDENT H. KAJlKAWA GIVES HIS STATE OF THE CLUB MESSAGE AT THE INSTALLATION PARTY. 19 MRS. GLADYS KAWAKAMI SERVES SPECIAL GUESTS OZZIE BUSHNELL AND MR. AND MRS. EARL IGUCHI. CHEF BOB AOKI CONVERSING WITH CLUB PREXY HIDEO KAJIKAWA. 20 HAPPY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS AT THE JAN. 17 PARTY H ~ H 21 ABLE CHAPTER NEWS by Tom Fujise If the flowers in Ralph Fukunaga's garden seem to be neglected lately that's because a flower of another kind has captured his heart. Ralph and Ethel Fukunaga are now the proud grandparents of a brand new 9-pound granddaughter, born on December 12, 1980. The happy father, Kenneth, is a lawyer practicing in Hilo. Congratulations .....• Ralph and Ethel. The first meeting of Able Chapter on January 15 started off with a "bang" or rather a colorful red and white. Platesful of delicious red and white Okinawa mochi was placed around the meeting table by Alfred Arakaki. The mochi was prepared by Paulette. She can rest assured that her Okinawa mochi was very well received by everyone present at the meeting. I know ••.•••• I was going to taste another one after the meeting but alas, all those mochi seem to have vanished when the meeting was over. For continuing services by Able Chapter members. Example one - Only in Hawaii does a marathon runner have the luxury of having a masseur massage his or her legs after a grueling run. For the second year the Aisen Shiatsu School has provided volunteers to massage away the aching muscles of many runners who took part in the Annual Marathon. This year as in the previous year, Seie and Evelyn Oshiro along with Tadao Seo have exemplified the Club motto of "For Continuing Service" by putting in a strenuous 8;30 a.m. to 1;30 p.m. stint by taking care of the needs of many runners at Kapiolani Park. Example two - Richard Ishimoto's account of former Able member Masaru Tornasa. On December 27th at 10;00 a.m.} I was surprised to see Masaru Tomasa with red head band leading a group of people preparing to do "Mochi Tsuki" demonstyation. I asked Tomasa how he got involved in this thing. He said that six years ago one of his nephews who was in the University of Hawaii Ethnic Studies group asked him to help the ethnic group club start the "Mochi Tsuki" exhibition at Ala Moana Center. Since then Tomasa has been the "Hancho". Tomasa got his experience of "Mochi Tsuki" from his parents and also he has been pounding mochi at the Aimoto's place every New Year for about 20 years. He said that since the participants who pounded the mochi were amateurs, they broke each year about six "kine" or pounding mallet which were made from guava tree stumps. President Yoshiharu Nishida and his fellow officers with one full year of experience behind them easily held onto their elective post for another year with a very large majority of the vote cast in Able county ..... Yes vote, all. No vote, none. PAN-PACIFIC CONSTRUCTION, INC. GENERAL CONTRACTORS 2621 WAIWAI LOOP. HONOLULU, HAWAII 96819 PHONE 836-2854 Hiroshi Shimazu, Baker Chapter 22 CHARLIE CHAPTER NEWS by Ralph Ikeda HAPPY NEW YEAR!! now, how did that old Japanese salutation, appropriate at New Year's go? I forgot the fine words but the feelings are silently expressed. The 1980 Company C officers and key committee members thank you all for your enthusiastic participation in all of the Co. C functions last year. While it's hard to imagine that anyone can top Warren Iwai's fine chapter program for 1980, Mike Tokunaga, the program chairman for 1981, is going to try his darndest to top the 1980 program. To prove that he really intends to try, he has already picked the day for our 1981 Christmas party. The date is Saturday, December 19, 1981. (Mark that date on your calendar). He says that the Xmas party will again be geared to please everyone, and especially our parents and our grandchildren. If attendance at our first meeting of 1981 is any indication of what to expect, things should be a little better than in 1980 because there was one more Charlie at our first meeting of 1981 on January 21 than at the first meeting of 1980. There were some "long-time-no-see" members at the meeting. They and we are taking one of mother club prexy Hideo Kajikawa's goals very seriously - that is to make more of the "inactive" mother club members more active in chapter affairs. Now that Bo Shiozaki is "semi-retired" he says he can come to meetings and he did. A long-time donor of golf prizes, Stanley Kimura, came to his first Charlie Co. meeting in years. One of the winningest golfers in Club 100, Ai Arakaki, also came. Welcome, you all. We wish more of you will attend. We steady attendees hope to see more and more of the new faces as the year rolls along. All you Charlies, do come to the meetings - they are still held on the third Wednesday of each month. Starts at 7:30 usually in the Board room. And the format of the meetings is unchanged: 1) A fast and snappy business meeting to discuss mother club and chapter affairs. 2) A long and juicy bull session with beer, soda, pupus and good talk. So no matter how long you stayed away, do come and be assured that you will find some old buddy at the meeting too. Oh, yes, parking is usually available at Iolani School. please park in the open parking spaces and not in the slots marked for 'Faculty Parking." The school means it and the faculty members become very unhappy when you park in their stalls. As usual, our 1980 christmas party was a huge success. For that we thank chairman Jimmy Oshiro and his committee. The food was "different" but good. Looks like he changed the main dish from pigs feet soup to ox tail soup, but the soup was delicious. I bet Kay Oshiro cooked it. The maki konbu, other side dishes and desserts, made for a well rounded menu and we thank all the ladies who volunteered their skills and much of the ingredients to prepare the dishes. May we also thank the donors, large, medium and small, who contributed so much to make this party a gastronomical as well as a financial success. Thanks also to our songleaders, Hazel Hagiwara and Jimmy Oshiro, the singers, and most of all, Santa Claus. This year he took care to hide his own grey mustache 23 under Santa's long white one. Next time I'm sure Mike Tokunaga will flesh out the program for the year and I trust you will participate as heartily as you did in 1980. See all you Charlies at our next meeting . CONSUMER TIRE ofH.. .. • _ ...... Irr ___ ..... _. __ ... , ...... __ of _ ~ .....,u.-. .. ,..-. TIroL _ria ___ A_. "redly 1..- ...... ••-.. of _ - ...... ,rIca. LOWEST YEAR AROUND PRICES IN HAWAII! Complete Pest Control flaSl liME QUALIlY TlaES .In ut.... d ,. 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President Hiromi Urabe, Vice TONY KINOSHITA "0" President Yoshiichi Okazawa, Secretary Kenji Nikaido and Treasurer Jitsuri Yoshida. To the outgoing GENERAL AUTO REPAIR officers, Eddie Kuwazaki, Eddie Yoshimasu, Kenji Nikaido and Jitsuri WE SPECIALIZE IN Yoshida, our thanks to you for a job BODY AND FENDER WORK well done. Mrs. Ruth Ishizuka (Sakai) became a 2457 So, King Street proud Grandma. No.2 son's wife Phone 955-1378 gave birth to a baby boy. Congratulations! As we were unable to attend Dog Chapter's Christmas party, Kay BOB'S UNION Harada filled me in on the happenings. SERVICE The party was held at the Fort Shafter officer's club on Dec. 20th. Co-chaired by Rhoda & Charlie Kawamata and Yoshiichi Okazawa there were about sixty persons attending. Assisting with the grab bags and door prizes were Richard Hara and Richard "Doc" Hosaka. Christmas carols were sung, led by Kuulei Taira, and accompanied 153 Oneawa St" Kailua by Andy Matsunaga on his harmonica. Phone 261-0262 Bob Kondo (D) M.C. for the evening was Ben Tamashiro. In the Dec. 19th issue of the Hawaii Herald, there was an article about Hershey Miyamura which I'm sure you'll all be interes ted in'. ALL TYPES OF MILLWORK Sacramento, CA - Hiroshi "Hershey" COMMERCIAL STORE FIXTURES Miyamura the only living Nisei Congressional Medal of Honor winner was accorded another honor at a special state sponsored veterans memorial program. He was presented STANLEY'S the state's highest award, the California Medal of Honor. Congratu MILLWORK INC. lations, Hershey! Dog Chapter's statewide reunion on Maui will be held sometime in August, 1981. The date hasn't been set as Stanley S. Teruya 2825 Koapaka St. yet. Flyers will be sent out by Phone: 836-3804 Honolulu, Hawaii 96819 Katsumi Nakayama soon. 25 F COMPANY NElilS by K~nneth M. Higa F Company's 1980 reunion has come and gone but it shall long be remembered by many of the more than ninety who were there during November 7-9. Like my honey Bea, the annual shindig seems to get better and better as the years roll by. Yes, sirree! It was a tremendo~s success. One of the prime reasons why the reunions are beco~ing better and better is because each year new but old familiar faces are showing up. For example, Sakae "Maggie" Watanabe of Kauai, who went into "mothball" soon after his return to civilian life, finally came out of seclusion. Maggie and I go way back to November 14, 1941, when were inducted into the service at Lihue Armory. It was WONDERFUL to see him after more than thirty-five years. He, too, was overjoyed to meet the gang and indeed, very happy to be a part of F Troop again There are others who have not as yet shown their "lovable mugs," so take heed from Maggie's experience and join us for the next reunion which will be held in Maui during October 23-25, 1981. The Maui foxes, though small in number, have consented to be the host for 1981. Oswald Kawahara and his wife were also first timers but not because they did not care to attend the previous reu~ions. After living in Chicago for many years, he came back last year to stay. Welcome home, Kawaharas. The ERA movement within F Company has made remarkable strides since the annual get-together was changed in 1978 to a husband and wife affair. More neighbor islanders are bringing their wives to Honolulu for the reunions. In 1978 there were o'J.ly two present, Mrs. Seitoku Akamine and Mrs. Masao Fujimoto of Hawaii. This time there were eight others besides the two repeaters, namely, Mrs. Ernest Enomoto, Mrs. Shigeru Ito, Mrs. Nobu Okinaka, and Xrs. Yoshiyuki Sumida of Hawaii; Mrs. Mitsugi Moto of Maui; M'rs. Tamotsu Hirayama, Mrs. Choichi Shima bukuro, and Mrs. Butch Toguchi of Kauai. It was nice to see Mrs. Kiyoko Aoki, widow of the late Isami Aoki of Kauai, having a wonderful time. Incidentally, a lo~al fox had to use his crafty wits to bring his wife to the Sunday luncheon. Nobu Miyashiro deserves a medal for mission accomplished. The reunion started off as usual with the teahouse party at Natsunoya on Friday night, November 7. Then the UH football game at Aloha Stadium on Saturday night followed by the luncheon at Club 100 clubhouse to conclude another memorable weekend. By the way, something new was added to the reunion schedule. A tailgate party was held prior to and after the game at the stadium parking grounds. Or to be more precise as defined by Hayato Tanaka, "A bit of spice was injected in the routine to create some excitement," You see, Hayato had to go see a man about a horse after imbibing a bit (7). He did his thing okay but on the way back he lost his bearings and headed towards Honolulu. 26 A sickening but frightful feeling struck him like a bolt of lightning when he realized he was going further and further away from the stadium and that he probably would have to walk to his hotel. Luckily, the good Lord was with him. Just as he was about to resign himself to an unfortunate fate, the cunning fox frocn Hilo d:~d an about face, then looked intensively in the far, far distance until he spotted two foxes. He high-tailed it in that directiou and trailed the two lifesavers back to the party where the dining continued under the blue Hawaiian sky until a:nos t game time. Kenzo Endo's specialty, laulau, was a big hit. Ditto for Mrs. Taoka's beef stew and Mrs. Enga's exotic Vietna-nese chicken curry stew. The post-game party broke up when the lights went out. It was time for all tailgaters to leave the stadium grounds. O~ yeah, the UH Warriors defeated San Diego State. Hiromu Kobayashi, the prognosticator, reminded us that UH has been victorious in all the ga:nes that the foxes have attended at the Aloha Stadium, and implied that F Company is UH "lucky charm." We should, therefore, schedule our reunion to coincide with a BYU game so that the "Kanaka Kitsune Kahuna" can put the hex on BYU to enhance UH chances of capturing the WAC football cro~. S11nday's luncheon at the clubhouse included so many specia 1 ties prepared by the hard working wives. Mrs. Jinnohara, F Company number one chef, even brought some beautiful "chawans" so we could eat "chazuke" in style with her delicious "tsukemono." To the ladies of the Cooking Class, we extend our humble ap:>logies for making so much noise. Poor Gladys Kawakami had to use the mike to conduct the class. "GO MEN NA SAl." Since November is the month for turkey, an incident which happened in Italy in October 1943 popped up during our conversation with Oswald. Remember those days when almost any creature was fair game for food. Well, Oswald caught a turkey but we were on the go so he never had the opporutnity to prepare a turkey dinner . I reminded him what a pity it was that he had to let it go after carrying it for several miles with so much TENDER LOVING CARE. All these years I thought that was the end of the turkey story but he told me there is another chapter to this ironic front-line drama. After he released the turkey, the bird just kept on following him. The moral of the story is that it pays to be kind to animals and birds and you shall be rewarded. How true. "I had a turkey feast," he said. Many thanks to: the Hilo contingent for the fish cakes, potato chips, and cookies; Mr. & Mrs. Richard Fujita, who w,=re on a trip d:Jr,ing reunion time, for donating six cases of beer a~d one bottle, half gallon size, whiskey; members and wives for the food a~d beverage contributions; Kiyoshi Jinnohara, the hard working outgoing president, for the spendid job he did in spearheading the reunion; and the reunion committee members. ------0 ------ The New Regime. The officers of F Company for 1981 are: Jerry Miyatake, president; Koichi Fukuda, vice-president; Kenneth Higa, secretary; and Kenzo End:>, treaeurer. The Ailing. Hakaru Taoka and Maggie Watanabe underwent surgery in December. Hakaru is raring to go back to work and Maggie is recuperating back home on Kauai. 27 The Bypass Quartet. Within a twelve-month period, four foxes underwent heart bypass surgery. Three of them - Ichio Sasaki, Oahu; Nobu Okinaka, Hawaii; and Ken Y0shimoto, Kauai, attended the reunion. The fourth, Kalei Kaholokula of Kauai and his group called The Kaholokulas, which include his two sons and their uncle, will be giving a concert on January 10th at Orvis Auditorium at the University of Hawaii. It is his way of showing appreciation for the life-saving efforts of the Hawaii Heart Associa tion, DJ:. Richard ~amiya and his staff, and Straub Hospital. The S~lffiida Connection. The incide-nt took place at the Clu) 100 clubhouse. The last scheduled event of the reunion, the Sunday luncheon, was coming to an end, and Yoshiyuki Sumida, the Pahala fox who transferred to A Co~pany, was going aro~nd saying goodJye to his comrade-so Goro Su~ida, who transferred from E to A Company, ha~pened to be at the clubhouse. Was it a coincidence that the last person Yoshiyuki was to say goodbye was Goro? After introducing each other, Goro said, "Oh Yeah! You ':.he Sumida got hit badly. My friends thOllght it was me and I been 'make'." -: •••• II.II ••••• ,I ••••• I •••••• I •••• I •••••••••••••••J •••••• - Salon Pishin Tour to Canada - u st, 1981 - If in erested, call - :- TOM FUJISE, Sales Representative -_ :- SUNSHI ~ TRAVEL, INC. :- -: Bus. 526-0658 Res. 373-3050 :- - - ; ••••••••••••••• l ••• I ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• : 24 Brunswick Lanes Brunswick Automatic Pinsetters Tele Scores Tele Foul line Best Wishes to the Club 100 Telephone Service Direct to Bowlers Benches Panoramic Spectators Seats Fountain Service to Bowlers on Lanes Free Instructions Available 820 Isenberg St., Phones 949-6668 and 949-6669 FULL HOUSE. THREE QUEENS AND TWO KINGS. FRIDAY NIGHT, NOV. 8, F COMPANY TEAHOUSE PARTY AT NATSUNOYA. LEFT to RIGHT - MRS. YASUO TAKENOUCHI, SHIGERU ITO, MRS. ITO, MRS. SUMIDA, YOSHIYUKI SUMIDA THE SULTAN, HAKARU TAOKA, WITH HIS HAREM. F COMPANY TAILGATE PARTY AT ALOHA STADIUM PARKING AREA, SATURDAY, NOV. 8 F COMPANY SUNDAY LUNCHEON AT CLUBHOUSE, NOVEMBER 9. LEFT to RIGHT - MRS. ENGA, MRS. TAKE SHITA, MRS. KASHIMOTO, MRS. NAKANO, MRS. YOZA. photos by Masaichi Yoza 29 HEADQUARTERS CHAPTER NEWS by Kenichi Suehiro Harry and Dorothy Yamashita recently Our sympathies go to: Archie Kamisato had an unwelcomed visitor during and family. His mother, Kami Kamisato, their absence, who walked off with passed away on 12/2/80; Akira Akimoto nearly all their valuables. Harry, and family. His mother, Sato Akimoto, would a dog help in the future? passed away on Dec. 14th. HQ chapter held its November meeting Calvin Shimogaki promises another at the Kajikawas. Many thanks, Ruth superb Family Night on Feb. 15th. Be and Kaji. We sure enjoyed your sure to mark your events calendar. delicious food and refreshments. Archie - pay no mind to those two smart Charles Miyashiro ended up in the guys. I have confidence in you. You Dowsett area while trying to find still dance Monday nites ..... Ask Aimoto Kaji's house. why he quit dancing?!!!! And Harry has been a golfer for over 20 years yet I The following were elected as have not heard one word about his game officers for 1981: Kenichi Suehiro, improving. In fact he's bucking to president; Calvin Shimogaki, vice have his handicap increased. Japanese president; Fred Takahashi, secretary; call this "Lemondo". and Tom Nosse, treasurer. Tom Nosse is our newest convert to Congratulations to Carl Shinoda who the legion of lousy golfers. This celebrated his 72nd birthday on Jan. 23. includes Archie Kamisato. Archie, The chapter members wish you many more Yoshito Aimoto says, "Archie can't happy birthdays. dance so he's trying golfing". Harry Yamashita says, "Archie should Congratulations go also to Robin stick with beer drinking at which Otagaki,son of Kenneth and Janet he's the best." Otagaki. He was selected Hawaii State Teacher of the Year for 1981 on Jan. 22. Elmo Okido had his hernia repaired He is an earth and marine science on October 21st. Four days at the teacher at Moanalua High School. hospital did wonders and he's fit as a fiddle, and ready to chase those lovelies! Calvin Shimogaki was hospitalized for 4 days from Nov. 20. He too, looks all OK. IBREALTOR ® to- BUY / SELL / SERVICES- Call Bus 521-9748 Our Christmas party held on Dec. 14 was again a bang up success. More so with Arthur Tamashiro being old St. Hakaru Taoka Nick. We had about 200 attendees and Realtor everyone had a good time. Res. 622-4575 Delayed acknowledgements for donations VALDA Y. MATAYOSHI REALTY for our Christmas party - 2 bags of 1236 S. KING ST.. SUITE 200 • HONOLULU.HI96814 tasty peanuts - Seiji Nomura (Medics); Shiseido cosmetics for the ladies. 30 HAWAII CHAPTER NEWS by Walter Kadota Our year-end party at the AJA Veterans Hall turned out to be an ideal spot for a retiree, looking for a Sunday excuse to get out of housekeeping and lawn mowing chores. One could see that the pensioners were slowly catching up with the working stiffs in number, in spite of the die hards who have no wish to be put out to pasture. The presence of seldom seen Eddie Nakao, Katsuto Kutsunai and Mrs. Shigetoshi Yoneda was acknowledged by President Kazuma Taguchi who also thanked honorary member Shizuo Kiyosaki for his sizable cash contribution to the club on the occasion of attaining his 80th year. We noticed the booze guzzlers don't seem to improve with age. We heard no exchange of wartime stories -- only complaints of body aches and pains and the rip-offs one can expect making a night of it in Tokyo's after-dark establishments. Motoyoshi Tanaka just enrolled in beginner's ukulele class at the senior citizens' center, saying he's not yet ready for a recital. And we suffered along with Tsukasa Santo claiming his door prize with a step and a half limp. Taguchi called a short business meeting, announcing that the same 1980 officers will carryon for the new year, namely: President ...... •.•••...... Kazuma Taguchi Vice-President ...... Seitoku Akamine Secretary ...... •...... Eugene Eguchi Treasurer ...... •...... Roger Kawasaki Auditor ...... Tarush Yamamoto Ex-officio...... James Maeda Hard-working Kazuma said he mayor he may not join the ranks of the retirees in '81, but he is seriously thinking of making radical changes regarding meeting dates and meeting sites, other than Cafe 100, with more emphasis on husbands and wives joint affairs. James Maeda was instructed to canvass around for a guest speaker for Installation Night, January 24, 1981 at the Yacht Club. Besides the members already mentioned in this writeup, those who came include: Sadatoshi Miyazono, Nobuo Okinaka, Masao Fujimoto, Tsugio Kaisen, Hayato Tanaka, Bob Ishimaru, Shigeru Ushijima, Seitoku Akamine, Dungan Yonemori, Shigeru Tokuuke, Sakae Wakakuwa, Taku Okajima, Harry Oda, Takao Miyao, Yasu Kurokawa, Ernest Enomoto, Hiromu Kobayashi, Jimmy Mitsuda, Sus Hata, Larry Hirokawa, George Inouye, Hachiro Kuroyama, James Nagoshi, Charles Nishimura, Larry Tanimoto, Larry Kodama, Shinsuke Shimabukuro and Walter Kadota. We noticed the Co. F boys had a table to themselves -- a picture of togetherness. The ranks of the 100th are getting thin with each passing year. Maybe these boys will show us a way to get some of our lost sheep to get back into the fold. Incidentally, honcho Hayato Tanaka, on behalf of the Hilo Co. F'ers, wishes to express thanks to the Oahu boys who accorded his group the VIP treatment of a lifetime at the recent Fox Co. reunion in Honolulu. As of the date of this report, Jim Maeda tells us that, instead of the mill-of the run speakers from the world of politics, business and the what have yous, he is lining up several of our own comrades in arms to speak at our Installation 31 Night dinner. The arithmetic is plain. More guys are coming to our affairs as they shed off their workday pressures and schedules. The oratory spiel about world politics and issues, they can do without. They want to hear about the speaker's wartime experience, his transition adjusbnent to civilian life and his plans for his pau hana years. Kazuma's iffy statement about "there'll be some changes made" is off to a flying start in 1981. BOB'S PIANO SERVICE Holo-Holo Island-Wide Tuner Technician APPAREL INC. Manufacturer MADE IN HAWAII of Sportswear BOB TAKASHIGE, Pres. (Baker Chapter) Phone 949-0948 ROBERT Y. FUKUMOTO 3227 Kaunaoa Street Phone Honolulu, Hi. 96815 732-0076 1428-E Makaloa st. Honolulu, HI 96814 (Hq. Chapter) North American Insurance For REAL ESTATE Agency, Ltd. and things General Agent call Warren Iwai (RA) 1040 So. King St., Suite 101 Charlie Chapter Honolulu, Hawaii 96814 Phone: 536-7005 ALL AMERICAN LIFE and Casualty Company PETE KIMURA REALTY 1149 S. Beretania S1. Bus. 531-6461 A U.S. LIFE COMPANY Honolulu, HI-96814 Res. 734-0348 32 MAUl CHAPTER NEWS by Tom Nagata Maui Chapter members, wives and Our "Happy Retirement" wishes go to guests honored the new officers Iwao Takamori, who called it pauhana with a Christmas-installation time from HC&S Co. on December 31, 1980. Chinese buffet dinner at the Maui Beach Hotel poolside dining room Please mail your 1981 $7.00 dues to on Sunday evening, December 14th. Treasurer Tom Nagata, 43 Wakea Avenue, Hardworking Jack Gushiken was the Kahului if you cannot come to the meeting. chairman of this outstanding social event, and he was ably assisted by Sue Gushiken, Richard Iriguchi, Johnny Miyagawa, and Kiyoshi Ikeda. Installing officer, Kiyoto Tsubaki, administered the oath of office to SELECT the following: Nobuyoshi Furukawa, ~ER~TERS, LTD. President; Akira Ishikawa, Vice President; Goichi Shimanuki, Secretary; Tom Nagata, Treasurer; Ronald Higashi, Auditor; Satoji ALL LINES OF INSURA CE Arisumi, Director. Tom Yamada was the MC for the program, and Eichi Seian Hokama (A) "Biffa" • 10nguchi (A) Endo registered incoming members Frank Ikehara (A) Sonsei 'akamura (B) and guests. Door prizes were aoji Yamagata (A) awarded by Jack Gushiken, and Masao Sato and Akira Ishikawa ran 641 Keeaumoku Street. Ste. 2/ Honolulu. HI. 96814 the bingo games after dinner. Our Phone 949-0041 special thanks go to the following donors of door and bingo prizes: i Sue Gushiken, Fumiko Nagata, Kiyoto Tsubaki, Haruo Ikeuchi, Nobuyoshi Furukawa, Goichi Shimanuki, Tadao Sato, Masao Sato, Willie Goo, MANOA FINANCE CO. INC. Ronald Higashi, Ralph Tamura, Shigeyuki Suma, Wataru Kaneshina, AUTO W PERSONAL Johnny Miyagawa, and guests Sachiko Masumoto and Gladys Ushijima. BUSINESS • Outgoing 2-term president Tadao Sato REAL ESTATE CZ!!D and his fellow officers deserve a MORTGAGE 1st & 2nd U \) lot of credit for their leadership. "Where to Call" Veterans Day was observed on Maui on Main Offices November 8 with veterans, wives and MANOA FINANCE CO. INC. guests gathering at the Wailuku VFW clubhouse. Maui County Mayor 2733 E. Manoa Rd. .... 988-2121 Makiki Hannibal Tavares and Hawaii State Lt. Governor Jean King were the Manoa Finance Co. Inc. guest speakers. Chapter prexy Keeaumoku Branch Tadao Sato represented the Club 100 824 Keeaumoku .... 941-3361 during the flower presentation Downtown ceremony. Pupus and no-host drinks Manoa Finance Co. Inc. were served during the evening. Alakea Branch 194 S. Hotel ...... 533-7407 Downtown Branch 31 N. King 537-3925 33 KAUAI CHAPTER NEWS by Ben Morimoto ODEN Liquids: 3 cups wa ter With this edition of the Puka Puka 1 Dashinomoto Parade, the old year has gone by 4 Tablespoon sugar and the year 1981 is here to stay 5 Tablespoon shoyu for some time.. Looking back, the 1 Teaspoon salt activities of our Club during 1980, 2 Teaspoon Mirin we had a good participation by the members. The big event was the Vegetables: Chikuwa Club 100 Convention held from Kamaboko June 27-29. The final event of the Tempura year was our annual Xmas Party which Nishime Konbu was held at Mike's Cafe in Hanapepe Carrots on December 14. This year's Daikon attendance would have been the Bamboo Shoots largest if not for the weather. Araimo Total count at first was 55 but the Gobo final count 53 and yet some who were Konnyaku regular attendants failed to sign up. The menu was Prime Rib Roast Optional: Small Boiled Eggs and Lobster plus dessert of Lilikoi Chiffon pie, salad bar and drinks Instructions: Cut above ingredients and pupus for the drinkers. There in bite sizes. Put all liquid in the were no door prizes but for each pot first. Add Konnyaku, Konbu, members' wife who attended a gift Chikuwa, Tempura, and Kamaboko. of 5 lbs. chicken thigh was given. Cook for about half an hour. Then Mrs. Chizue Teshima and Mrs. Grace add the rest of the vegetables. Morimoto were in charge of all the Boil the Araimo and Daikon separately. arrangements and gifts. Add to the pot when ready. Simmer for two to three hours before serving. This is the third year that we are keeping it up of having our group pictures taken. Lucky for us that HEAD CABBAGE TSUKEMONO we have our Pro, Larry Sakoda, to do the picture taking. This year 2 Medium cabbage we hope we can continue where we 6 cup water left off and have another fine year 5 Tablespoon Hawaiian Salt for all the members to participate. 16 Tablespoon Raw Brown Sugar 5 Tablespoon Vinegar A YOUNG MAN walked into a jewelry store and asked the price of a pair of Boil water, salt and sugar. Cut pearl earrings. "Only $40," replied the cabbage in 8 equal parts. Place it clerk. Then, seeing how flustered the customer became, she added, "They're into a gallon jar and put vinegar over cultured, you know." it. Pour Hot ingredients over cabbage. "Well," said the young man, "I guess Press it down and add the rest of the I'll have to settle for something that's a cabbage. Leave it out overnight, then bit uncouth. " refrigerate. -Tom Morris, quoted by Lawrence Van Gelder in Ntw York T,mes A/oily young follow ftom Yuma DID YOU HEAR about the guy who Told an elephant Joke to a puma. spent so much time promoting a statue Now his skeleton It'es of himself that he became a monumen Under hot western skier. tal bore? -Bill Copeland in Sarasota. Fla.loumal The puma had no sense ofhuma. -Ogden Nash J4 I SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHAPTER NEWS by Tad Hashimoto At our regular monthly meeting held On March 6, 7, 8, a special 442nd exhibit in November, election of officers for showing will be held Friday evening for 1981 was held and the following were members. An afternoon parade and an elected: Lloyd Seki, president; evening banquet at the Fa irmont Hotel on Harry Fukasawa, vice president; Kaz Saturday. From the mainland and Hawaii Furuto, secretary and Bill Miyagi, many plan to attend. Monte Fujita is treasurer . making the air travel arrangements to leave March 6, Friday and return March 8, On March 7, 1981 the 100/442nd exhibit Sunday. will open at the Presidio Army Museum, at Lincoln and Funston, at the Presidio The following Southern California Chapter of San Francisco. The hours will be members will be attending the opening of 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Tuesday thru the "Go For Broke" exhi bi tion a t the Sunday. (closed Mondays). Presidio Museum on March 7, 1981: Monte and Mae Fujita, Buddy and Lillian Mamiya, The first major exhibit on the history Young O. and Nora Kim, Tom and Ruth Kasai, of the Japanese American soldier in Roy and Chuckie Seki, Tad and Sue World War II, it is the story of a Hashimoto, Jim and Haru Ishimoto, Bill regiment that entered the war under Miyagi, Henry Sakato, Douglas Tanaka and suspicion and distrust to emerge less his son and daughter - Howard and Susan. than one year later with honors and with over 18,000 decorations! In this brief span, the 442nd fought in five * * * * * * * major campaigns and had over 9,000 Son Michael Hashimoto, freelance photo purple hearts. All this from Japanese grapher,did the album cover for Hiroshima American G.I. 's whose average weight called Odori. Cover shows a Japanese was 125 pounds. They were dubbed by dancer in kimono with the Los Angeles one dividion as "The Little Iron Men". skyline in the background. They are a jazz group consisting of Los Angelenos An amazing realistic diorama of the sansei's and playing beautiful music, Battle of Bruyeres - a strategic gaining quite a following. Go out and military objective in the drive to buy the record! rescue the "Lost Battalion" - is also on view complete with sound. Bruyeres ~~koto M. Hata, Liberty Auto Service of fell to the 442nd after three grueling Fresno, California sent an extra $25.00 days of assault. donation with his lOOth club dues. Lloyd Toda sent an extra $5.00. Dr . Harold S. The exhibit also features a collection Harada of Culver City also sent a $25.00 of photographs, uniforms, standards, donation along with his dues . We thank weapons and artifacts (even an unopened you for your generosity. genuine k-ration). Other attractions include various "liberated" memorabilia Talk about a fish story. On Nov. 25, of the enemy - from pot-helmets to club president Buddy Mamiya caught a "screwed up razors", and a field five and a half pound - twenty two and telephone. a half inch long trout at Lake Anaheim. That makes Buddy the number one angler A slide show and documentary film join of Club 100 of Southern California. in telling this larger-than-life combat saga. "Go For Broke" an exhibit Club 100 shirts are available. Write to honoring the Japanese American 100th Don Kuwaye, Ex. Sec. Club 100, 520 Kamoku Infantry Battalion and the 442nd St., Honolulu, Hawaii 96826 - price Regimental Combat Team - the most $13.00 each plus $1.45 postage. Also decorated unit of World War II. give size when ordering. 35 NA KAHOLOKULA by Gloria Tamashiro With an eye on the clock ticking closer to 8:00 p.m., Saturday, January 10, 1981, we hurriedly readied ourselves and left for Orvis Auditorium at the University of Hawaii campus to attend a concert, their first, by the Kaholokula family. It was just a year ago, when Jimmy Kaholokula successfully underwent heart bypass surgery. Twice, during the early evening, Jimmy publicly expressed his appreciation to Dr. Richard Mamiya and his staff for his full recovery. His eyes sparkled and his broad smile extended from ear to ear. Happiness shone through. I felt touched also, for a brief moment. The concert itself was a benefit for the Hawaii Heart Association. Each person who attended, received a copy of Na Kaholokula's latest album, "Ka Nani o Kaua'i" (The beauty of Kaua'i). Nine of the songs on this album were composed by Jimmy Kaholokula. The talents, sounds and versatility of the Kaholokula family were presented in concert. Jimmy's son, Kimo, also composes and arranges. Another son, Robert, does arranging, too. The boys' uncle, Harold, rounds out the quartet with the bass and guitar. On stage, they all looked so nice, dressed in white long-sleeved shirts, white slacks and sporty white shoes. And the red and white carnation lei, of course! A question was brought up - Why isn't Na Kaholokula a household word? They have been performing for so many years, especially Jimmy. Kauai is where most of their action take place. However, the group did perform at The Noodle Shop for three nights to standing room audiences recently. During the trying days of struggle with his wife and family, Jimmy wrote "Ke Ahi Wela" (The Burning Flame). One can almost feel the anguish in the song. patric Downes' popular "Waimea Lullaby" was sung by the group in Hawaiian, lyrics written by Jimmy. Personally, this writer feels that the Hawaiian lyrics with its sounds and enunciations, are much more beautiful then the English version. According to Jimmy, as a youngster, he spent "school time" watching the skylarks on Maui near the slopes of Haleakala. The skylark inspired him to compose "Manulani" which means "The Skylark". He also explained how the skylarks reacted in flight. The birds go through several gyrations sideways before ascending, then they whistle while in flight. It was not difficult for me to visualize this scene as Na Kaholokula played and sang. His most recent composition, "Pua Olena", was written at a time when he didn't know if he could ever hear it recorded. But, he did and received a new lease on life. During the intermission, Jimmy went around meeting the audience and thanking them for their support towards the Hawaii Heart Association. To those of you who missed this wonderful concert, I say "Poho you neva go." As an addendum, James Kalei Kaholokula served with the 100th Infantry Bn., Co. B during World War II. 36 CLUB 100 GOLF CLUB NEWS by Sonsei Nakamura To celebrate a very successful year of activity, the Club 100 Golf Club held its annual awards banquet at the Hilton Hawaiian Village, Ti Leaf Room on Friday, January 16, 1981. In attendance were 81 people. A fun-filled night emceed by Robert Kadowaki was enjoyed by the go lfers and their wives. Also in attendance were the sponsors and their wives. The following are the tournament winners : Ace Winners January - Wilfred Fujishige February - Arthur Tamashiro March - Yoshio Takenouchi April - Kazuto Shimizu May - Itsuki Oshita June - Ralph Ikeda July - Stanley Takahashi August - Alfred Arakaki September - Katsumi Maeda October - Jack Kuioka November - Chikami Hirayama December - Paul Maruo The winner of the Ace of Aces was Stanley Takahashi in a play- off wi th Kazuto Shimizu. TROPHY WINNERS Winners Trophy Donors Jan. Best Ball 2-men team - Jun Enomoto ------Holo Holo Apparel Sadashi Matsunami ----- Richard Hamada Feb. A Flight - Frank Fujiwara ------Harry's rusic Store B Flight - Arthur Tamashiro ------Varsity Top Shop Mar. A Flight - Everett Odo ------Archie Won Merchandise B Flight - Richard Kondo ______" II " April A Flight - Kenneth Muroshige ------Tommy's Fender Shop B Flight - Awthun 1amashiro ------Tad Hirai Contractor May A Flight - Kenneth Muroshige ------Akira Hashimoto Memo rial B Flight - Iwao Jujimori ------AD Signs June A Flight - Kenichi Iha ------Central Pacific Bank B Flight - Roy Nakamura ------Nakatani Farm July A Flight - Seiji Tanigawa ------Fundi Shirai Memorial B Flight - Katsumi Maeda ------Eugene Kawakami Aug. A Flight - Alfred Arakaki ------Harry yamashita B Flight - Harry Yamashita ------New Alakea Grill Sept. A Flight - Alfred Arakaki ------George Yamada B Flight - Masao Yoshioka ------Joji G. Kobayashi Oct. A Flight - Frank Fujiwara ------House of Photography B Flight - Yoshio Takenouchi ------Vet's Termite Control Nov. A Flight - Fred Kanemura ------Roy Haneda Mason Contractor B Flight - Jack Mizushima ------Joe Tengan Memorial Dec. B Flight - Sonsei Nakamura ------Holau Mochi Factory 37 The club championship after 5 rounds of golf was won by Alfred Arakaki. Tony Oshita was the runner-up. The President's cup was won by Katsumi Maeda. Sansei Nakamura was named the Sportsman of the Year. Officers for 1981: President - Ralph Ikeda Vice President/Tournament Chairman - Ed Ikuma Secretary - Arthur Kamiyama Treasurer - Fred Kanemura Handicap Chairman - Kazuto Shimizu Tournament Scheduling - Warren Iwai Specializing in ... 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She will have three very 1 small dried onion, sliced competent ladies assisting her 1 bell pepper, sliced into this year with the programming. l-inch squares They are Esther Ueno, Hazel 1 teaspoon crushed garlic Hagiwara, and Alice Oki. Please 1 beaten egg contact any of these ladies if you 1 teaspoon mashed "Dow See" have a favorite recipe you would (fermented black beans) like to share with the class. Your participation will be most welcomed. In a preheated wok or large skillet, place: 2 Tablespoon vegetable oil and For the December 1980 class, we were ~ teaspoon salt. Bring oil to privileged to have Mr. Terry Aratani sizzling point and add: sliced onion, (442nd) demonstrate one of his bell pepper, crushed garlic. Toss cook special seafood recipes which he rapidly for 1 minute at high heat. Add: calls "Crab Ala Kan." The finished ~ teaspoon sugar, ~ teaspoon monosodium dish was most delectable and we glutamate, cracked crab, 2 cups chicken hope Mr. Aratani will favor us stock and mashed "Dow See". Cover and again soon with his culinary talent. cook at high heat 5 to 8 minutes. Add Also featured in the December class gradually: crab fat and beaten egg and were Vivian Nakamura's Mustard Hasu, cornstarch paste (3 teaspoons cornstarch Helen Nikaido's Kurome Bara Sushi mixed with 3 teaspoons water). Turn and demonstrated by Edith Imai, and mix at medium heat until sauce begins to Dorothy Ibaraki's daughter's White thicken. Serves 2 or 3 persons. Fruit Cake, baked by Betsy Saito. All were very delicious and the members enjoyed the tasty treat. For the January 1981 class, Helen Seo demonstrated the Oden and Cabbage Tsukemono. The Oden with the variety MUSTARD HASU of ingredients was very tasty. To 1 pound hasu gether with the Cabbage Tsukemono and 2 Tablespoon oil the excellent combination dish, Kim 2 Tablespoon sugar pira Gobo, Shiitake, and Konnyaku, 2 Tablespoon shoyu prepared by Teruko Kadomoto, it was 1~ Teaspoon Mustard a very delightful meal. To top this excellent menu, Mr. Yoshio Saito, substituting for Mrs. Saito, prepared Skin hasu and cut it in 2-inch lengths. Slice thinly lengthwise. Fry in oil, Zenzai for dessert. add sugar and shoyu. Mix mustard with The time and effort put forth by all water to make a paste. Add to hasu the volunteer demonstrators are mixture. Stir fry until done. greatly appreciated. A lot of "tricks of the trade" can be learned by actually watching the demonstra tors, so those of you who are not members, won't you join us some Sunday? 40 DANCE CLUB NEWS by Yasuo Taka ta The Club 100 Dance Club greeted the "Year of the Rooster" at the New Year's Eve Dance with a crowing event. Tho the number was not too large, those who were there strutted like roosters, proud of their year's training under Larry and Clara Inouye. The 1980 sessions emphasized poise, bearing, posture, positive improvement, keeping in beat more than steps. There were only a couple of Monday Group dancers and a few Thursday nighters at the clubhouse. We would like to see more of them next New Year's Eve. As Larry said,in dancing, you must show some elation, you cannot be an introvert, you must show pride and some swaggering in your dancing. The theme for the New Year's Eve Dance was blazed across the Ewa wall of Turner Hall - "Keep the beat - 1981 - Be a hit". Our famous artist Roy Hatakenaka - comes up with something unique every year. Below that our hard-working president Bob Fukumoto had made his "Happy New Year" sign. The rest of the hall was festooned with several hundred balloons of all colors and shapes, big and small ones, long and short, curly and round ones. Those were put up by the dance club board of director and yours truly. We sure have a hard-working board. During the evening Michi Takashige was like a swan gliding, prancing, proudly dancing away with vim and vigor, full of spirit. Among the more composed females were: Peggy Obayashi, Lynn Shimizu, Chinako Takata, Margie Toma, Bessie Fukumoto, Bessie Nakakura, Elaine Nakamura, Helen Furusho, Ellen Kunihiro, Grace Ochiae and others, sedately flowing around. The men were also strutting their stuff proudly. Among them were: Yasuto Furusho, Joe Obayashi, Kazuto Shimizu, "Biggie" Nakakura, Etsuo Katano, Bob Fukumoto, Eddie Ochiae, Mitsuru Kunihiro, Mich Takata and others. (Old age creeping up, cannot remember names anymore). Among the men, Mitsuru Kunihiro was the proudest, his bearing and dancing form were beautiful to watch. If yasuto Furusho with his knowledge and mastery of the steps and "Mits" can be put together into one person, we would have a champion dancer. We also had a Cuban rooster and hen - none other than Billy "Cuban" Takaezu and his wife Kay. when they do the Latin dances, especially freestyle, what rythm they exude. Billy must have some Spanish blood in him, for even his wife alludes to this. The climax was reached at midnight, when all the dancers were shouting "Happy New Year" to everybody and to the world, and singing Auld Lang Syne with such gusto. The music was furnished by our prexy Bob Fukumoto. A short program was made up by Yasu Takata, who thought up the craziest prizes. First he dished out millions of dollars (paper) to the roosters and cute little hats to the hens. Then he ran out of money so he dished out money clips but no money. For the broom dances he dished out jump ropes to the roosters to build up their nimbleness. For the cockerels, he gave blowout trumpets and masks to change their faces. The dinner was ample, fortified by donations from our generous members. Sonsei Nakamura was the food chairman. Refreshments, pupus, drinks including champagne flowed copiously, thanks again to the generous donations from our generous members. To end the year 1980, all the females were treated to a spectacle - The man resting in the Women's restroom. As the ladies walked into the restroom, they came flying out, screaming and yelling. After soothing their ruffles, they were shown it was only a dummy and were told not to pass it on. You should have seen the other ladies come flying out too. The weak-hearted ones were warned but they were still ruffled because the dummy looked so real. 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