Pacific Citizen National Publication of the Japanese American Citizens League Established 1929 ($1 .50 Postpaid U.S.) Newsstand: 2S¢ #2784/Vol 121, NO.5 ISSN: 0030-8579 2 Coral Circle, Suite 204, Monterey Park, CA 91755 (213) 725-0083 Sept. 1-14, 1995 Reflections on war Fatefully, World vyar II officially came Yet th rough it ' all a character was to an end on Sept. 2, 1945, with the last forged in battle. signatures affixed to a document passed On its 50th anniversary, the ending of from Gen. Douglas MacArthur to Japa• the war may seem anticlimactic as the nese officials, led by Foreign Minister reflections, feelings, insights and con• Mamoru Shigemitsu, aboard the U.S.S troversies continue to this day. Missouri docked in Tokyo Bay. In particular, the four years prior to that To that end, here then are five veter• event were defining moments for Japan ans who have written their thoughts about and for the United States. The larger this war which continues to bring to the view is that this cataclysmic event also Japanese American community a sense cast the young Japanese American com-' of honor as well as the inescapable and munity into chaos and confusion. haunting realism of human tragedy. The 100th At Anziol at
a,deep ~e com- Biffontaine m.ullity invalv.ement as well By COl. YOUNG OAK KIM "We were aU very iin~ pressed with the high cati- Speaking to a gathering celebrating the I berafstudentsthatapplied fur scholarshi .. qq' Ii n· aLhievements of the 1DO th Battalion, the 5ato. ''It.isashametbat e author gives a beachhead and foxhole cannotgi.ve monel to e8rh ofthe applicants:. view of the tribulations of this famous unit illeL $chIJ~flip which carved its way across Europe ... winners -pages 10-14 The 100th earned, the hard way, all recognition bestowed upon it. This being the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II, it is well to talk about the 100th. Upon reflection, I decided against giving my own opinion or citing any of the battles cited in the many published books, Troy Shiozawa because we all feel the 100th was the greatest unit. Because of this built-in bias, I could say anything and exaggerate and you says stabbing would cheerfully concur. Let me cite two widely separate incidents. I personally participated in both from beginning to end, but the quote is "bearsa.y." was accidental The first occurred in the Anzio beachhead in early June. Anzio was ringed or surrounded by two German defensive Pocatello, Idaho, .JA lines, the first on the flat beachhead where the Allies and the Germans were nose to nose for many months, both sides well on trial as JACLers dug in. The 100th and the 34th Division were positioned on watch proceedings this line fighting the Germans, and other assaulting units passed through us and broke this line while we provided supporting fire. The second German defensive ring was up in On trial for stabbing his former the hills overlooking the beachhead. The 34th Division's stepdaughter, Troy Shiozawa, 24, PC ArchlvG$ mission was to capture the pass in the Albanio Hills near testified Aug. 28 that the incident THE MOMENT-Gen. Douglas MacArthur stands before Japanese offi• was accidental. The trial, which is See 10oth/page 7 expected to conclude this week, cials who signed the agreement to surrender on Sept. 2, 1945, aboard the has many JACL members con• U. S. S. Missouri. This was the last formal end to World War 11. cerned thatShiozawa's civil rights have been violated by the Bannock County, Idaho prosecutors. Shiozawa of Pocatello, Idaho, has been charged with one count Japan and the atom bomb question of aggravated assault and two counts of aggravated battery. De• single prop warplanes were topped merous other con fliets, too n u mer• nations' myths. Japan had hers. fense attorney Bron Rammell said By FRANK NISHIO by speedier fighters, flying for• ous to list. Each war was fought Their belief was that their coun• that during a conversation be• tresses, s uperfortresses and wi th bigger and better weapons• try, their people and their em• tween Shiozawa and his fonner The author, who at one stealth bombers. that is, harsh r, crueler and more peror were of one origin. All were wife, Leslie, 21, in the back seat of time Joined a peace If progress takes its normal devastating. conceived by Amaterasu-omikami •. her truck, Lexie Hill, 3, fell back• route, the nuclear bombs of today Now. ask th men fighting these the Qronipotent god. Thus, their wards from the back seat and movement, measures will give way to a larger destruc• wars if they would suspend usage land and people were protected by landed on his open pocket knife. the horror of the ulti• tiveforce. Ateaeh interval, people, of a superior weapon because it heavenly powers. Their belief in Both mother and child were in mate weapon against correctly, intervened to say, we was thought to be too cruel. The this was twice confinned. On both attendance during the court pro• must stop this nonsense. But the rockets? The flame throwers? Can occasions, on different invasion ceedings. the saved lives of human selfishness, be it for power, you imagine pointing a flame attempts by the mighty Mongols, "Troy is Iii cowboy. He has a soldiers who fought on cont."l'ol or possesion, has always, thrower at a human being? The the 1 sser quipped Japan was habit," said Rammell, reported the the front lines. without exception, superceded the napalm? Ifone hasn'ts ena whole saved by "Kamikaze," god's stann. Idaho State Journal. peace and humanitarian move• mountainside burn from napalm, A powerful hurricane \viped out Rammell said that Shiozawa Weapon systems had progressed ment. one can't imagine what it does to a has a habitofpullingout his pocket from rock throwing through bows The League of Nations was living being. The large See BOMB/page 6 knife and using it to clean his and arrows, sharpened sticks, formed to prevent another "war to transoceanic missil s? Yes. th nails when he is talking to people. spears and rock launchers, to gun end all wars." That move proved bacterial warfar and poison gas Hid Hasegawa, Idaho Falls Chap• powder launched projectiles of ineffective, and WWII follow d. were suspend d, but not stopp d; More stories-Three ter, told Pacific Citizen that 10 many shapes and sizes: cannons, Then the United Nations was most nations had a stockpil . 0 more veterans write people in morning testimony Aug. mortars, and rockets. Suddenly, a formed, augmenLing the w ak now, why did w use th nucl a1' their personal views of uranium bomb was introd uced and points of the League of Nations. bomb? immediately topped by a hydro• But soon the Korean lncid nl fol• Many peopl S ofth world hay the war-pages 6-7. See TROY/page 5 gen bomb. In similar fashion, lowed, Viet. Nam next., and nu- a beli f in or a fancy for t.h ir 2-Pacific Citizen, September 1-14, 1995
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JACL district to investigate charges ALOHA PLUMBING Lie. #440840 SOUP TO SUSHI -SINCE 1922- (a special collection of favorite redpes) of discr.imination against professor 777 Junipero Serra Dr. San Gabriel, CA 91776 New Deluxe 3-Ring The NCWNP district at its meet• studies program. The program has (213) 283-0018 Birider Cookbook With ing Aug. 13 voted to form a task grown," said Hom. The depart• Over 600 Recipes force to look into allegations of ment chair noted that there are a discrimination and retaliation by number of Japanese Americans Commercial & Industrial $18 (plus $3 handling) faculty in the Asian American who currently teach in the de• Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Contractor Wesley United Methodist Women studies department of San Fran• partment. Glen T. Umemoto 566 N. 5th SL cisco State University against "Nothing has changeq, in fact Llc. No, 441272 C38-20 San Jose, CA 95112 Yuko Franklin, a former lecturer enrollment has improved. If the SAM REIBOW co., 1506 W. Vernon in the department. JACL is concerned about the pro• Los Angeles - 295-5204 - Since 1939 Franklin, a member of the gram they should know that we Golden Gate Chapter, JACL, has have not done anything detrimen• accused Marlon Hom, AAS de• taI to the Japanese American stud• partment chair, and his wife ies program," said Hom. Lorraine Dong, a full-time associ• Born in Japan, Franklin had ate professor in the department, been a lecturer at SFSU since Understanding ]cal]p)m of removing her from the staff 1991 and taught the class in "Japa• because of her views on interra• nese American Personality." A cial relationships. Franklin said Ph.D. in psychology, Franklin is FREE PROMOTIONAL COPIES! she was fired in 1994 after clashes involved in the community as YUKO FRANKLIN with Hom and Dong. In an inter• presidentofNobiru-Kai,Japanese What do Japanese think about view with Hokubei Mainichi Hom newcomer services, and as a mem• health care, the current recession, said that the cuts were made for "No one told me about these beroftheNCWNPJACL Women's crime, retirement, and other issues? budgetary reasons. new positionS-€ven though I was Concerns Committee. The resol u• "I was told that I am not a 'true qualified for the jobs and federal tion adopted by the NCWNP dis• minority' because I am married to affirmative action laws require trict was drafted by the Women's Find out by reading the monthly a Caucasian," Franklin said. "I AAS to notify all potential candi• Concern's Committee. newsletter Understanding Japan. was accused ofbeing'brainwashed dates . .. I heard nothing. I even Franklin said her troubles be• by whites' and· I was called an sent a formal application to AAS, gan when she guest lectured for 'orange among apples' in Asian butitwasignored. Thiswasc1early Dong in a class on Asian Ameri• Contact Sogo Way: American Studies. As a result of discrinunatory treatment, a bla• can women. Franklin said Dong 1200 17th St., Ste.1410 • Denver, CO 80202 these labels, my applications for tant denial of equal opportunity," disagreed with Franklin's accep• more than 20 jobs in the depart• said Franklin. tance of interracial relationships. Tel (303) 629-5811 • Fax (303) 629-5224 ment were not just denied, but Speaking to Pacific Citizen, Franklin called SFSU's Asian totally ignored." Hom denied allegations that she American studies department an Among the allegations in the wasn't informed about the hiring "old boys network," claiming that NCWNPresol ution is that the last and referred Franklin's specific men make up 74% of all faculty, three job postings in AAS excluded charges to Pat Bartscher, head of teach 85% of the classes and hold - Japanese Americans and that the University Counsel. In an inter• 87% of the tenure positions. rela.tionship with the Nikkei has view with the campus Golden "Women in AAS have always deteriorated with only three of 4 7 Gater, Bartscher said that the uni• been treated as second class citi• classes devoted to Japanese versity is still reviewing zens. In the first 26 years of the American issues. Franklin has Franklin's case, but she said that department, only one woman was accused Hom of falsifying com• at this time she didn't find merit promoted to tenure position," said ments on her teaching evaluation in Franklin's claims. Franklin. "Just recently a second in 1992 when he was head of the "Hiring and notification are woman was promoted to tenure. department's hiring and promo• made at the university level. When She is the wife of the chair of the tion department. people narrow it and make per• department. That's how affirma• She is currently ~eparing to sonal allegations, I am not going tive action works in Asian Ameri• file a t.hird grievance to the uni- to respond to those allegations," can Studies.~ . versity and has also lodged a com• said Hom . In Hokubei Mainichi, Hom de• plaint with the federal Equal About the departmlmt's rela• nied that he has anything to do Employment Opportunity Com• tionshipwith the Japanese Ameri• with his wife's career advance• mission. can community, Hom said, "I have ment and said that he has an Franklin claims that she was to run the department, I'm not agreement with the university. denied the opportunity to apply running it for one person. Noth• "We have agreed that I am to for new positions as they became ing has been done that is detri• have nothing to do with my wife's open. mental to Japanese American personnel file," said Hom. Korean teen pleads guilty in bomb hoax FORT WORTH, Texas-Last guilty: "The key message is that if he wanted to have the test de• May, while his classmates were you think this is a prank, you layed by devising the bomb hoax. looking ahead to college, Peter better realize that it's a federal • On May 25, the FBI an• Jeune Koh, 18, sat in a federal offense." nounced it was looking for Koh in prison cell, accused of placing a The Koh story began May 16, as connection with the hoax. Three fake truck bomb outside a Fort about 100 students were prepar• youths were traveling with him, Worth school district building. ing to take a college advanced but only Koh was wanted on fed• And last Aug. 4, he pleaded placement calculus test, someone eral charges. guilty to federal charges of mak• called to say a rental truck parked • On May 27 in Greenville, ing a telephone bomb threat and in front contained a bomb, prompt• about an hour's drive east ofDal• posssesion of a semi-automatic ingan evacuation. las, they were arrested after a assu al t rifle. Sentencing is sched• The truck was found to contain store clerk recognized Koh when uled for Nov. 3 before U.S. Dis• 40 bags of concrete covered by the four stopped for gas. The ve• "An intense and trictJudge John McBryde. diesel fuel-soaked fertilizer-re• hicle, a gray van, also contained riveting adventure!" sembling the truck bomb used a an AK-47 assault, rifle, a sawed• His attorney Tim Evans noted, - J ...... Wol!. JRANNE WOlJ"S HOllYWOOD "Peter has accepted his responsi• month earlier in Oklahoma City. off shotgun, a handgun, knives, bility. I just hope there is some According to the Dallas Morn• retracLable batons and cans of chili. way in the federal system to be ing News, Koh, son of one of the PATRI . IA ARQ ETTE able to take advantage of this most prominent Korean Ameri• • According to a classmaLe, Koh young man's tremendous poten• can families in Fort Worth, re• was known as a computer hack r. tial rather than destroy it." portedly had told a classmate the U.S. Attorney Paul E. Coggins previous day that his books and lauded Koh's decision to plead notes for the test were stolen and (Source materials: Herbert Ogawa)
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He won the battle, viving family members and members of Congress but lost his career. over a lack of disciplinary actions taken against While Capt. Jim those involved in the incident. Grot, TOYl.·~ Wang, 29, was acquit• In handing down the decisions, Fogelman de• ted of court martial fended the disciplinary system. charges surrounding "The military justice system worked as it was · 1 the 1994 "friendly STUDIO supposed to. I do not recommend any changes," said ghoroc, fire" incident in the Fogelman. Persian Gulf which Rep. Robert Dornan (R-Garden Grove, Calif.), ••. Japanese Charms SAN GABRIEL VillAGE killed 26 people, his who chaired the committee investigating the inci• Japanese Names Air Force career is : Japa"ese Famiy CrasIs 235 W. Fairview Ave. dent, said that the punishment was just. over after he and six San Gabriel, CA 91776 "Accountability sometimes means that mistakes ~, 12546v.neyVIew other career officers (213) 283-5685 are career-ending, n said Dornan. Garden Grove, CA 92645 were recently disci- Wang, a lead supervisor on an Air Force radar (714) ,'95-4554 . (~18) 289-5674 plined wi th career- WANG plane, was the only person tried for the accidental ending punishment. downing. The Los Angeles Times said that Wang is Speaking to the Los Angeles Times , Wang said h e going to file an appeal to the disciplinary action and is a victim of double jeopardy and felt "betrayed and has gotten letters of recommendation from two of lied to." the families, but has little hope that he will prevail. DELIGHTFUL Gen. Ronald R. Fogelman grounded five officers "A lot of people in the military know the facts. seafood treats who were trained to fly for three years, including They know this is B.S. They know that the leader• Wang and the F -15 fighter pilots who fired the ship has gone astray. You can ask anybody on the DELICIOUS and shots, and wrote critical evaluations of two non• base right now and the level of respect they have for so easy to prepare flying brigadier generals. The Pentagon also an• the commanders is diminished," said Wang. nounced publicly that there would be no promotions Wang has maintained that he and his radar crew for Wang or the others. The move has been called never gave the F-15 pilots inaccurate information MRS. FRIDAYS unprecedented and comes after criticism from s~- about the identity of the helicopters. Gourmet Breaded Shrimps and Fish Fillets Fishking Processors, 1327 E. 15th St., Los Angeles, (213) 746-1307 Tatsukawa Memorial awardees announce'd LOS ANGELES-Veteran cin• mainstream broadcast media be• Pacific Asian Alcohol Program in ematographer Emiko Omori since gan to take an interest. Her cred• Los Angeles until his retirement the late '60s and Filipino commu• its include, "Hot Summer Winds," last year. nity organizer-educator Royal which she wrote and directed for Morales are recipients ofthe 1995 PBS in 1991, an adaptation from He is affilitied with the Asian Steve Tatsukawa Memorial Fund a Hisaye Yamamoto short story. American Mental Health Train• IIAMIIIHI Award of$1,000 for their commit• She is currently a series pro• ing Center and is a publisher of a ment to community service and ducer for the Pacific Islanders in Filipino American community achievement in the media arts. Communications, guiding emerg• newspaper. Omori, an infantatPoston, grew ingfilmmakers from American Sa• He has documented community GMt HIGHII GDNflRINGI up on the small truck farm in moa, Guam and Hawaii events through the years with his Oceanside, graduating from San Morales received his MSW de• still camera. Francisco State in '67 and worked gree from USC in 1956, was en• with KQED's TV-news crew. She gaged in youth recreational work. The Tatsukawa Memorial Fund convinced her boss to let her cover In addition, he founded SIPA is solely supported by individual Today's II the first Manzanar Pilgrimage in (Search to Involve Pilipino Ameri• donations, administered by Visual Teamsters Sindicalo December, 1969, long before the cans), and from 1982 headed the Communications 213/680-4462. Reunions
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The conference is open to all Teamster members. For ·.JACL more information call the Teamsters Civil Rights Conference Office at 202-624-8792. NATIONAL DIRECTOR Japanese American Citizens League
"In these tough times, au JACL is seeking a highly motivated, dedi• -broad sensitivities to deal with the variety working people have to cated and innovative Individual, with demon• of views of a diverse organization strated administrative experience and leader• -strong people skills to represent those Slick together." ship skills to carry out the mission of this perspectives on tile locallevel--and be able to national non ~ profit alvil rights organization. translate and package them on the national Bob Hasegawa, Teamsters • Must implement organization's programs. level Civil Rights Conference Committee • Serve as a spokesperson for JACL. -skills to maintain and e pand JACL's vis• • Interact witll community and private sec• ibility as a force in American politics. tor leaders on a variety of tasks and projects. • Be responsible for direct supervision of Salary negotiable. Send cover letter and staff, accounting, budgeting, personnel, staff resume to Jim Miyazaki, JACL VP, Opera ~ Teamsters Civil Rights Conference supervision, gift solicitation and grant research tions, 2034 Pleasant St., Wauwatosa, WI., and writing. 53213. Washington, D.C. Individual should possess September 15-17, 1995 EXTENDED DEADLINE . J Pacific Citizen, September 1-14, 1995--5
TROY Justice Department. was administered by David (Continued from page 1) "I think it should be taken to Raskin, Ph.D., University ofUtah . r------,Pacific Citizen the Justice Department. Troy re• Raskin said, "On the basis of 29 said that Shiozawa would play ally received bad treatment. He the polygraphic examination, it is SAVE with his knife. was j ailed incommunicado for 2-3 my professional opinion that Troy Kent Shiozawa, father of Troy, days. His parents, grandparents Shiozawa was truthful when he (Support & Assist Volunteer Effort) said that one of the investigating did not know where he was, they stated that Lexie Hill was cut by officers has been fired for dishon• wouldn't let him use the phone," accidentally falling on his knife, Here's my contribution to support the PC until member• esty and another one was sus• said Hasegawa. when he denied having deliber• ship subscription rates are raised adequately, and to help pended without pay. Defense attorney Rammell has ately stabbed Lexie Hill or Leslie "On tape the officer said that said that Shiozawa has been Shiozawa, when he denied having bring PC back to a weekly publication! Lexie was going to be fine, yet singled out and treated differently held a knife to Leslie Shiozawa's Please mail tax deductible donations to: when they arraigned Troy it was because of his Japanese heritage. throat, and when he denied hav• for attempted murder on a mil• During the defense phase, Dr. Gar• ing threatened to kill Leslie or PACIFIC CITIZENIPC SAVE lion dollar bond. He was held for rison, a state forensics specialist, Lexie. The scientific evidence in• 2 Coral Circle, #204 twelve days. In comparison, an• testified that he thought the dicates that the confidence in those other fellow was released on bail wound to the baby indicated that conclusions exceeds 90%." Monterey Park, CA 91755-7404 for $50,000 for murdering a baby," it was accidental. Shiozawa Prosecutors claim t hat said Shiozawa. passed a polygraph test, which 0$20 . 0$50 0 $100 0 $250 0 More l{ent Shiozawa said that local was not allowed into evidence, See TROY/page 15 NAME ______news coverage has been slanted towards the prosecution, espe• ADDRESS ______cially a reporter from the local CITY/STATElZIP ______newspaper, the Idaho State Jour• Get in the Holiday (Issue) mood nal. Pacific Citizen has begun pre- for the Holiday Issue and have lcPHONE ( ) CHAPT.IDIST. _ I "In a community this size it's a paring for its annual Holiday any questions regarding this difficult thing have your name Issue. edition, call us atBOO/966-6157. being brought into the public all Holiday Issue advertising In addition, call us to discuss ,.....------';, the time," said Kent Shiozawa. kits have been mailed to all the any stories regarding your chap• He said he intends to pursue a chapters. If you are the desig- ter that may be suitable for this GIFT FOR civil suit against the prosecuting nated chapter representative year-end special issue. attorney and his staff. Hasegawa, who is with the state advisory PC DONORS committee for the U.S. Commis• Thanks to the sion on Civil Rights, said he is -- considering taking the case to the generosity of PC JACL cartoonist, Pete Nevada governor Washington, D.C., Representative Hironaka of Dayton JACL, the first 100 who signs bill to study Salary Range: $33,990-$57,680 contribute $100 or more Asian community Filing Deadline: Extended to support the Pacific LAS VEGAS-In an unprec• Citizen will,receive a edented move, Nevada Gov. Bob Under the supervision of the National Director. Imple• signed full -color Miller has signed the first Asian ments the JACL national legislative program and the lithographed poster, bill, authorizing Clark County "to civil rights mission of the organization. create a commission to study the "Issei". 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By GEORGE AKI terms of American citizenship. like these there were from the In my case, I was evacuated two other nine camps, I do not know. In the faces and days prior to my graduation from But this I know: many of them my seminary in Berkeley, Calif., never had the chance to mend words of the men of and was ordained a month later at that wound but died a lonely death the 442nd, the author the Tanforan horse race track in a strange land with no loved which was made over into an in• one nearby. How horrible to die all saw determination: carceration center. Then, I made alone on foreign soil. To prove themselves a vow to myself: "I will go where Yes, life was short, very short my church will go," and I saw the for many of them. But in their as soldiers-and as volunteers as my church. limited time, they gave everything American citizens The result ofthis"afterlhought" they had. They lived their lives to is that they indeed proved to them• the brim and beyond-living each selves and to ~ others what they moment as though it were the Gary Wills in his new classic re'ally were by becoming the most lastk to prove to themselves and book, Lincoln at Gettysburg, has reminded us of our heritage and decorated unit of its kind in the to others that they were honor• paved a way for us to find our• beneath the title this caption: World War II. One presidential bound to remake America. selves. One of my precious ex• "Words That Remade America." unit citation is most highly prized. Many parallel thoughts run amples is Mary Nakahara. When But our unit, Go For Broke, was Thus, I learned early in life that there was literally a civil war go• through my mind, that ofthe J apa• awarded seven. it does not take great men or nese American heritage and of Rev. GEORGE AKI ing on in the Jerome, Arkansas, These men, then, made the most women to do great things, it only incarceration center, those who Lincoln, as I write of the war. of the "afterthought" and turned takes dedicated people. To that had volunteered and those who I go back into my personal his• it into action to remake America. us were under "house arrest." We end, I will never fo rget the night of tory on this subject. In 1943 the thought we were "traitors" to those Life had moved swiftly for these were humilitated in every con• April 28, 1995 when my wife and who lost so much due to the evacu• war was going badly for the Allies. young men. In the '30s we lived on ceivable way: I were invited to be with the first Some 110,000 of us were incarcer• ation, Mary formed a group called the other side of the tracks be• The young people in the Liberators of the Jews who were the "Crusaders," whose work was ated-children, youth, women and cause of housing discrimination; concentrationcamps were restless imprisoned at the Dachau Death the aged-()fwhich at least 70 per• to welcome the boys from Camp in employment, doors were closed with no glimpse of a future. Then, Camp. The Liberators were part Shelby and to make them feel ac• cent were American-born citizens. ofthe 442nd RCT, the 522nd Field We were forced into one-mile cepted. They were true peace• Artillery of which my brother-in• makers. square concentration camps sur• law Leo Shigemi was a member. rounded by barbed wire and pa• 'Because they had volunteered, they were Right now, there are 30 to 40 The story goes in this way: Our wars going on in the world. Let us trolled by armed soldiers. We were disowned by their fathers and cut off from men were "ordered" not to tell identify ourselves with one an• placed into 10 different areas of anyone of this incident, so duti• incarceration: California, Utah, other in kinship and identify our• their families .. many of them never had the fully they kept their silence for selves with each other as "build• Wyoming, Arizona, Colorado and about 43 years. The news of this Arkansas. chance to mend that wound but died a ers of Peace and Justice." episode surfaced in San Francisco. Let us begin to build a monu• In the late summer of 1943, we lonely death in a strange land with no loved There were a few Dachau survi• mentforpeace. Helen Keller gives were re-reclassified as citizens of vors there who suddenly decided the U .8.A. And as an "after• one nearby.' us a constructive thought when to seek out some of Japanese she said: "I do not want the peace thought" the powers on high de• -Rev. George Aki American Liberators living in the cided to ask for "volunteers." And which passeth understanding. I area. Through classified ads, they want the understanding which this call came to us as we huddled found some and so they held a bringeth peace." in barbed-wire enclosures. tightinmany sectors; recreational suddenly, a door was opened for party with lox, bagles and sushi. All this from the Book of Life. What happened? Well, some of facilities were closed to us Japa• them and a clear call came into As I listened to the stories of the That Which Remade America. us took up the challenge and made nese Americans while our white our barbed-wire world to volun• Liberators and the Liberated, I this "afterthought" an opportunity. friends could use the facilities. We teer for the U.S. Army. sat up straight and said to myself: I have often asked them why were stepping stones for those who I came into contact with a few of "I was not one of those heroes but TheReu. GeorgeAki, in retirement they volunteered and their answer wanted to get ahead. these men in the Jerome, Arkan• am I proud to be identified with in Claremont, Calif, serued with was, "To fight for my country!" Newspapers made it look as sas. facilities. Because they had them. I am a Japanese Ameri• the 442nd RCT as chqplain at Many of them added: "To prove to though the bombing of Pearl Har• volunteered, they were disowned can!" Camp Shelby during World War themselves and to others that bor was our doing. We were all by their fathers and cut off from And this it is important for me II. they were as good as others in classified as enemy aliens. All of their families. How many others to add, that there were many who For MISer, war's victims were civilians
By NOBORU KISHIUE the island, a Stars and Stripes On Saipan, it was a bit different Out of 35.000 to 40,000 .Japa• ~ reporter saw us. He asked what because not only did we have to nese military men on Saipan, less we were doing and said it would be deal with the military men but than 1,000 were taken prisoners. MISer remembers a great story, so he took photos of alsowith thevastnumberofcivil• On Okinawa it was the same as the other casualties try .:1M. . us and started to take notes. ians there. The soldiers were in• on Saipan except on a larger scale. Just then an intelligence officer stilled to fight to the end, but the Again, U.S. casualties were re• of war who were came up to us and asked the re• civilians were propagandized by ported to be high but that was caught up in fear .' ~. porter if any photos were taken of the military that American sol• becauseofpropaganda.ltwassaid . us. He then took the camera and diers were savages. These civil• by higher authorities that the lin• Fifty years is a long time but it threw the film away and told us ians became frightened ofthem. guists in the war against Japan only seems like yesterday when I '~ that no reports were _'1 '-:;~'1 .. :.. ir• .. ' think back to when I was a soldier Il , to be published about 'We were given another task to our duties. We attempted to in theU.S. Army. '- .. . I us. It was the winding down of the I )1. ," Our work was to remove civilians out of caves and other places of hiding .. , fierce battle on Okinawa in which ... transla,te docu• Many of them committed suicide by throwing themselves not only many military men were ments, to interrogate , , ., -.,.... ~ ~lIffs. casualties but more than 100,000 prisoners of war and off or Jumping off the ' civilians on that island were killed to interpret. On -Noboru "Dick" Kishiue as well. They paid a terrific price Makin, documents for being caught in the conflict. were captured at a command post We were given another task to saved mor than a million lives The Nisei linguists, or MISers NOBORU "DICK" KISHIUE and it was readily found out that our duties. We attempted to re• and shortened the war by two as we were known only to the only one company of Imperial move civilians out of caves and years. units inthe Central Pacific, South Infantry Division in the invasion Marines were on the island, which other places of hiding. We talked . Pacific, China, Burma and India of Makin Island of the Gilbert made it easy for the U.S. forc s to to them on loudspeakers but were ML combat lingui t oboru theaters, were a kind of secret 'Group that I found out that no know whom they were up against. notsuc essful. Many of them com• "Dick"Ki hiue of Hanford, Calif, unit and not mentioned in war photographs or pUblicity were to No prisoners of war were taken, mitted suicide by throwing th 01- ha been relating his "''1VII experi• reports. It was on my first assign• be made about us. but the translation of documents selves off or jumping off the cliffs ences-long classified- BOMB When we ask a Nisei "would the have become a dark, cloudy ques• really should be giving that admi• immediate cessation of war wa (Continued from page 1) Japanese have surrendered ?" the tion mark for the Far East and th ration to President Truman. With possibl with the us.age of a new answer is usually yes. lEthe same world, especially J apan. A divided the complexity of Russian occupa• weapon'. In war th re are alway the mighty Mongol fleet. question were posed to a Kibei, he Japan, with Soviet rule of North· tion and involvement in mind, he s crifices. For what and for whom These miracles led the military, would most likely have answered ern Japan, would have devastated risked the use ofth controv rsial do we sacrific ? especially the army high brass, to no. The Kibei knew the Japanese both the North and South with atom bomb. Id alisru ofnonr sistance, such continue resistance to U.S. forces mythological beliefand their spil'i t untold economic difficulties com• In assessing the d cision, as the Indian Buddhi t to, ard on the eve oflandings on Kyushu to fight to the last man. Confronted bined with suspicion, conflict and Truman was faced with the casu• th Muslim and th Tibetan to• Island, hoping for some divine in• with a populus so indoctrinated, hatred. Would that have changed alty list of Okinawa, 150,000 to ward th oUlmunis~, wa th o• tervention. They were training the U.S. decision to save not only the balance of pow r? Of course, 250,000 J a pan sand Oki• r tically admirable. Non-u age of girls to attack with bamboo spears, our own soldiers' lives, but the With the Russian occupation of nawans and 14,000 Am dcans th atom bomb also would ha- training children in military tac• Japanese children's, women's and Japan, the benevolent policies of dead. H also consid r d th b nid alisti allyadmix-abl . But tics, and urging everyone to per• elders' lives was a consideration. the U.S. wouldhav been replaced nuclear weapon' ffi ct on th fu• 1 ality was th frontlin walTiors severe until god's will was mani• A more important question was . by an avaricious and cruel one. ture r lations with th U. .S.R. . facing lifi and d nth,ld alism is fested. posed on the strategic value of the North Japan, with 50 years of But most immediate and most im• for us to wOl'k for p ac . Their devotion to the Emperor bomb. The Russians had agreed to Russian influence, would have portant w s th question, should was consummate. Their convic• wait three months after the ca• been sucked dry of IHi and hav w sacl'ific mol' U.S. m n wh n Dr. Frall!.- Nishio of thl? Fre'll0 tion was that their country was pitulation of Germany before en• brought material comfort to Rus• we hav an altemativ . Would hapter, J. L, ronks a1ltOll~ the invincible. And their subjects gaging the Japanese. If Russia sia. That, to me, is th projection ?,ou send your childr 11 townrrisk• lIotollle Ail ul.'terans with a P'Y'• would fight to the last man. That were given a chance to invad without tho tim ly but hOl'l'ibl mg d ath w h n a w apon in our war education in Japan. His spirit led to the Kamikaze planes, Japan, the same fate which befell use ofLh atom bomb. Tho Japa- poss asion ould sav them? grandmother was kUlf'd in the miniature subs, and torpedoes and Germany and Korea would have nese ador and ven rat Would you b d bating th risk of Nagasaki' bombin,.. and his high explosive-loaded skiffs to be befallen Japan. A North Japan MacArthur for koeping Lh Rus• prolonging th wur indofinit 1y s hool stomping gl 111Ids U't'rt.' manned by suicide pilots. and a South Japan. History would sians out of the ocqppation. 'Ph y with uncountablo vi t.im WhNl Hi l'Osh /'lIla's , tN'ets, Pacific Citizen, September 1-14, 1995--7 Camp Shelby dedication: Remembering the quality of courage Inouye thanks Southerners who helped"men .of the 442nd RCT In dedicating a memorial at Camp Shelby, Miss., Sen. Daniel Inouye thanks the Southern officers who trained the. 442nd and the citizens of the nearby town of Hattiesburg who welcomed the Japanese American troops. By DANIEL INOUYE Keep in mind that most of us that America was a good land and memorial, we're here first with had never left home. The only thing that the people were good, they great pride, proud in the knowl• My fellow veterans and my fel• we knew was that it was not a nice were worth fighting for and ifnec• edge that those we memorialize, low Americans. One of the first place, that people were mistreated, essary dying for. And then we were those we honor today were our questions asked most of us w~ a and so for many of us it was an fortunate because, of all the train• brothers. That they were willing very simple one. Why did we de• anxious time. We didn't know what ing areas in the United States, to stand in harm's way and give cide to return to Shelby .and to to expect. We thought that we they couldn't have picked a better their all. Secondly, we stand here Mississippi? Why after all these would be living in hell. one than Shelby. Anyone who can tall, head up high. Because for years did we decide to take this Then soon after our arrival, the survive Shelby can fight any• their sacrifices it is possible for us longjourneyfrom our homes many ladies ofHattiesburg treated us to where. With snakes, chiggers and to return to Mississippi and to miles away to return to this spot all kinds of delicious food, served ticks, ifyou can survive that, noth• greet all of you as our neighbors, in the continent? us, talked witkus and danced ing is beyond this. friends and fellow Americans. So with us. This was a pleasant and But above all, there was an• we come here in gratitude, we Let me explain to you by telling surprising event. Then and soon other element. Most of our officers come here with great pride and we you a story. On December 7,1941, after, people like Earl Finch and were white officers, most of them come here to thank you, the people we were suddenly plunged into his neighbors began opening up knew what they were getting into. of Mississippi and most certainly war because pilots who looked like homes and farms and ranches and If it weren't for them, if it weren't of Hattiesburg, for making it pos• us were in aircraft that dropped inviting us to spend a weekend for their discipline, ifit weren't for sible for this Regiment to become bombs on Pearl Harbor. And soon and have picnics with them and their training, ifi t weren't for their the most decorated unit in World after that the Selective Service make us feel welcomed. Americanism and their under• War II. System of the United States de• I didn't care for Army barbers, standing, I think this Regiment cided that because of this we could SEN. DANIEL INOUYE so I stuck my head out in the city would have been a failure. We owe So, ladies and gentleman, I hope not be trusted and we were de• of Hattiesburg. None of the bar• a lot to these officers. It may sur• you will join me with the same clared to be 4C. For those of you and-a-half after the bombing of bers threw me out, none refused prise many of you that most of the pride that we have in dedicating who are not aware of these desig• Pearl Harbor, a' large group of to give me a haircut, I always had officers ofthe Regiment came from this memorial in the memory of nations, 1A will be physically fit, young men, most of them boys, a haircut. But after the war, in my the South. One would think that those who make it possible for us, 4F not fit. 4C was a very special frightened and uncertain of their uniform as a captain, a hook on most of them would be from the all of us, to stand tall, heads up designation for "Enemy Alien." So future, uncertain of their neigh• my right hand instead of a hand, North, but my company com• high and say "I'm proud to be-an we were declared to be enemy bors and fellow citizens, volun• with four rows of ribbons, I tried mander was from Texas, my ex• American." aliens. Soon thereafter, byexecu• teered so that they could demon• to get a haircut in Oakland, Cali• ecutive officer was from South tive order, men and women living strate once and for all that they fornia. There I was told "we don't Caro.lina, my platoon leader from along the West Coast ofthe United werejustas good,justas loyal and cut Jap hair." southern Missouri, most of the Sen. Daniel Inouye, who has been States were rounded up without just as patriotic. Imagine a group I've always wondered how the officers in my company were representing Hawaii in Congress any due process and without any leaving their barracks and barbed Regiment would have done in com• Southerners. They treated us like since statehood in 1959, was in a laws, and placed into camps in the wire encampments, prison camps, bat if we had not enjoyed the hos• gentlemen, they treated us like military hospital, seriously interior. There were camps as far and others leaving comfortable pitality and the genuine accep• Americans, therefore we fought wounded, when hostilities ceased in the interior as Arkansas. Keep• homes in Hawaii to be told that we tarLce by the people ofHattiesburg. like Americans. in Italy in May, 1945. ing this in mind about a year - would be stationed in Mississippi. Or.l.l thing, we left here satisfied Therefore in dedicating this Camp Shelby: First steps into history before this week. I remember my diers had made friends, and that won honors and distinction. ism in combat that brought us By ALLEN aNa mother and father in Hawaii talk• they were well taken care of. honor. You gave me focus, pride, ing about Camp Shelby during May I talk to the people ofCamp May I talk to the soldiers who respect and inspiration. At June 17, 1995 World War II. Shelby, Hattiesburg and Missis• trained at Camp Shelby. Your legacy continued when I dedication, today's high• They told me that our friends sippi? My mother and father told me joined the Army in 1955. There est ranking JA soldier and neighbors in the Army were There's a song about someone about you. They said you were were no segregated units because serving at a distant place called being the wind beneath our wings. great Americans. you and others showed that Ameri• pays tribute to the place Camp Shelby. There were news The wind guides us, lifts us, sup• My parents said I should copy cans can and should soldier to• where the 442nd and reports and letters home from my ports us. The song says that witb you and be like you, and to never gether. 100th began their journey brother Harr-y that said our sol• the help of the wind, we can soar let you down. They told me this at My commanders in 1955 re• diers were training hard, prepar• with eagles. To the people ofCamp the beginning of the war, in the membered how good you were, Camp Shelby had always been ing for combat. Harry, who was in Shelby and Hattiesburg, you be• midst of the war, at the end, and and they gave me opportunities to a mysterious and magical place Company A of the 100th Infantry came the wind beneath the wings after the war. lead and command. There was no for me. I have never been here Battalion, also wrote that the sol- of soldiers who went to war and It was your courage and hero- See SHELBY/page 16 ments had just failed to take. Biffontaine against its own strenu• Now I would like to take a few men and women who participated There was a stunned silence for ous objections. The lOOth was minutes to discuss the veterans in combat overseas will be en• a moment. I boldly asked as the astride the hill between Bruyeres monument which will be built in graved on veterans' memorial Battalion intelligence officer, and Biffontaine behind the Ger• Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, on Cen• monument to give testimony to "How can we take an objective mans fighting the 2nd and 3rd tral Avenue north of First Street. the overwhelming response given where six battalions failed? Why Batallions at the base of the hill. I would like to eJq>lain the ratio• by the Japanese Americans who not commit the 133rd Regiment, The Germans were ignorant of nale for this monument. First, risked their lives in battle in order which has thrpe battalions?" Gen. tihis fact. However, the 100th was this is not a war memorial; we will to be caBed Americans. Nowhere Ryder calmly and quietly replied, low on ammunition, without food , not glorify or honor war. Thus, we in the pages of our history is there "Because the lOOth can take the because it was hurriedly taken off emphasize that it is a veterans' a similar story. pass, believe me; whereas, I doubt Hill kC" and not resupplied. Be• memorial. Our message is beamed The central thrust of this me• the 133rd can. Even when the sides, the 100th was beyond in• to two different audiences: Main• morial in Los Angeles is to draw 100th seizes the pass tomorrow, fantry radio range andjust barely streamAnl ricansandfuturegen• attention to the accomplishments our division will have seized this within the range of friendly artil• erations of Japanese Americans. of all Japanese American soldiers objective 24 hours late." Ofcourse, lery fire. America is a great country be• who served overseas during World we took the objective the next The 100th took Biffontaine per causeitr pI' sentsequalityofrac , War II: the heroic exploits of the evening. We had the Germans orders, then was cut off by bhe Cl' ed and gender... W need to 100th, the 442nd 522nd F defeated by 9:30 a. m., but we were Germans for three days. Without ed ucat the American public as to Batallion, 232 ombat Engineer YOUNG OAK KIM stopped by massive friendly artil~ communicat.ions, without supplies what happen d in World War II. ompany, th roilitsr intelli• lery fire for over seven hours. Most of either ammunition or food, and We have follow d the late S n. gence s rvice whose secret mi - of our casualties that day were without artillery suppol'L, the Spark Matsunaga's advic to teU sion in the Pscifi helped win 100th from friendly fire which no one 100th took extrem ly h avy casu• our story again and agin, but w andshol't n that,,,'arbytwoy 8rS\ (Continued from page 1) could identify or locate. alties. Sakae Takahashi, B om• ar l'unning out oftime. Ournum• and may others who s rv d in Gen. Ryder, who was a battal• pany oommander, was badly b 1'9 are growing smaller with ;v• other u.nits. Lunuvioandspringloosethe 15th ion commandedn WWI in France, wounded, Sam Sakamoto, A Com• ery passing day. This mOmtnl nt Til monum nt will ten how a annoredDivision to capture !Wme. knew our capability better than pany command r, was wounded is out' way of t Bing out' uniqu tl:'am of III n wov an invisibl Gen. Ryder committed the 135th anyone else and fully appreciated and captur d. I was wounded. story long aft r we are gall . bond of common unity. inspirred and the 168th regiments for this the lOOth. The 100th fought its way out wiLh I n spite of the imprisonm nt. of with the spirit f "go fOl' bl-ok ." task-a total of six battalions, not The second inoident OCCUlTed only one or two officers per rifl 120,000 West oastJapan s- dur• 1'his will also be the first major two battalions as cited in Lynn in France. 1'houghts of France company and comm nsurate loss ing WWIl, Japan se Am rieans monum nt in th United State Crost's book. The regimental com• and Gen. Dahlquist still bring bit• of nlisted men. Hiro Higuohi, as ,,01ul\l. r d from conc ntration dedicat .d to an &i8n achi mander ofthe 135th was captured ter emotions even afl;er all these the regimental chaplain, be.• camps to fight fur our countI' . 1\1 nt. in this assault. years. Col.Gol1don Singles and moaned in his di.ary th h avy YOll did this to pr.ove our 10 raltyto Gen. Charles Pence shared these th Unit d tates, for though you casualties being suffer d by the Oa~' Late that afternoon Gen. Ryder same emotions until their deaths. 100th in Biflbntain . "Mnybe now W 1'e American itiz ns, you w l' oZ. Young Kim, nolV of .. an arrived at our headquarters and Gen. Dahlqist believed we lacked "he 100th will no longer b that sWl classifi d 4C:Enem. Aliens. Pedl-o. alif.. is a retired Army explained the situation, since we courage, where untruthful and un• miracle batalion! Maybe now it Tho monum nt will show that you infantry officcr whose stint began were once again a separate battal• disciplined, because we questioned will be reduced to being just an• ros abov hate and injusti . It is as a "'hatw-(ail" with tlle -I42nd ion directly under his personal his orders when we encountered other really great, gr at unit like this xtroa)'dinary history that we R '1' ill t1'a illin<> at amp .. helby and ill combat through Italy Glut command. He then ordered the conditions entirely contrary to his the rest of the 442ndl" A most propos to recol'd in bia k gran it 100th Battalion to attack atdawn, projections. unusual tribute coming from a for all to see and und rstand. 'l'he Frrmre. 6 a.m., to capture the Lunuvio Toaet the background, the 100th religious man, equating the lOOth names ofLhe Japanese Am ricfln hills and pass, which two regi- Battalion was ordered into to a mirACle. 8-Pacific Citizen, September 1-14,1995 Opinions . Letters Doesn't like Yasuhara's criticism of Nakashima After seeing President Yasuhara's letter in another publication plus other leaders' BILL HOSOKAWA comments in (the Aug. 19-31) PC, all I can say is, "Get real!" The criticism of Regent Steve Nakashima is ridiculous. When he spoke, the room was JA museum pays tribute to vets totally silen1r--not a peep or murmur out of the scores of protestors on the scene. Yet, his coming Nov. 8 may become the tional Museum ~ Little Tokyo. Unfortunately JACL has fallen on hard our JACL president takes it on himself to most memorable day since they The 50th anniversary of War II's end times. In the years since its inspired cam- . launch-<>n the basis of the Board's resolu• focuses attention on veterans of that con- paign for Redress its leadership forgot to T came home from the wars for Japa- tion? neseAmerican vets ofmilitary service. That fliet when Nisei went off to battle in defense mind the store and the organization was National J ACL for years has been simply be the day the Japanese American of the country that had practiced the ulti~ paralyzed by internecine warfare. It still is will (and simple-mindedly) politically correct. National Museum in Los Angeles sponsors mate racism by putting them and their in disarray as President Denny Yasuhara Its focus on things like same-sex marriage a "National Salute" to them with the coop• families in detention camps. The salute is strives courageously to heal internal is silly; it can be an individual opinion but eration of the U.S. Department of Defense fitting recognition oftheir courage and faith woti'nds that for a period threatened to to tie the whole membership to such a and the Department ofyeterans Affairs. in the fairness of the nation which, in a destroy it. It is in no position to take on a resolution is wrong. You leaders can "play," In pledging support for the event, Jesse hysterical aberration, had scorned them. project so vast and imaginative as the sa- ffyou like. But when you attack Nisei who Brown, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, has IncJ.irectly, the salute also is a tribute to lute. Just in time the remarkably well• disagree with your politically correct posi• written the museum: "In retelling the story the foresight of men like Mike Masaoka organized and well-supported Japanese tion, you irritate me. of Japanese American pride in this nation who argued that sharing the military bur__ American National Museum has moved When I worked for J ACL for a year in the and the special contributions of military den was the surest way for Nisei to win into the community leadership role even late '40s, its purpose and focus were clear. units during World War II, we illuminate acceptance after the war as un-hyphenated though that was not its original mission. It was not easy, but the small national staff an inspiring demonstration of faith and Americans. There were a few resentful of Now,aspartofitsprogramofpreserving used energy and ingenuity and fought to love for our great nation. From this coura• the government's treatment, who demanded our heritage and building pride in our past, reclaim our dignity as Americans. The suc• geous heritage grew an honored tradition restoration oftheir rights before they would the museum is orchestrating organized rec• of exemplary citizenship that was passed accept service. It was a persuasive argu- ognition of the men and women who fought cess has been redemptive. Those you hope on and practiced by future generations." ment. for democracy abroad and against racism to "help" by such programs as affirmative Brown emphasizes World War II, but But MasaoJra replied that patriotism was at home. action (or permanent welfare, for that mat• JaJ>8;Ilese American veterans of all the not a matter for negotiation and the vast The salute will be a memorable occasion ter) are forever denied this! (Look at what nation's wars will be saluted. The events majority agreed. Under his leadership the for the vets, and an opportunity for us to the past 30 years of these programs has are centered on a banquet for 3,000 in the Japanese American Citizens League fought say, "Thanks for all you've done for us." wrought.) Los Angeles Convention Center, a star• successfully to restore the responsibility of I usually just skim Pacific Citizen be• studded salute program in an adjoining military service to Japanese Americans. Hosokawa is the former editorial page edi• cause I think it's on the wrong side on every hall seating 8,000, and the opening of a new Now it should be the logical organizer of a tor the Denver Post. His column appears in issue. But I was pleased to note that As• war exhibit at the Japanese American Na- salute to honor the vets. the Pacific Citizen. semblyman Takasugi agrees with Steve; he was my late husband's roommate at Temple University long, long ago. &HU4~1~ San Mateo, Calif. JIN KONOMI Reader discovers JA Chanbara pro basketball player and violence I came across a curious entry in the NBA Basketball Encyclopedia the other day, qui te he spate of violent crimes and inci violent stuff. Morally and psychologically mentality of Matchan's incomparable by chance. The entry (just a stat line in the dents in recent years has raised a speaking, getting high on it was equivalent swordsmanship, make-believe though it encyclopedia's comprehensive player reg• T great deal of angry, troubled, la- to getting the jollies from video game and was. My mental efforts to find out the why ister) encapsulated the career ofone Wataru menting reactions from the public. Lately, TV violence. Strangely, that is, from today's' of violence in real life, and the connection (Wat) lIrlisaka. The information therein re• reading them in the daily paper, I have American point of view, the propriety of between it and media violence always end vealed that Misaka play a total of three been doing my bit of getting angry and allowing the children to feast on a steady up here. I feel as though I am onto a factor games for the New York Knicks in the troubled, but each time I have found myself fare of chanbara did not seem to come into of the equation which seems to have been 1947-48 season, scoring a total of seven remi.niseing about my Japanese childhood, question. It is not that the Japanese public given rather scant attention: the moral points on 3-13 shooting from the field and 1- with special focus on the chanbara movies. was unaware ofthe undesirable influence a tradition which ultimately determines how 3 shooting from the free throw line. I double Chanbara is short for "chanchan bad movie could exert on the impression• an individual behaves. Take the matter of checked this surprising information with barabara, " the imagined sounds of swords able young. Only a few years before this the accessibility of firearms. Switzerland an old Knick press guide I had on my clashing and bodies falling. At first it re• period, the French serial "Zigomar" had requires all its citizens to own a fire-arm bookshelfCfrom 1972) and it confirms that ferred to sword play, but soon it beeame the had a wildly enthusiastic reception through• and what's more, to be proficient in its use. a Wataru Misaka did indeed play for the name of a genre of motion pictures whose out the country. The story of a ruthless, Yet Switzerland is one of the least violent organization after attending the Univer• highlights were swordplay. The most popu• elusive thief, who freely used his pistol in countries in the world. sity of Utah. lar actor of the genre, and the children's making the getaway to the bafflement of My non-conclusive conclusion is that be• The press guide also mentions that, in hero, was Onoye Matsunosuke, affection• the police, it had inspired a rush of copycat tween provocation or temptation to vio• 1972, Misaka was a resident of Ogden, ately nicknamed Medamano Matchan motion pictures and copycat robberies. Fi• lence and actual resort to violence, stands Utah. It's curious to note thatMisaka played (Matchan ofthe Eyes). He was a small man, nally, the Home Ministry had to issue a the moral tradition which either moder• out his short NBA career a full three sea• but when he struck a pose his big eyes with decree banning the use ofthe name Zigomar. ates, or aggravates, the impulse. In Ameri• sons before Nat (Sweetwater) Clifton and a pronounced squint seemed to give him ca, more than gun control, what is urgently This picture later led to the enactment of Chuck Cooper "broke the color barrier" in heroic He starred in over 1,000 stature. the motion picture censorship law. needed is behavior control. But that kind of the NBA. (or the BAA, as it was known pictures, and in every one he exhibited an So, censorship was already in effect. So, talk raises the bugaboo of totalitarianism. then). Regrettably, Misaka's pioneering awe-inspiring mastery of make believe strangely again, by Japanese perception, The passing of the assault weapon ban is swordsmanship which was most convinc• chanbara was not violent. A Matchan char• merely a chip off the tip of a monstrous See LETTERS/page 16 ing, not to say realistic, for I doubt if any• acter was always the good guy. The en• iceberg, the greed, intolerance, bigotry, body had ever seen the kind of masteI'ful emies he slashed down were always the bad hatred and all other ugly emotions lurking one-man carnage that he enacted on the guys. Chanbara movies were always about under the surface of American life. screen. the good guy fighting for the cause of good, Columnist Konomi is a prewar newspaper• Pacific Citizen Come to think about it, chanbara was meting out Heaven's justice by the instru- man who lives in Albany, Calif Policies EdItorials, columns and cartoons The opinions, view' and latements in the edito• rials, columns and cartoons app~aring in Pacific CitUII are those of the authors and a uch do not necessarily represent the Japanese American Citi• SHIZUKO-SAN zens League. Pacific Citizell editoriaL, l'Olunm , and artoons of staIf will be clearly labeled a uch. 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Infonnatlon: 1/800/966-61 S7 Pacific Citizen, September 1-14, 1995-9 Voices EDWIN Y. MITOMA U.S.-Japan trade: What you read may not be true s long as the U.S. runs a deficit than the European Community. Of course that most just pay the penalty or stop their with a high fuel economy. Still, America's with Japan on the international Japan has more non-tariff barriers and trade. Big Three automakers continue to export A. trade current account, the U.S. general resistance to imports.2 "Fair trade" Here from a full page ad from the Wall large cars with large engines. And while will get tough with Japan. If the U.S. had a is the key word in U.S. trade policy. But Street Journal and the LA. Times, June 22- they've captured 29% of Japan's large car surplus with Japan, no complaints would what does "fair trade" mean? It means that 23, 1995 is the following (you figure out ifit sales, that's only a small portion ofthe total be heard from Washington. Softening the trade must be advantageous to U.S. is true or not or in between): Japanese car market. If U.S. automakers Japan's resistance to importing cars and business. It means government interven• HOW OPEN CAN WE BE? You hear a lot would build more cars that meet the needs auto parts will not alter imbalances.! tion to direct, control and restrict trade. It of talk these days about Japanese auto of Japanese consumers, they'd sell more. This is not to say that Japan is not at is a measure to protect U.S. businesses by markets being closed to AmeIjcan imports. And to prove the point, consider this. Just fault with its mercantilism and its non• penalizing foreign producers that can sell If that's the case, why is it that Japan has look at how well German cars are selling in tariff and distribution barriers to opening for less. The result is that the U.S. con• the following wide open trade policies: "No Japan. Their market over there is even up its domestic markets to imports of cars, sumer is the one that suffers for protecting tariffs on imported, auto or auto parts; * A greater than in the U.S. DON'T SLAM auto parts, telecommunications, medical an American firm (usually less efficient Preferential Certification procedure for THE DOOR ON FREE TRADE. Last fiscal equipment, financial services and govern• than the foreign firm). The U.S. Interna• imported cars that requires less red tape year Japanese auto makers purchased $19 ment procurement-nor to take into ac• tional Trade Commission is responsible for and documentation of U.S. cars than our billion worth of parts from U.S. suppliers, count Japan's efforts towards opening up assigning tariffs and the U.S. Department government does of Japanese imports; * an over 600% increase since 1986. And next its markets to imports (however slow and of Commerce is responsible for its imple• Low-interest loans for the marketing of year, one Japanese dealer network will be insufficient.)! mentation. The way these agencies operate U.S. cars to the Japanese; * Free perma• selling a version of the Chevy Cavalier Most articles on U.S.-Japan trade are not is a "horror story," and is described in detail nent display space for U.S. car models in under its own nameplate. Clearly, the trade merely news articles but are news from the by James Bovard in his book: "The Fair major Japanese cities; * Dealers have com• situation between America and Japan is U.S. government or industry where they Trade Fraud: How Congress Pillages the plete freedom to chonse which cars to sell. steadily improving. And it will continue to are out to make point of a perceived prob• Consumer and Decimates American Com• They're guided by market demand, not gov• thrive without government intervention on lem. They inevitably cite favorable facts petitiveness" (1991, St. Martin's Press). ernment dictates. IF JAPAN IS SO BAD either side. Tariffs aren't the answer. Free and leave out unfavorable data (a common There are different roles of foreign firms FOR AMERICAN CAR SALES, WHY IS trade is. Japan Automobile Manufacturers practice for substantiating claims). It is and American firms.lfforeign firms charge THE JEEP CHEROKEE DOING SO Association, Inc., Washington, D.C. therefore up to you, the reader to sort out a lower price than the U.S. firms, it be• WELL? By tailoring its product to the Japa• Let's take the case of Rice vs. Sugar: Rice the "wheat from the chaff' and figure out comes immediately suspect and is investi• nese market, the right-hand drive Chero• in Japan has been protected and subsidized the true intent of the article. gated and usually fined for "dumping." The kee has enjoyed incredible success among so that it cost four to six times the world rice Lee Iococca has declared that the U.S. is criteria for determining "dumping" is arbi• large car buyers in Japan. Currently, there's the world's "last bastion offree trade." This trary, depends upon data provided by the a six month waiting list for Cherokee deliv• See TRADE/page 16 is far from the truth. With over 8,000 differ• U.S. firms and can usually be figured as ery. So why aren't the Japanese clamoring ent tariffs the U.S. imposes together with guilty even though the foreign firm is pric• for Fords, Chevy's and GM cars? Over there Mitorna, a member of the South Bay Chap• quotas and anti- MEl NAKANO Beijing bound 'm eyeing this morning-still not well-represented. Four women-Yuko explore, like health and mental health, Beijing is reportedly sensitive. Some say packed-waiting for a call three days Franklin, Chizu Iiyama, Lucy Kishaba and nuclear-weapons ban, exploitation of chil• that's the reason the NGO Forum was I before D-day (departure day) that I-have worked out of the NCWNP Coun• dren in the workplace and the environ• moved 30 miles out of the capital to the our visas have arrived. For China, that is. cil-supported Women's Concerns Group for ment. tourist area ofHuairou, well away from the Since childhood, when we were told that well over a decade. Ann Yabusaki serves We'll be a part of the NGO (Non-govern• official conference site. Rumor has it that if we dug a hole deep enough we would as a delegate to the Council. ment Organizations) contingent. The NGO the convention hall there consists ofa huge reach China, that enigmatic nation has Peggy Saika, executive director of the Forums, a simultaneous gathering with tent. held a grip on my imagination. Its culture, Asian Pacific Environmental Network and the official UN Forum, was first introduced Even so, we are propelled by the momen• its turbulent history, its uncommon poli• Becky Masaki, director of the Asian at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992 as a forum tum of the excitement set in motion last tics, not to mention the amazing films it has Women's Shelter make up the group. Saika for grass-roots organizations. It has since year, and keep our bags open. No one that exported recently have measurably added has managed to organize a gathering"Asian become an integral part of the conference. I know of has dropped out. Even Hillary to its lure. So, when this opportunity arose American Women as Leaders and Organiz• This year, the NGO gave rise to a tremen• Clinton, the honorary chair of the U.S.' to attend the fourth United Nations Con• ers" there for AA women who might other• dous surge ofinter~st , possibly, and ironi• delegation, still has her bags out despit~ ference on Women in Beijing, I took it. wise not be able to connect. cally, because it's being held in China. More political winds that militate against her But, as of this morning, the Chinese There are others from across the country than 35,000 women will convene, the larg• going. government has still failed to issue visas who plan to go. I believe it will be the est gathering of women in history. And I am fervently hoping at this elev• for the vast number of us would-be confer• largest contingent of Japanese American The impending presence of NGO, how• enth hour to be able to pack my bags and get ence-goers. women ever to attend the world conference. ever, poses a sticky wicket for the Chinese to other end ofthis hole I've been digging to If they come through, however, at least Our motives for going are somewhat scat• government. Made up of community orga• reach the promised land, China. seven Japanese American women out of tered, but we plan to be involved in the nizations, the Forum will likely raise is• the San Francisco Bay Area here will join a Forum's overall concern over the issue of sues like violence against women, repro• Nakano, is author of "Japanese American throng of women attending tbe conference the poverty of women and all that flows ductive rights, homosexual rights, the le• Women: Three Gel~erations." Her column on Aug. 30 to Sept. 8. NCWNP JACL is from that. We also have our own issues to galization of prostitution-issues to which appears monthly in the Pacific Citizen. __... __ e-on sense KARL K. NOBUYUKI The Sansei Creed or whatever its worth, it appears The Sansei Creed have given me a greater sense of freedom growth. to me that the League has for over I am proud ofbeing a Sansei, because my than they had had. Though I know them In my life as a Sansei, I shall not forget F six decades lived on the premise of parents are Nisei and their parents were not individually, as a group, the Nisei are the achiev ments of th Nisei, and I am the Nisei. A valued concept of the travail of Issei. my heroes, my mentors and the basic foun• committed to preserv the traditions of the the Nikkeibeijin legacy, is the JACL's I now better understand from the experi• dation of my convictions. Issei. I shall never tarnish the Nisei Legacy motto: "For Better Americans in a Greater ence of evacuation, internment and Re• What I as a Sansei now experience as life, and shall forever honor th sacrific ofth America." This provided a melancholy dress that the Nisei were the best that best is well advanced from my Issei grandpar• Nisei V terans and their commitment to perspective of life in America as an Ameri• could be. My parents and grandparents ents. What. I now know as success is beyond the Nikkeib )jin Community; for we are can of Japanese ancestry. suffered immense pain. but withheld their what many of my Nisei pr decessors could I ONE, and as a community, W are whol . Times have changed. The League now sufferings so I could be on par with the rest.. have hoped to achieve; for J am fr el looks towards the window of the future. They hid the,ir sufferings and pa.in so I As a Sansei, I commit myselft.o continue Come·On Sense: A. a mmw1.it " W Sansei have arrived and along with the could move forward; to preserve their in• ih Nis j L gacy, rooted in t.he t.ravails of ar whol . Yonsei, are acti vely filling the voids ofNisei tegrity and that of the Japanese American the Issei, t.o forev r mov forward and to leadership. Consequently, one would ex• community. extinguish any doubt, any question, ofthe peet that the younger generation is in line Though I know not. the specifics of their Legacy of the Japanese American. I am A Sansei, NobuYllki. is a member ofthe 0.11 to propose its mission statement to JACL. experiences, the collective record of the committed to continue th batt! to insur Fernando Valley "apter. JA L, Hi, ('(If• In this column, I'd like to take a stab at it. Nisei is my sense of pride. Thougb J know that future g neration will be insur d a full umn appears regularl in tht' Pacific lti• I call it "The Sansei Creed." not their experiences, the Nisei veterans and level playing fi ·ld of opportunit.y and zen. to-Pacific Citizen, Sep~ember 1-14, 1995 Essay excerpt: I'm a Nissei, and am the second Kamine to attend a four-year university. I feel that the JACL has played a large role, not only in my life, but in the lives of everyone in the Japanese commu• I nity. It has been an institution of Japanese unity, which has brought us together to fight the problems facing us as one unit rather than scattered individuals. It is a center of which reminds us of our heritage 9 and to take pride in our ancestry." Gongoro Nakamura This number one ranked student Scholarship in t'ler class has won many scholas• tic honors, including a math award Winner: Windi Natsuko Sasaki from Bank of America, medals in _JACL Chapter: Sacramento 9 SCHOLARSHIP the ·Academic Decathlon, Science School attending in 1995: UC, Olympiad, and the UCSB Young San Diego Scholar'S Program. Field of study: molecular biology Parents: Stanley and Susan Sasaki Karen also won letters in volley• ball and tennis, and participated in Windi has a long list of academic student government, the high school achievements, including summa band, yearbook and the California cum laude and a gold medal on the S AWARDS Scholarship Federation. National Latin Examination; honors In community involvement, she in the Golden State Examination for was a member of the local Buddhist biology, geometry, economics and ASSOCiation, an instructor in Japa• chemistry; a high score on the nese cultural dance, and a volun• American High School Mathemat• Freshmen Masao and Sumako Itano Scholarships teer for SI. Agnes Hospital. ics Examination and an invitation to Kenji Kasai Winner: Lianna Shizuko Ishihara Winner: Brian Goral JACL Chapter: Orange County JACL Chapter: Wisconsin Information Scholarship School attending in 1995: UC, School attending in 1995: To receive a brochure about San Diego. Michigan State University the 1996 national JACL schol• Winner: Jessica Anne Matsumori Field of study: Biology/pre• FieJd of study: chemistry, pre• arship awards, send a JACL chapter: Mt. Olympus medicine medicine stamped, self-addressed en• School attending in 1995: Univer• Parents: Kenji and Nancy Parents: Raymond and April velopetoJACL National Head• sity of Utah Ishihara Goral quarters, 1765 Sutter St., San Field of study: business Francisco, CA, 94115, attn. Parents: James and Vicki Matsu• Lianna was the top student in This class valedictorian was Stephanie Roh. Indicate inter• mori her class of 351 students, with a first in his class, racking up a ested category: freshman, un• 4.0 GPA. In addition, she has numberof honors, including the dergraduate, graduate, law, A4.0GPAstudent, Jessicagradu• achieved honors in both math National Honor Society and as crative and performing arts or financial aid. ated first in her class at Murray High and science as well as in cre• a National Merit Scholar. School. Along the way she won ative writing. She was a member Brian also was active in sports numerous honors, including nomi• of a number of school clubs, as a member of the swim and nation to the United States Presi• sports teams and community football teams. dential Scholar award, the Crest service organizations, including Mr. & Mrs.Takashi Moriuchi Scholarships I Award as outstanding senior, and volunteer work for the homeless In community involvement, nomination to the Sterling Scholar and needy. Brian was a youth member of Winner: Alexandra Heather Winner: Kristin Kayo Higaki award. the local JACL chapter in Mil• Peace JACL chapter: San Jose waukee, and participated in the JACL Chapter: Lake Washing• School attending in 1995: UC, I annual International Holiday ton Berkeley Folk Fair and the First Annual School attending in 1995: Field of study: undeclared Asian Moon Festival. Stanford University Parents: Dr. and Mrs. John and Fielct of study: Undeclared Keiko Higaki Essay excerpt: "I see the Parents: Jeffrey and Wedolyn world as an ever-changing place Hongo Peace Kristin has a long list of achieve• where to mold yourself like clay ments, including honors in Span• to fit an ideal pattern is not how Besides maintaining a 4.0 ish, trigonometry, first place in the one should try to live. The mold GPA, this valedictorian of the regional American Public Works is changing and being improved, class of 1995 was included in Association Centennial essay con• and the carefully crafted form the national Who 's WhoofAmeri• test, and recognition in the Aca• one worked so focused upon can High School Students in demic Decathlon. . may no longer fit. ..n 1993, a nominee as a Washing• She has also served as trea• ton Scholar, a member of the surer, secretary and president at cheerleading and drill teams, a her high school. In sports, Kristin Essay excerpt: "We must member of the choir, and mem• was co-captain in tennis and bas• Jessica waS" also active in many work to preserve and share our ber of the swim and track teams. ketball. She is a lifetime member high school organizations, among own culture and values, while In addition, Alexandra volun• of the California Scholarship Fed• them, the President's Club, the we attemtp to understand those teered to help the homeless in eration, as well as member of the National Honor Society, Japanese of others ... 1 believe that I have Seattle, participated in YMCA Spanish and Japanese Clubs. Club, choir, the Biology Club and done my part to help with this fund-raising efforts and helped In her home town, she has the Key Club. JACL goal both In the commu• needy children during Christmas served on the San Jose Youth nity and at school. I have been holidays. Commission, the San Jose Bud• Essay excerpt: "I am grateful to an active member of the Orange Essay excerpt: "There are dhist Church, and as a member of have grown up in a family who has County Buddhist Church and many problems in our world to• the San Jose Museum of Art for supported me in all of my activities youth groups, which have al• day, often due to a need for mu• participation in a Day of Remem• and has taught me to be proud of lowed me to learn more about tual respect, understanding, and brance essay contest. whom I am. Because of them, I am the Japanese culture and its val• love. If we know our value, then Essay excerpt: .. JACL has not afraid to try something new or ues." we have the courage to teach touched almost every facet of life voice an opinion whioh differs from others theirs as well. If we be• for Japanese Americans. Whether other's. I have tried to make the lieve we can do ali thatwe dream, it be in civil rights or name recog• most of my time by becoming in• we will. By seeing ourselves for nition, JACL has remained a pow• Essay excerpt: "I am determined volved in both school and commu• what we are, we have the vision erful group for over 60 years . .. to Instigate change in society. much nity." to see blind hatred, the thin, frail JACL has helped me take pride In in the same way that the JACL has membrane that is all too often my heritage. When people ask my played a most prominent role in used to shut out the world, to nationality, I do not cower when I Henry and Chiyo effecting positive ohange in society stop it from seeing what we are say that I am full·blooded Japa• Kuwahara over the years. I was first exposed afraid we are." nese American." to JACL at a very youn~ age ... It is Scholarship Important to me to know that the organization will stand up for and Winner: Katie Mieko Kozuki address the rights of Japanese JACL chapter: Diablo Valley American citizens as It has done in School attending In 1995: Stahford the past ..." University Field of study: biological sciences. Sam S. Kuwahara Parents: Kent and Joanne Kozuki Scholarship Katie received honors in academ• In student government served on ics and athletics at Alhambra High the California Scholarship Federa• Winner: Karen Mikl Kamine School. She has received awards tion, and California Girls State. JACL Chapter: Fowler in volleyball, basketball and swim• In community service, Katie has School attending In 1995: UC, ming, as well as In biology, math, participated in Make A Dlfferenoe Berkeley Spanish, English, chemistry and Day, the HIVIAIDS Curriculum and Field of study: biology history. the California Association of Stu- Parents: Shlgenobu and Aiko In addition, she has been involved Kamine Pacific Citizen, September 1-14, 1995-11 take the American Invitational Math• School attending in 1995: UC, Winner: Naomi Takahashi ematics Examinations; membership Irvine JACL chapter: West Los Angeles Union Bank Scholarships in the California Scholarship Fed• Field of study: Astrophysics School attending in 1995: UCLA eration; and membership in the Parents: Gary and Fran Nakamura Field of study: Business adminis• Winner: Richard M. Shiohira Winner: May Le National Honor Society. tration JACL chapter: National JACL chapter: National In addition, Wlndl was a member This number one-ranked student Parent: Lisa Takahashi School attending in 1995: UC, School attending in 1995: of the California Music Educators scored a great many scholastic Berkeley UCLA Association Honor Orchestra and achievements, including recognition Field of study: Ihternational re• Field of study: Business the California Orchestra Directors as a National Merit Scholarship fi• lations Parents: Quy T. and Julia Le Association Honor Orchestra. She nalist and as a life member of the Parents: Hideki and Marie has also served on the Latin, Sci• California Scholarship Federation. Shiohira May is an all-around student ence, Medical, Asian and Commu• In addition, Kurtis received awards who won Golden State Exami• nity Service Clubs. for his work in English and the year• Richard received scholastic nation honors in algebra and In community activity, Windi has book. honors in a variety of areas, geometry as well as awards for volunteered for JACL, Toys for Tots, This outstanding student was also including awards for orchestra, her Early Academic Outreach Raley's Senior Gold Rush, and the recognized for his research papers: English, industrial art, physical Program Essay and first place Florin Road Clean-Up. In Search of a National Defense, an education, alegebra, geometry award in the Asian Advisory Analysis ofAmerican Post-Cold War .and history. He is a member of Committee on Crime Essay . Essay excerpt: "If ev~ryone were Defense Policies; In Search of a the California Scholarship Fed• to make a friend that is different Final Unified Theory of Everything; eration and a winner of the Bank than him, maybe there wouldn't be Nisei Blood in the Military, Japa• of Am erica certificate in fo reign any more prejudices, and everyone nese American Military Service in language. would understand that we are all World Warll; MISer: One Who Spent He was also named outstand• the same race-the human race." Everything, Personal Interview with This top student was a member ing musician from 1991-94 in Sergeant Ben Tomaru Honda; of the California Scholarship Fed• the school orchestra. To round South Park Japanese World War II Interview, Personal eration, the National Honor Society out his activities, Richard par• Accounts by Frank and Hatsuye and was recognized with an "Hon• ticipated in wrestling, football and Community Nakamura. ors for Entrance" award which is volleyball. Scholarship In other activities, he was active reserved forthose applicants whose In community service, he was on the cross country and track academic achievement in high a member of Asian Awareness teams, as well participation in the school places them in the top five and a volunteer for Friends for Boy Scouts, the Eden Youth Group percent of the application pool. Jenny Li n. and the Oakland Buddhist Church. Naomi was also a member of the student council and participated in Essay excerpt: "For my part. I basketball, mock tri al program, am extremely interested in my heri• Mesa Espanol Club and the Rain• She has also been active in tage, and I have done a significant bow Coalition, Which enhances the Pacific-Islander Student amount of research into the history awareness of cultural diversity. Union, the International and of my family in particular and Japa• In .other areas, Naomi is a 12- French Clubs, the National Honor nese Americans in general .. . It is year student of Japanese and has Society, the Asian Student my belief that those with a deeper won gold medals in speech con• Union, and advanced courses understanding of history and heri • tests. She belongs to a church youth and programs in engineering and tage and multiculturalism have a group, Asian American Summer marine biology. dramatically better perspective on Camp and "I.M.Pulse," an Asian In community service, May has people, life, and society." American improvisation teen group been a volunteer for Big Broth• that explores issues through dis• ers/Big Sisters, the Alameda Winner: Erin Hashimoto Mitsuyuki Yonemura cussion, interviewing other Asian County Community Food Bank, JACL chapter: Eden Township teens and improvised skits. and the Lincoln Child Center. School attending in 1995: UC, Scholarship Essay excerpt: "Thirteen San Diego Essay excerpt: "I have al• years ago, my parents brought Field of study: Biology/pre-medi• Winner: Marisa Noelani Olson Essay excerpt: "Being raised a ways been an upward striving four children into this country in cine JACL chapter: Salt Lake Japanese American has greatly in• person who feels that success hopes of finding a better life for Parents: Fran and Daphne Hashi• School attending in 1995: Univer• fluenced my life and the way I view is something which comes from all of us. Instead, all we found moto sity of Utah things. Raised by parents who grew within and that surrounding fac• were lost hopes. My parents Field of study: International rela• up in Japan has helped me to be• tors are but minor hindrances if struggled in order to feed four Erin has achieved a well-rounded tions. come more aware Of the Japanese one is truly focused on a goal. mouths . ..Although I knew my high school education. In academ· Parents: Wesley and Linda Olson. customs and culture .. . (JACL) is .. I hope that my future activities priority should be in school, , ics, she is a life member of the instrumental in raising the aware• will be helpful to the Japanese couldn't let my parents be re• California Scholarship Federation ness of the Japanese Amerioan community and that I will be able sponsible for all my expenses and the National Honor Society, experience . .. From listening to to make your organization proud like testing and college applica• and has received honors in geom• these personal accounts, I get a to have helped me to attain my tion fees . . . I am not ready to etry and history. She recorded a 4.4 better grasp of the history of the goals for myself, my community give up after 12 years of hard GPA at Castro Valley High. Japanese in America, and there• and the nation." work." In athletics, she was named fore, l am able to get the best of both NorthCoast Section Scholar Ath• worlds." lete and has participated in basket• ball, cross country and track. In Undergraduates other activities, Erin was a member of the marching band, chamber or• chestra, dance organization, the served as editor of The Winner, a French, Key and Revelation Clubs, Kyutaro and Yasuo publication for children living in Girl Scouts, and found time to be a Musekegon Heights' East Park violin tutor as well. Abiko Scholarship Manor public housing complex. In community service, she has Essay excerpt: "I am an aspir• volunteered at a soup kitchen and Marisa has achieved a long list of Winner: Corey K. Takahashi ing Japanese American writer. Of assisted the homeless, participated scholastic honors, including out• JACL chapter: Chicago the many goals I've established for in the local JACL Christmas Pro• standing recognition in French, ge• School attending In.1995: Michi• myself, one of the foremost is to gram and attended an Asian Youth ometry, English, geography, math gan State University create a mainstream voice tor Japa• Conference. and science. She has also received Major: Journalismlhistory. nese Americans, and Asian Ameri• the Kiwanis Club Freedom Leader• cans in general. For me this means Essay excerpt: "The JACL has ship Award, the Presidential Aca• getting into the action, and the ac• opened up many opportunities for demic Fitness Award and the tion, as I see it, is the nation's news• me, such as attending a national Golden Eagle Award for scholar• rooms . . . I have always had a youth conference in San Francisco ship, leadership and school activi• strong grasp ot what it means to about Asians in today's society ... ties. have a Japanese ancestry in The JACL has given me many op• She has been involved in student America. Our history is rich and arship in 1994. He is also a member portunities in my life . . . I feel that I govemment, the yearbook, and was complex, and it has often served as of the college's performing choir, have grown as a person as a result a member of the Young Republi• a source to which I turned for inspi• the Willamette Asian Association, of these experiences." cans, French, Environmental and ration .. . " the Willamette Community Outreach English Clubs. In other activities, and the Migrant Tutorial Program Marisa participated in water polo, Alice Yuriko Endo which provides help for Hispanic Majiu Uyesugi volleyball, dance and plano. migrant students. Scholarship Scholarship Essay excerpt: "It is my belief Essay excerpt: "I also believe that it is more challenging to build Winner: Kurtis Kiyoshi Nakamura that to help move our society on• Winner: Dean Hisashi Nakanishi another person's self-worth than ward and upward, we must recog• JACL chapter: San Mateo tearing him down. , have accepted nize and change the problems we Corey is already on his way to• School attending in 1995: this challenge at school. I am sadly presently have. Ensuring civil rights, ward his journalism career goal. Willamette University aware of my generation's self-de• one of these major problems, has Currently working on a double ma• Major: Undeclared structive nature, and I know that been a main goal of JACL from the jor, Corey has Interned at the State something must be done . .. I have beginning of its existence. This is News and the Grand Rapids Press Dean has continued his academic discovered that true success comes one of the reasons I am so proud of In Michigan. He has worked as a achievement from high school to from meeting the needs of others. I being part of JACL. It's wonderful to cops and courts reporter and even college. At Aragon High School in hope to share this great treasure to know that I am backed by this power freelanced as a music reviewer. San Mateo, he was an honor roll others th rough ministry." which can protect me and secure He was the grand prize winner of student In every semester, was a the freedoms and rights of others." the first annual Grand Rapids Press member of the California Scholar• Saburo Kido essay contest and was awarded an ship Federation and was named to Sumitomo Bank of Asian American Journalists Asso• Who 's Who Among American High Scholarship olation and JACL national scholar• School Students in 1992 and 1993. California Scholar• ship. At Willamette University in Sa• Winner: Karen Yoshlko Matsuoka ship In community service, Corey has lem. Ore. , Dean received an aca• JACL chapter: West Los Angel s volunteered at th e Muskegon demic achievement scholarship nd Comml ~ sion See SCHOLARSipage 11 JACL chapter: Eden Township Heights Housing and a multi-cultural achievement schol- 12-Pacific Citizen, September 1-14, 1995 the Disability Resource Center read• combat racism at an institutional including producing the "Wizard of SCHOLARS ing course material onto audiotape level." AIDS," and serving as technician (Continued from page 11) and served as a library monitor and for such varied offerings as "Dracula" photographer for the Oxford Stu• Sam S. Kuwahara and "Pygmalion." School attending in 1995: Stanford dent. She also is a member of the Lynn has served as a tutorforthe University Asian American Student Associa• Scholarship Harvard Program for International Major: Philosophy and religious tion Issues Committee, working to Education and served as a member studies/children and society curricu• establish an Asian American StUd• Winner: Renee H. Tanaka of the Asian American Association lum. ies program at Stanford. JACL chapter: Berkeley steering committee, as well as the A diabetic, Karen devotes a great School attending in 1995: UC, Intercollegiate Asian American As• deal'of her time with the American Davis. sociation. Diabetes Association as a youth Major: Agricultural and managerial Currently, she is writing a per• delegate and in serving as an intern economic; minor in Spanish sonal memoir on the history of her at the Children'S Hospital of Los family in Hawaii and Southern Cali• Angeles. fornia. She is the founder and co-presi• dent of Project TEACH (Targeting Essay excerpt: "I am a Yonsel, a Association Novice News. While at Educational Action for Children), fourth-generation Japanese Ameri• West High, Christie did not just ex• which assists children in under• can. In my first year in college, I cel in school, but was also editor of resourced public schools. attempted to ground myself in Ja• Smoke Signals (West High news• Currently, Karen is a member of pan, its national history and modern paper), a varsity cheerleader, and Joint Action Committee Against culture through learning its beauti• an avid performance jazz and ballet Racial Intolerance. fully lilting language . . . Soon I dancer. Currently, Christie is enter• realized that it was not Japan I ing her second year in the Honors Essay excerpt: "When an as• wanted to understand and absorb; Program at UCLA. Christie hopes sumption becomes a stereotype and rather, I hungered for the loving and to pursue a degree in pre-medicine, Karen is already establishing her• takes on a life of its own, invincible bitter, happy and ironic stories that communications or motion picture/ self with her writing. In 1993 she to all claims running counter to it, my family told: my 1S-year-old great• television. won the Boothe Prize for Excel• racism becomes institutionalized grandmother's crossing of the Pa• lence in Writing for her "The Middle and all the harder to combat. In the cific in 1915, the shrapnel imbed• Essay excerpt: "The world in Way: A Buddhist Interpretation of face of an entire institution-whether Renee has received a number of ded in my grandfather's 442 helmet which we live has hardships that theWorkandThoughtofT.S. Eliot." that be a corporation or, in the case scholastic honors, including a re• during World War II , my mother's may seem unfair. Yet, our society She also received top marks for of internment, the government• gents scholarship and an annual childhood running across Hawaiian offers many challenges; above all, it essays on the mental health pre• what an individual can do is very fund scholarship from UC, Davis. beaches with her siblings and cous• offers the opportunity for all of us to dicament of the Hmong and other limited. It is in such instances when Last year, she made the dean's list. ins ... " strive beyond our expectations and topics. She wrote an original poem organizations such as the JACL play Among her other activities, she is contribute to society. JACL has to be published in the Westem Po• such a pivotal role. As a collective a member of Alpha Phi Omega, the Voshiko Tanaka played a significant role in my life as etry Association's anthology. force-an institution in its own community service society, a stu• a Japanese American, primarily In other activities, Karen assisted right-the JACL has the power to dent orientation counselor, coordi• Scholarship through its struggle to support our nator of the Asian Student Union civil rights in America and its con• Club and member of the Calpirg Winner: Sheri Reiko Sakagawa tinuous efforts to ensure that justice Henry and Chiyo Kuwahara Scholarships Environmental Club and the Japa• JACL chapter: Hawaii prevails in our modern society." nese Student Society. She has per• School attending in 1995: Univer• formed a variety of community ser• sity of Washington vices and activities for the Berkeley Major: Business Sumitomo Bank Buddhist Church. Scholarship Essay excerpt: "The values and norms that I attained by my upbring• Winner: Mark Kyoshi Hanasono ing, has been the foundation for me JACL chapter: South Bay and Ber• to view situations, and to base deci• keley sions of choice among various al• School attending in 1995: UC, ternatives. This platform of my deci• Berkeley sion-making is based upon attain• Major: English ment of high standards, honesty, sincerity, and morality. Mark has already made an im• "Similarly, the JACL organization pressive start at UC. Berkeley. He has had to deal with a wide variety received the Presidenfs Under• of issues. Based In its origin to deal graduate Fellowship and the Grace with Japanese American civil rights Drake Scholarship, and is a mem• Winner: Junichi P. Semitsu Winner: Michelle Klkuye Lau violations, JACL has expanded its ber of the Golden Key National JACL chapter: Fresno JACL chapter: San Jose sphere of Influence to deal with a Honor Society and the UC Berkeley School attending in 1995: UC, School attending In 1995: San broader list of issues . . . I've ad• Hono,' Students' Society, and the Berkeley Jose State University miredJACL'sinvolvementin 'speak• After an extensive and varied list Dean's List, 1992 through fall of Major: economics Major: magazine journalism/so• Ing up for and representing Japa• of achievements in her native Ha• 1994. ciology nese American viewpoints' . .. " waii, Sheri has developed a new The scholarship winner also par• Junichi has already recorded academic career at the University ticipated in a variety of activities. He - a number of college honors. He Working toward a career in Mari and James of Washington. is a member of the Tomodachi Japa• is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, journalism, Michelle already As a freshman last year, she was nese American Culture Club as well the dean's list for four semes• gained a wide variety of experi• Michener a senator in the Residence Hall as the Berkeley and South Bay ters, and has won the ence. She was the 1994 recipi• Scholarship Student Association, a member of Chapters of JACL. He has con• chancellor's scholarship award. ent of a Magazine Alumni Asso• the Hawaii Club, Circle K Member ducted interviews and research into service group, and Phi Eta Sigma, He is also a Berkeley Caucus ciation scholarship and is a mem• Winner: Lynn M. Itagaki Japanese American history as a the undergraduate honor society. member of the American Civil ber of Kappa Tau Alpha, the na• JACL Chapter: South Bay part of the Oral History Project of She also participated in special Liberties Union, an assistant stu• tional honor society for scholar• School attending In the Asian American Studies De• 1995: programs such as the Freshmen dent teacher poet of Poetry for ship in journalism. Harvard-Radcliffe partment of the college. Interest Group in Business and the the People, a writer for the In other academic areas, she Major: English Kawaraban, aJapanese student also received the Alumni Dean's Hawaii Club Bible Study group. journal, and a member of the Undergraduate scholarship of the Lynn has continued heroutstand• Essay excerpt: "In the past. I Minority Pre-Law Coalition. College of Applied Sciences and ing academic work from high school Junichi is an accomplished Arts and is a member of Alpha have been actively involved in learn• to one of the nation's most honored ing about my ethnicity academically, musician as well. He has been Kappa Delta, the national honor colleges. At Harvard, she has re• and through my high school Japa• the pianist for the UC Jazz En• society for sociology. In her jun• ceived the Elizabeth Cary Agassiz nese club which focused on cultural semble and performed in a vari• ior year, she was Inducted Into Scholar merit award for a GPA of activities and demonstrations. We ety of theater and musical pro• the Golden Key National Honor 3.7 to 4.0. ductions. SOCiety. coordinated several activities includ• In community service, he has Michelle has been a reporter ing part of the Japanese club which assisted in the Quarter Meals and executive editor forthe Spar• focused on the cultural activities Homeless Persons organization, tan Dally. She has been a and demonstrations ... Presently, served as a presenter for Diver• freelance writer for the college's with a myriad of cultures surround• sity Awareness for Resources Access magazine and has in• ing me at the University of Wash• and Education and is a member terned on the Diamite ington, I look toward my culture and of 500 Years of Resistance, a Corporation's Reflections maga• JACL to define my own unique place. group of students raising con• zine and Teamtalk newsletter. I take pride In the struggles endured In community work, Mark has in• sciousness and awareness of She has freelanced for the San in the past for me, and I look to• terned at the Sansei Legacy Project issues, from Columbus Day to Jose Mercury News and NIkkeI wards the horizon for hope in my and at the Asian Law Caucus. He the rise of violence against Asian West. future endeavors ... " has served as a student coordinator Americans. at Keiro Services in Los Angeles Essay excerpt: "As an ethnic Essay excerpt: "... I've dis• Dr. Thomas v. Vatabe and volunteer at the Kimochi Home studies minor, I have studied the covered a sense of belonging as in San Francisco. uprooted histories of many I meet Influential Japanese Scholarship peoples of color. I also have spent Americans within the community. Essay excerpt: "As a Yonsei, i Winner: Christie Kawada the last three years studying the Attending the occasional JACL She is also director of the Harvard continue the Japanese American School: UCLA Japanese language. Using this evening meetings, I have agreed Model United Nations, supervising tradition my forefathers, the Issei, Chapter: South Bay knowledge of history and lan• to use my skills as a journalist to 150-member committee on social, had established. With respect and guage, I helped build the foun• help with the public relations as• humanitarian and cultural Issues. determination, I pay tribute to them Christie graduated with honors dation for the Asian Pacific theme pect of the 1996 National Con• Similarly, Lynn participated in the for their sacrifice. Were it not for house where students help in• vention as well as put together a from West High School in Torrance, their immigration and Integration, I World Model United Nations, the California. In addition to being the crease their awareness of di• youth dance. But I don't see it as Harvard Model Congress and the would not be where I presently am . graduation speaker, Christie was verse Asian American cultures something I have to do, rather It's I 'stltute of Politics. For the future immigrants and and encourage InteractJon with an educational opportunity to be• an Honor Roll Student, a member of Theater is also among her Inter• the California Scholarship Federa• other students Involved with come Involved in the Japanese ests. She has been Involved in a Asian American issues. • American community." tion, and first place winner of the number of dramas and productions, Southwest Journalism Education ~------~ Pacific Citizen, September 1-14, 1995-13 present generations of ethnic mi• JACL chapter. Washington, D.C. mittee and Project Exploration. or the bland food, rather it was the norities who wish to provide better School attending in 1995: George He is also currently the assistant realization that I really had not been fortheir families, I hope to someday Washington University editor of Gateway Japan and has able to get to know or explore my aid as a lawyer in public interest. Major: international affairs worked at the Center for Strategic culture that was the cause of my With spirit and enthusiasm, I try my and International Studies as strate• discomfott. Not until arriving at best to honor with my hard work Nicholas has already won the gic planning intern. George Washington University did I those closest and most supportive George Washington Alumni Schol• In community service, Nicholas really consciously realize that being of my efforts .. ." arship award and the Board ofTrust• has volunteered for Project Literacy Japanese American means two ees Scholarship award. United States and a local soup things: first, a devotion through ser• Union Bank He has already made the Athletic kitchen. vice to my truly unique culture, and Deans List in 1993-94. He is a mem• Essay excerpt: "Honestly, I had second, a recognition that my Japa• Scholarship ber of the crew team, the Japan a diffiouit time adjusting to life after nese heritage and American cul• Information Network, the Program arriving at college. It was not the ture are not different entitites, rather Winner: Nicholas Seiya Namba Board Corporate Sponsorship Com- separation from friends and family compliments of each other." Graduates Magoichi and from the University of Puget Sound. Sumitomo Bank of Henry and Chiyo Kuwahara Shizuko Kato She received numerous scholastic California Memorial Scholarships honors which include being elected Memorial Award to the Phi Beta Kappa, becoming a Scholarship Trustee Scholar and being recog• Winner: Robert Ryan Morishita Winner: Susan Masako Winner: June Tanaka Hamilton nized by «Who's Who in American Winner: Howard Abe JACL chapter: Mount Olympus Kanagawa School: Tufts University School of Col/eges and Universities." School: University of Pennsylva• SchooJ attending In 1995: Uni• JACL chapter: Honolulu Medicine Akemi took a major role in creat• nia, Wharton School versity of Utah College of Law School attending In 1995: Chapter: National Affiliate ing the "Kids Can Do!" program, Chapter: San Diego Stanford University which provides mentoring to under• Robert graduated from the privileged children. Akemi has ex• University of Utah with an almost Earning her degree in ihter• hibited her strong affinity towards perfect GPA of 3.93. He initially national policy studies from the Asian American community by received his undergraduate de• Stanford University, Susan pos• serving as an English tutorfor Asian gree in mechanical engineering, sesses a well-rounded back• immigrant children and as a speaker but now plans to attend law ground in which she had the in the University of Puget Sound school in the fall of 1995. opportunity to work in Japan as Communication and Theater Arts Numerous awards have been a liaison for the Office of the Showcase, where she spoke on bestowed upon Robert during Governor for the State of Ha• Japanese American redress. his years at the University of waii. Utah, including a National Merit Essay excerpt: "I have chosen Scholarship, the President's In developing her specializa• to enter the field of physical therapy Award at the University of Utah, tion in U.S.-Japan relations, because I wish to improve the qual• Pi Tau Sigma Mechanical Engi• Susan was chosen to attend the ity of life of those patients with whom neering Honor Society and the Stanford Center for Technology I work. I have witnessed how physi• Golden Key National Honor So• and Innovation, where she stud• cal therapists can alleviate pain, ciety. ied Japanese language, politi• Graduating magna cum laude in improve movement and function, Howard has a unique educational In addition, Robert has been cal economy and technology Child Study from Tufts University, and teach others about health. As background in which he graduated actively involved in JACL as the management for three months June's love and interest in the wel• much as I am part of that future with a BS in business administra• volunteer chairman for youth ac• in Kyoto, Japan. fare of children is illustrated by her envisioned by the Issei and Nisei, I tion from San Diego State Univer• tivities and the Intermountain Susan will begin her master's desire to beC0me a pediatrician. As hope to contribute to society in the sity, in addition to studying inten• District Council Youth Council degree in international policy her advisor, Dr. Wertlieb of Tufts capacity of a health care provider." sive Japanese language and Representative at the 1994 na• studies at Stanford in the fall. University writes, "Her pursuit and Japan's economy, politics and so• tional convention in Salt Lake achievement of excellence is espe• Minoru Yasui cial structure for two and a half City. Essay excerpt: "Whether I cially noteworthy in that it spans years at Waseda University in To• find work again in state govern• several domains and disciplines." Memorial kyo, Japan. In addition to being a ment, or perhaps with private Being elected to the Phi Beta Scholarship volunteerforthe YMCA Youth Out• companies or other organiza• Kappa and receiving a Tufts reach Program, Howard has be• tions in Hawaii, I feel that both Multicultural Service Award, June longed to numerous business and my experiences at the Office of has participated in a diverse set of professional organizations, such as International Relations and my activities ranging from being a vol• the Associated Business Students 'Stanford' education will contrib• unteer at the New England Medical Council, the International Business ute to my personal success and Center Emergency Room and a tu• Fraternity of Delta Sigma Phi, satisfaction. More importantly, tor to Japanese newcomers, to be• Project Coordinatorforthe Founda• however, these experiences will ing a counselor for mentally dis• tion for International Scientific Ad• make me a useful, contributing abled seniors and practicing tradi• vancement, and the Japan America citizen of this society." tional Japanese folk dancing. In all Society. Most recently, Howard has that June has accomplished, she returned from Japan, where he was maintains the support and love of associated with the Japan Manage• her husband and baby daughter. ment Association Consultants, Inc., Essay excerpt: "The most reo to pursue a advanced degree in warding experience I had was actu• strategic management from the Essay excerpt: "JACL has ally giving birth to a beautiful and Wharton School. been a great benefit to me healthy baby girl two years ago. It whether I study engineering or was a very personal triumph; one Winner: Glenn Thomas Tsunokai Essay excerpt: "Mastering the law. My positions in the JACL that I still cannot comprehend com• School: UC, Riverside Japanese language is one of my have prepared me for engineer• pletely. Now I h.ave more respect Chapter: National Affiliate most significant accomplishments; ing research or law study by giv• than ever for the gift of life, and I am it has not only enabled me to dis• ing me the chance to develop my inspired to help bring others safely Graduating cum laude from the cover my heritage, it has also skills in the areas of leadership, into th~ world. I always had the University of California, Riverside changed my life. My Japanese lan• responsibility and motivation. desire to contribute to the well-be• with a degree In Sociology, Glenn guage ability has played a signifi• The JACL has also instilled me ing of children, and my lifetime goal has had numerous awards be• cant role in helping me gain a better with a sense of justice and civil is to become a pediatrician." stowed upon him including being sense of my own bicultural identity, rights that I believe sparked my selected as the outstanding sociol• and has shaped my current and interest in the law profession." Rev. H. John ogy student In 1990 and being nomi· future professional career." nated to the honors program at UC intergrative biology and Asian StUd• Nisaburo Aibara Yamashita Memorial Riverside. Glenn has strong sense Ies from UC, Berkely. While there, a of community involvement that is Memorial Miwako received a grant from the Scholarship Special Awards: evident with his work as a volunteer Biology Fellows Program, a national Scholarship at Legal ServIces in Saoramento, Merit Scholarship and a Westlake as literacy tutor and as a plannerfor FoundatlonScholarhship. Mlwako Thomas T. Hayashi Winner: Miwako Takano Project Opportunity, which orga• has a long and prestigious history JACL chapter: Berkeley nized a job fair in the Riverside Memorial Law with JACL. She was the winner of School attending In 1995: Univer• community. In addition, the 1992 National Min Yasul Ora• Scholarship sity of Massachusetts, Amherst Glenn has had numerous teach• torical Competition, in addition to ing and research positions in which being a Midwest Youth Counoll rep• Winner: Terrie Ann Motosue Miwako received a degree in he has participated on projects that resentative and a staff person at School: Boston University School focused upon the Shin Issei (post- of Law National Headquarters. In the fall, 1965 Japanese immigrants to the Miwako will be pursuing her Ph.D. Chapter: Honolulu United States). Glenn will be pursu• in entomology from the University Ihg his Ph.D. in Sociology from UC, of Massachusetts, Amherst. Graduating with high honors from Riverside in the fall. the University of Hawaii at Manoa with a degree In 'Political Sciencel Essay excerpt: "As I embark in Essay excerpt: "I love teaohing. pursuit of a career In medical or . Public Policy, Terrie Ann plans to As a teaching assistant, I truly trea• att nd Boston University School of veterinary entomology, I will always Winner: S. Akeml Tanemura sure the opportunity to continually Law in the Fall of 1995. Terrie pos• carry the influenoe JACL has had exoite and stimulate the minds of upon me and set my sights for the School: University of Pugat Sound sesses a vast array of ccomplish• my students. For me, there Is no ments including being an active rewards and acceptance of equal Chapter: Seattle bigger reward or satisfaction than member of PI Sigm Alpha, the representation looming above us, seeing 'the light bulb click on' When still vislblle through the glass cell· Planning a career in physloal National PolitiC I Science Honor therapy, Akemi graduated cum a student begins to understand a Ing." See SCHOLARS/page 14 laude with a degree in Psychology complex concept." 14-Pacific Citizen, September 1-14, 1~95 including Saburo Kido, Walter Wedding Celebration Concert and SCHOLARS . Tsukamoto, Clarence Arai, and es• the Heiwa Terrace. According to Junichi's music instructor, "Junichi's (Continued from page 13) pecially Minoru Yasui, the Denver Got (\ question? 1/800/966-6157 attorney and human rights activist numerous repertoire includes piano Society, the recipient of a Do Some• ... all members of JACL. The book concertos and' solo pieces of vari• thing grant, an Associated Students instilled in me a growing realization ous styles which he plays with tech• of Hawaii senator and the youngest , that civil rights advocacy is my call• nical brilliance and maturity of mu• elected member of the Honolulu ing in life." sic," Essay excerpt: "While the Asian Henry and Chiyo American community is one of the fastest growing groups, it is also the % Kuwahara Creative most vulnerable. The JACL exists Arts Scholarship to protect our civil rights, I learned • A~ through the way JACL handles ev• 9 erything that one must not be toler• NO ANNUALFEE Winner: Yuri Elise Makino ant of anything that will negatively School: New York University, Tisch 25 DAY GRACE PERIOD affect a ~erson or a commtmity." , School of Fine Arts Chapter: New York Abe and Esther National JACl Credit Union Yuri is currently finishing her Hagiwara Memorial master's degree in Film and Televi• Award sion from the Tisch School of Fine City and County Neighborhood Arts at New York University. While Winner: Ann Miyagi VISA Board system. In addition, Terrie's at NYU, Yuri has received the Tisch School: UC, Berkeley sensitivity for social justice led her School of the Arts Merit Scholar• Chapter: East Los Angeles . to found an organization called Hui ship, in addition to being the head Ho'ihi ("a group coming together for graduate assistant. In her own words, Ann writes, "As the cause of respecF), the first vol• A filmmaker by trade, Yuri is writer, I take my next step into college, I unteer domestic violence educa• director and producer of several intend to explore greater aspects of . JO In the Na tional JACl Cred it Uni on and become tion group at the University of Ha• short films, such as Shades ofGrey, the meaning of 'Japanese Ameri• eli gj ble for ou r new VISA card. Fill out the waiLln her own words, Terrie's per• Cold Front, Leftovers, Other Short can' and to be an even greater informa ti on be low fo r' memb ershi p [nform ation. sonal philosophy is "to realize posi• Stories and Shattering Grey for influence in educating others about ___ 0______----- tive change thro~gh collective em• which she received an honorary my rich heritage." Ann's efforts in powerment." award from the California Student educating others is evident by her ~ ome -:--______Film Festival. With her JACL schol• involvement as a youth ambassa• Addless ______Essay excerpt: "Since child• arship Yuri will finish her senior the• dor to the Youth for Understanding hood, I've wanted to help others. sis fUm, Umeboshi, a film about a U.S, -Finland Congress International Twenty-three years later, I've rolled Japanese American teenager com• Exchange. City/Slote/Zip ------up my sleeves, pushed for positive ing of age in a rural Northern Cali• A recent high school graduate change, and responded to the prob• fomia town. from San Pedro Marine Magnet lems of people. Now, as a JACL School, Ann was involved in a num• member and through a career in Essay excerpt: "The magic of ber of activities, such as the Califor• A .NationaiJACL public interest law, I hope I can film is its ability to captivate and nia Scholarship Federation, the continue to contribute not only to move people, but this only happens DW. Griffith Honors Society, the ~~ ( RED I TUN ION the Japanese American commu• if at the heart of the film's story there World Affairs Council and the San nity, but towards the betterment of is a universal experience in which Pedro Pirate Dancers. In addition, PO BOX 1721 / SLC, UTAH 84110/801 '355·8040/800544-8828 my world." individuals can identify." Ann is very active in her community, in which she volunteered at the Keiro Sho Sato Memorial Nursing Home, Shibata Studio Pi- r------, ano Recitals for the elderly, and the Law Scholarship Fred Jordan Mission. Ann will at- 1--__A_~_a_i1a_b_l_e_E_x_c_IU_s_ilf,_e..:ly_T,_o_J_~_C_L_'_n_d1_'~_id_u_a_I_M_e_m_b_e_rs ___i tend UC Berkeley in the fall to study Winner: Lisa Yumi Gillette either pharmacology or gerontol• School: De Paul University School ogy. The of Law Chapter: Chicago JACL -BLU E SHI ELD Possessing a strong dedication Health Plans to civil rights advocacy, Lisa is en• tering her second year of law school at De Paul University. While in law school, Lisa is involved in numer• ous orga~izations, such as the Stu• dent Bar Association, Dean's Advi• -- sory Committee, and the Asian American Law Students Associa• Aiko Susanna Two Blue Shield Health Pla ns tion. at Special Rates For JACL Members In addition to being a Dean's Tashiro Hiratsuka Scholar, Usa acts as a student ad• Performing Arts • Choose either of two health plans: HMO or PPO vocate, on which she participates in panel discussions with prospective Scholarship • A wide range of benefits such as: • Professional services and hospitalization benefits students. To add to Lisa's varied Essay excerpt: "I view myself as accomplishments, after graduating Winner: Junichi Steven Sato a peacemaker in the world in which • Dental coverage from the University of Illinois with School: De Paul University I live. By taking advantage of oppor• • Medical Eye Service vision care benefits high honors with a degree in Com• Chapter: Chicago SM tunities to educate others about my • Healthtrac - A personal well ness program to help munications, she was president of experiences as a Japanese Ameri• keep you healthy Electric Banana Advertising, a self• can, I have broken stereotypes and started home-based advertising and prejudices against me." • Extensive HMO and PPO physician networks marketing consulting group. Amidst • Worldwide emergency coverage Lisa's busy schedule, she still finds ORA to discuss • A JACL-endorsed health plan backed by over 50 years of time to tutor Japanese students in Blue Shield experience English and Spanish, serve as the redress status communications chairperson for St. Phillip's Vestry and participate as a The Office of Redress Adminis• JACL Members 18 and over may apply to enroll in the Blue Shield tration (ORA) will be m eeting with of California Health Plan sponsored by JACl. Applicants and morning shift volunteerfor.p.A.D.S. community members to discuss (Public Action to Deliver Shelter to the status of redress, Satitday, dependents under age 65 must submit a statement of he~lth the Homeless). Sept. 16 at JACL NaLional Head• acceptable to Blue Shield before coverage becomes effective. quarters, 1765 Sutter St.., San Individual members age 65 and over, covered under Medicare Francisco, 11 a,m-l p.m. Sched uled to attend: DeDe parts Aa nd B, may join the PPO Plan without a health statement. Greene, ORA administrator and Stuart lshimaru, counsel to assis• For More Information, Write Or Call Today: Planning a career in music, Jun• tant attorney general D val (415) 931 -6633 or (800) 400-6633 ichi will pursue his master's degree Patrick. ORA is asking attendees in piano performanoe from Indiana .to respond by S pt. 6. -Yesl (;ant to kn~ ;;r;;bout the JACL-Blue Shield of CalifomiaGroup University in Bloomington. Having Health Plan for: ( J HMO (J PPO received a four-year music scholar· Infonnation: Lisa Vickers, 2021 ship from De Paul University, Junichl 219·9314. I am a member of ______chapter. completed his bachelor's degree in music in the Spring of 1995. I am not a member of JACL. Please send me membership information. I While at De PaUl, Junichl has had Whereabouts understand that JACL membership is required to obtain this coverage. a presti gious musical background Name ______Age __ in which he won first place in the SHISHERO HAROMI (spelling?) Illinois State Music Competition, a Address Essay excerpt: "After discover• fin alist in the Illinois Young Per• LOST SCHOOL MATE. Haromi, Clty/StatelZlp former Competition and winner of ing my penchant for civil rights, I a male. attended North Hollywood ) Work ( 1Home started reading all that I could about the Chicago Public Library's 7th (CaUL) Junior High School In the Phone ( ) Japanese Americans and civil rights Annual Young Artist Reoltal's Audi• spring of 1942. Age about 14. This activism, including Bill Hosokawa's tion. Composing music sinoe the school chum would IIko hear from Sand To: Frances Morioka. Administrator JACL in Quest of Justice. In it I age of six, Junichl has held two solo or about him. Wayne Patterson, JACL-8Iue Shield of California Group Health Trust found comfort that there have been recitals at De Paul, in addition to age 69,2790 N 600 E. Ogden, UT 1255 Post Street, Suite 805, San Francisco, California 94109 many Japanese American lawyers, performing al th e Japanese Royal 84414, 80 1/782-8263. Pacific Citizen, September 1-14, 1995-15 TROY "All through the prosecution's you have a responsibility to en• case, Leslie showed that Troy was sure that justice is served. We Walter Weglyn, 69, (Continued from page 5) stabbing the baby with his right caution and reiterate, however, hand. The last thing the defense that individual rights must be Shiozawa was obsessed with rec• asked Troy during redirect ex• protected from selective and ex• onciling with his estranged wife. amination was 'Are you right or cessive prosecution," said Yoshino. Osako Uno, 101, die According to Mark Murphy, left handed?' and he said, 'I'm left deputy prosecutor, Bannock handed.' That kind of dropped a Walter M. Weglyn, 69, a retired County, Shiozawa forced his bombshell," said Hasegawa. CALENDAR creator of perfumes and husband former wife off the road as she The 14-member jury is all Cau• (Continued from page 2) of author Michi, succumbed of cancer on Tuesday, Aug. 22, in was driving to her parents' home casian and includes 12 men and 2 Sat. Sept. 16-Japanese American and deliberately stabbed her women. Historical Society of Southern California San Diego, Calif. daughter and hit Leslie when she Shiozawa's grandparents are awards banquet, Torrance Marriott The Weglyns of New York City refused to reconcile with him. members of the Pocatello• Hotel, info: Iku Kiriyama 31 0/324-2875. worked together to research the NOTE-Awardees: Yuji Ichioka, Project Leslie, who is Caucasian, testi• Blackfoot Chapter and many 10- . Japanese American internment Kokoro, Randi Tahara, Mas Dobashl, fied thatShiozawa was domineer• cal chapter members have come experience during World War II, Masa & June Oshiro. ing and controlling through the out to monitor and ensure that Years of Infamy (1976), "a semi- course of their marriage. She said Sun. Sept. 17-"Wrestllng Tigers: Asian Shiozawa receives a fair trial. American Writers Speak," 2 p.m., JANM, . nal work written from the per• Shiozawa repeatedly stabbed There were earlier concerns that 369 E. 1st St., info: 213/625-0414. spective ofan internee and clearly Lexie. Leslie testified that when Shiozawa's civil rights had been NOTE-Sachiko and Dom Magwili. showed the. incarceration was she saw that her daughter was violated after his bail was set for Sat. Sept. 23-"Camp Newspapers" unjustified," commented Dr. Bob bleeding she began to fight with $1,000,000. This bail was eventu• panel discussion, 11 a.m. & 2 p.m., Suzuki, CalPoly Pomona presi• her husband and pleaded with ally ruled unconstitutional. Early JANM, 369 E. 1 st St., RSVP, required, dent. on, according to the defense, the info: 213/625-0414. NOTE-Bill him tp take her to the hospital. On Born in Germany and survivor prosecution has claim~d that Hosokawa, Togo Tanaka, Barry Saiki, cross examination, Rammell of the Kristalnacht pogrom of Shiozawa "demonstrates a pater• Kaz Oshiki, Paul Yokota, Henry Mori pointed out discrepancies in 1939, he was a~ong 2,000 Jewish Leslie's testimony and taped tes• nalistic controlling behavior, in• and other camp newspaper editors and dicative ofJapanese individuals." writers. children admitted to the children's WEGLYN timonyfrom the preliminary hear• Sat. Sept. 23-JACCC Roundtable camp in Rotterdam. ing including that she only saw In a letter to Mark Hiedeman, exchange: On starting a children's He arrived in the United States Lexie stabbed once and that prosecuting attorney, Bannock cultural camp for young Japanese Shiozawa never threw Lexie County, Bill Yoshino, JACL Mid• Americans or experience In running one, in '47, met Michi Nishiura and Born in Okayama, she gradu• against the car window as earlier west regional director, said, "It is 2nd floor, JACCC, 244 S. San Pedro later proposed to her at an up• ated from Women's University in claimed. important that Mr. Shiozawa re• St., l.A., info: Marie 818/225-0894 or state New York tuberculosis sani• Tokyo, taught school in Japan and Hasegawa said he thought that ceive fair, impartial treatment and BJ 714m9-4140. tarium. They were married near in America. She was employed by the defense had pres~nted its case that he not be singled out for dis• SAN DIEGO Washington, D.C. in 1950, despite Esther Hall, a Methodist Women's very well and pointed out a num• criminatory treatment because of Sun. Sept. 17-Annual Japan Day her parents' opposition. Home in Ogden until her retire• program, 1-4 p.m., House of Japan, ment in 1960. ber of discrepancies in Leslie's his racial heritage." Balboa Park; info: Paul Hoshi, pres., No funeral or memorial was testimony. "The JACL understands that 619/234-0376. requested. In lieu of expressions Her husband, Clarence, a U .S . of sympathy, donations may be Army veteran who fought during made to Save the Children, WWI in France, predeceased her Obituaries Westport, Conn.; Salvation Army, in 1943 while they were interned or the Michi & Walter Weg1yn at Heart Mountain, Wyo. Others Endowed Chair for Multicultural survivors are children Wallace "DEA TH NOTICES, "which appear in Aiko tiaKata, Fujiko Nakatani, gc. and gc. Studies, c/o Cal Poly Pomona a more timely manner. are requested by ggc., daughter-in·law Anna Kakiuchi. Maruyama, Miyo, San Jose, July 3; (Magna, Utah), Y u.ki Tomomatsu Foundation, 3801 W. Temple Ave., the family who wish to be billed. The Kawamoto, Mitsuo, 73, Omaha, Neb., survived by son Dempsey, daughters (Gardena), 8 gc., and 1 ggs, three copy from either the familyorthe funeral Feb. 20; Fowler. Calif.-bom442nd Purple Shizuka Hanao, Toyo Inouye, 11 gc., 14 Pomona, CA 91768. brothers (Japan). director is reworded as necessary. The Heart veteran, Omaha JACL president ggc., sisters-in-law Misako Ono, Alice rate is $15 per column inch • The ['72-'73), Mountain Plains governor ['75- and Rosie Maruyama. following appear on a uspace-available SALT LAKE CITY-Osako Japanese Phototypesetting '80), nat'i vice-president research & Matsumoto, Deanna T, 67, Littleton, Uno, 101, quietly passed away on basis." development ('80-'82), survived by wife Colo., July 21 in auto accident near Monday, Aug. 21, at the home of Eunice, sons Robert, Curtis, daughters Denver International Airport. her son Raymond with whom she TOYO Baba, Hideo, 69, Los Angeles, July 27 Ayako Yatabe (Berkeley), Ruth Miyoshi Mayeda, Kenzaburo, 89, Los Angeles, has lived for the past 36 years. in Las Vegas due to auto-pedestrian (Los Angeles), Setsuko Minabe (Los July 30; Niigata-born and former Fresno Funeral services were held Aug. PRINTING CO. accident; survived by wife Kimiyo, Angeles), 7 gc., 1 ggc., brothers Toshlo resident, survived by sons William 26 a t. the J a pa nese Church of brother Ted. sister Masako Noda. (Fresno), John. (Huntington Beach, Calif.), Richard 309 So, San Pedro St. Kawaguchi, Jeanette H, 63, Fountain Christ . Dogen, Voshio, 78, Tacoma, Wash., (Cupertino. Calif.), daughter Pauline Los Angeles 90013 Aug. 4; Fife. Wash.-born, Boy Scout Valley, Calif., July 27; Stock1on-bom, Nakagawa (Torrance), brothers Bryan (213) 626-8153 Silver Beaver awardee ['58], Washington survived by husband Mitsuo, sons Tom, DVM (Sacramento), Thomas (Sedona, Fire Commissioners life member, Gary. daughters Gayle Hachiya, 4 gc., Ariz.). sister Mlnam Fukuda. Dharma Schooi superintendent 15 years, brothers Henry and Shig Nlizawa. sister See OBITS/page 16 survived by wife Toshiko, daughter Jane Wada. Marianne Takagi, son Gene, brothers Kiyan, Yoshio. 72, Los Angeles, Aug. Monuments & Markers for All Cemeteries Sunji, Satoshi, sisters Hideko Murakami. 1; Las Vegas-born, survived by wife ~ ilt!~± Tokie Arai. Fumi, sist er Misako Ono. m LlJ Fujii, Masakazu, 80, Mountain View, Makita, A. Valero, 91, Carlsbad, Calif., KUSHIYAMA SEKlHI-SHA Pacmc Cltlzan Get a head start in business Calif., July 20; survived bywife Shigeko. July27; Shizuoka-born, survived bywife EVERGREEN MONUMENT CO. Chizuko, sons Nagahlro, Yoshihisa, 4548 Floral Dr., Los Angeles, CA. 90022 sons Kenneth, Jack, 4 gc. Your business card in e me . .l:iecause you were courageous, are four times that of the world Washington rather than to manu• Mateo). itchallenged me to parachute from market. The U.S. imposes sugar facture products to Japanese speci• OBITS Shlozakl, Vuriko, San Francisco. July airplanes, rapel with ropes down importquotas to complement high fications. Now the former CEO of (Continued from page 15) 15; survived by son Daniel. daughter cliffs, and insist on leading the sugar tariffs and direct govern• Motorola heads Kodak and he has Adrienne Woo. 2 gc., brothers Takeshi, main attack. ment subsidies to sugar growers. instigated a suit of unfair prac• ShOji, Mlnoru and Toshiki Okamura, served in the Army for 35 fast, Mayeda, Kenjl, Berkeley. July 22; I So there was this big political fu• tices on Kodak film. It will be sister Mitsuko Kamimori. wonderful years. did it the way survived by wife of 46 years Sally. so~ I I ror about rice but nothing was interesting to see how that un• Shlrahama, Todd, 72, Spokane. Wash., hope would please you-with littl.e Paul. daughters Sharon Godfrey, ever said about sugar. The only folds. July 19; WWII veteran. survived by fanfare and hard work and a VI• Marian.6gc. . daughters Geri Nurre (Salem. Ore.), major difference was that Japan Balanced stories are almost Mimura, Allee V, 85, Torrance. Aug. 1; sion to leave the Army and the Gloria, 5 gc., brother and 3 sisters. allowed zero imports of rice but never available in one article. So, Fresno-bom. survived by sons Bob. Tad. Nation better than I found it. Shltlfra, Darla Beth, 43, Long Beach. with the adjustment made by Ja• be more curious, keep reading, for daughter June Morioka. 8 gc., 8 ggc.• I am now retired. I thought I Calif.. July 18 in Tijuana; South Dakota• pan on rice imports, nothing sub• itisup to you to figure out the real sisters Emma Kawano. Kay Matsuoka. would wear my uniform one more bom. survived by husband Thomas. stantial has changed. facts and the intent ofthe writer. Momll, Roy 5, Los Angeles. July ~8: time-one more time at Camp daughter Jessica, 2 brothers. 3 sisters. . You might remember the 1. Article by Charles Wolf, Jr., Brighton, Colo.-born, survived by wife Shelby and Hattiesburg. Shoda, Wendy K, 35, Los Angeles. Motorola cellular telephone case LosAngelesTimes,June 11, 1995, Judy. sons Richard, Douglas. daughters I wanted you to see these three July 29; Van Nuys-bom. survived by in 1987. Motorola chose to make "Stimulating Japan's economy, not Kathy. Jennifer. 2 gc .• brothers Sam. stars-because these stars are parents Ken I Chleko. sister Jayne. yours, They belong to you. You phones that were not to Japanese tariffs will open its markets." Dick, sister Mary. Sugimoto, Susie, San Francisco, July specifications. The phones did not Nakamoto, 5usumu, 86, Los Angel~s , changed history. No longer do we 2. Article by James Bovard, 9; survived by son Lawrence. daughter July 24; Honolulu-born. survived by Wife question whether a Japanese operate in the Japanese frequency "America's bi ggest trade secret: Elaine Tanimura, 4 gc., 1 ggc. American should be a general. No Michiye. son Michael, daughters Sumi level. They had the UB. govern• Closed markets h elle are killing Suzuki, Tomoharu, 65, Whittier, Calif., longer do we wonder whet)ler an Yano. Mach Sasaki. Haruml Angelo, ment pressure the Japanese gov• UB. jobs: The case for free trade. Aug. 6; Yokohama-born. survived by individual should command be• Yuri Nishimoto, Patty Ueno (Seattle), 9 ernment to set up a special fre• Bovard is the author of the book, wife Teru, daughters Kuniko Jessup, cause of the shape of one's eyes. gc., 5 ggc .• brother Sueo. sisters Fusaye quency to cover most of Japan The Free Trade Fraud.' How Con• Mayumi Kadena, 4 gc .• mother Yoki, 4 We will leave Camp Shelby and Ota (San Diego). Shizuye Sakata, (less the Tokyo-Nagoya corridor) gress Pillages t~ Consumer. a;nd brothers and 2 sisters (all Jpn). Hattiesburg tomorrow. I will al• Matsuye Nakamoto. for the Motorola phones. Motorola Decimates Amencan Compet~twe Tanabe, H Del, 70, Tacoma, Wash., ways remember this magic place Nakashima, Tsuta, 99, Fresno, July opted to invest its resources in ness, St. Martin's Press, 1991. July 31; Tacoma-born WWII veteran, that gave our soldiers that firm, 31; Yamaguchi-born, survived by state certified ombudsman. decorated solid first step into history. daughters Kazuye Osaki. Michiko, by Japanese Emperor with Order of Allow me another glance of you. . Yukino Iwasaki, 4 gc, 2 ggc. Sacred Treasure Sliver Rays ['89] • I want to see this group that is so Nakashima, Voneo, 70, Temple City, served on Pierce County Aging and powerful that it can make gener• July 30; Colorado-born. survived by wife Long-Term Care advisory board. als. KOKUSAI-PACIFICA Grace, daughters Karyn, Lorraine Tacoma-Pierce County Arts Together Hamachi, Penny. 6 gc., sisters Sumi board. Keiro-Nikkei Concems board, Lt. Gen. Allen Ono of Honolulu, 1995 TOURS Honda, Kumi Kondo. self-employed gardener, survived by wife now retired, achieved the highest Nishi, Frank, 41, Clovis. Calif., July 21; Yoshiko. son Douglas (Olympia), Army ranking as a Japanese Tokyo-born, survived by wife Myong, daughter Denise Cacciola. 2 gc., sisters American. sons Ronald, Danny. Chizuko Shigio. Dorothy Tanabe Nishino, Kenson S, 53, Hemet. Calif.. OCT ot URANtHON - 11 Cays - Tokyo. Sado, Teyama. Kanauwa. Fukui, (Seattle). Midori Sasaki (Seame), oromel LETT ER S Amlnohaahfd.tl. Ktnosakl On.ln. MatsUI, Mt. Mt. ~fsen & Kyoto. $3620 July 17 due to complications from Bill (Federal Way), predeceased by shoulder surgery; Long Beach-born parents and brother Yoshihlko. (Continued from page 8) ~ Sansei. survived by wife Isolde. sons NOV (NEW CATE) GEORGIA & CAROUNA SHOW TOUR "Golf, Shows & Tsukahara, Kokichl, 82, Hacienda Unl Canc:lng" 2-day Atlanta, 3 Myrtil Bueh, Charleston & Savannah .• __ $.1460 Mark, Derek, Glenn. Kevin. parents Ken Heights, Calif., July 25; Tokyo-born. sports venture seems to have gone (former mayor of Hemet)/Aiko. brothers survived by son Yukio. daughters Kimiko entirely unnoticed by any of the DEC 13 BRANSON & OZARK CHRISTMAS - "Shows & Une Canctng" .. _ $996 15 Cays - St. Louts ... Cays Branson ~ - ALMOST SOLD OUT. Gilbert. Alan (Camarillo). sisters Judy Hosokawa. Emlko FuJiyama, 2 gc .• standard publications on basket• Gonzales (Murrieta), Janet Bissett. brothers Richard and Buster Kawana, ball history. Norltake, Voshiko, 93, Los Angeles, sisters Kiyoko Kawahara. Ruth I would be very interested in ALL TOURS INCLUDE· nights. transfers, porterage. hotels. sightseeing, July 22; Okayama-bom. survived by Yonemoto, Jane Shitara, Betty reading more about this Japanese tlps & taxes. touring by private motorcoach and husband Motoo. daughters Sumiko Tsuchiyama. American "pioneer." As his alma KOKUSAl TRADEMARK· MOST MEALS. Nakano, Hideko Kawaguchi, Tamaye Tsukuno, Harold 'Ham', 80, Burr Ridge, mater is listed as being the Uni• Tsuchiyama, 15 gc.• 17 ggc., 2 gggc., III., May 1; Seattle-born 442nd vet. versity of Utah, I would strongly brother and in-laws in Jpn. survived by wife Kay. sons Gary Obata, Hatsuye, 101, San Lorenzo. suspect that he was interned in 1996 TOUR PREVIEWS (Fountain Valley. Calif.), Paul. Laurie June 14; Wakayama-bom. survived by that general area during WWII. I (Downers Grove, 111.), 2 gc .• sisters T omi daughters Fusae and Emi Obata, think it would be fascinating to FEB 22 American Queen - Mississippi Cruise - New OrieansJMemphis FuJimura, Mary Tabata (Seattle). predeceased by husband Tomejlro ['70), learn how he wound up moving MAR 22 Heritage Tour - "Washington DC Cherry Blossoms" Yamada, Frank 'Pancho', 74, Los and son Hiroshi ['44]. from Utah on his brief stint with MAR 31 Spring Japan Classic ·Cherry Blossom TIme" Angeles. July 26; Long Beach-born. the Knicks. The NBA Basketball APR 13 Crystal Harmony - Panama Transit Cruise Okamoto, Narumi, 79, Los Altos. Calif., survived by brother Joe, sisters Chlyoko July 29; survived by husband Ray, Encyclopedia indicates that he was MAV 1 Australia & New Zealand Hori, Haruko Inafuku. not among the. five Knick draftees MAV 24 BRANSON with Memphis & Nashville. daughters Kiyomi Katsura, Esther Yamaguchi, Suyeko, 91, Sanger. Calif., JUN 14 Spain. Merocco & Pertugal McGinty, 6 gc., brothers George Sasaki July 12; survived by daughters Masako, ofthe season-rather, he was on a JUN 30 Nova Scotia & Cabot Trail (Visalia, Calif.). Tom (Reedley, Calif.) Yoshiko Umamizuka. 2 gc, 2 99c. "negotiation list." I would also be JUL 10 National Parks - Teten. Yellowstone & Mt. Rushmore Ono, Janice M, 50, South Pasadena. Yamamoto, Tomiko Nancy, 69, San curious to find out whether he was AUG 18 Canadian Rockies Calif., Aug. 1; Chlcago-bom graduate FranciSCO. July26; San Francisco-born. the victim of racism as a member AUG 29 Scandinavia & 51. Petersburg nurse, survived by husband Allen. sons survived by daughter Kyoko Nishida, 1 of the team (whether by his team• SEP 20 BRANSON with Memphis & Nashville Doug (Seattle). Jeff (New York), gc, brother Toshlo Ono. mates or by those in attendance at OCT 14 Hokkaido & Tohoku Teur daughter Nadine Lathrop, parents Vamamura, Shlzuko, 85, Sacramento. the games). OCT 21 Uranihon Teur ShigenorilSakaye Kawagoye, in-laws: ~ ~ ~ ~~~_ July 21; Hiroshima-born. survived by __ __ .... NOV 5 Fall Japan Classic mother Chiyeko Ono. brothers Dennis. ,,~ '~ sons Sam ,Tom, Harry, daughters Grace NOV 15 South America Tour Richard (Carlsbad, Calif.). sister Hatano. Irene Klshaba, Michi Elri. gc. DEC 4 BRANSON & Ozarks Christmas Francine Kimura. Yamashita, Selya R, 67, Gardena, July Bellevue, Wash. 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