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100TH Infantry BATTALION YETERANS CLUB 100TH INfANTRY BATTALION YETERANS CLUB MONTHLY N.EWS THE PRESIDENT'S REPORT by Denis Teraoka Wiyes mll!. Widows: Mter being ignored and left on the back burner for many years, the wives and widows fmally got the break they deserve. The Board moved to waive the life membership and annual dues for the wives and widows retroactive to May 2003. The Board showed a strong sense of gratitude and respect for these women. Mter a lifetime of support from them, the Board is accepting the wives and widows as important members and partners in the looth Infantry Battalion Veterans organization. Long-Range Planning Committee: The Board embraced the cooperation of the sons and ,daughters and moved to reorganize the Long-Range Planning Committee by adding descendants who are regular members of the lOOth Infantry (mother) club into this committee. The following members were selected: Irene Anzai, Mimi Nakano, Avin Oshiro, Drusilla Tanaka, Bert Turner, Charlotte Unni, and Warren Yamamoto. Members of the mother club who are on this committee are: AI Matsumoto (A); Joe Muramatsu (B); Warren Iwai (C); Martin Tohara (D); Gene Tamashiro (HQ); and Ted Hamasu (Rural). This committee will function in an advisory capacity, make recommendations to the Board of Directors, and will play a key role in the future of our organization. Colonel ~Kim: Congratulations to Colonel Young Oak Kim for receiving the French Legion of Honor award for his extraordinary contribution as an allied officer of the lOOth Inf. Bn.l442nd RCT in France during WWII. The ceremony took place in Los Angeles on Friday, February 4, 2005, at the Go For Broke Monument. (See article on Colonel Y.O. Kim in this issue of the Puka Puka Parade.) The Hawaii Housekeeping Association: Workers from the Miramar at Waikiki have adopted the lOOth Infantry as their service project. They will be doing a clubhouse clean-up twice a year. Their first clean­ up will be on March 5, 2005. Th.e second will be in November 2005. Many thanks to this organization for their dedicated efforts in keeping our clubhouse clean and beautiful (they sewed and re-covered all the furniture cushions in our lounge). ,,~ ,,~ ~ ,,~ ,,~ ~ ,,~ ~ ";400 ~400 ~ ~400 lOOTH BN./442ND INF. GO FOR BROKE MEMBERS VISIT CLUBH0:USE AND HELP COLLATE THE PPPARADE By Joy Teraoka, Editor On January 29,2005, when we gathered to collate the February issue of the Puka Puka Parade, we had a surprise visit from members of the looth Battalionl442nd Infantry, Go For Broke Family Readiness Group. (They take special pride in knowing their servicemen are carrying on the legacy, the commitment and traditions of the original lOOthl442nd veterans.) The visiting organization is comprised of current troops and family members of the looth Battalionl442nd Infantry who help support each other as an Ohana, especially during military separation when the troops are being deployed to foreign countries far from home. The lOOthl442nd BN Go For Broke Association carries out fund raising drives through their recycling program by collecting aluminum, plastic and glass containers with the "Hawaii 5c" or "HI 5c" mark and using the cash proceeds to prepare and send Care Packages to their troops. Their spokesman, Henry Torres of the loothl442nd Go For Broke, Delta Company, introduced many of the members who came. As for "Continuing Service" they hoped that members of the lOOth Inf. Bn. Vets. and their families would support them in their fund drive. Items for recycling can be left at the lOOth Bn. clubhouse where they will be picked up monthly by this group which meets at Fort Shafter. In the future more information can be provided to us by this Go For Broke Association suggesting ways we, too, can help support our deployed troops and their families. Our visitors showed great interest in looking at the clubhouse exhibits and pictures of our MOH recipients. They were delighted to help collate our newsletter, then to mingle and "talk story" with our veterans while enjoying some refreshments. Among our own veterans, wives and widows who collated, we extend our sincere thanks, once again: Bernard Akamine, Otomatsu Aoki, Robert Arakaki, Akira Akimoto, Kunio Fujimoto, Mary Hamasaki, Richard Hosaka, Ed Ikuma, Shigeru and Forni Inouye, Sally Inouye, Ed Kobata, Arthur Komiyama, Kimi Matsuda, Philip Matsuyama and for his fruit juice donation, Masanori Moriwake, Joichi Muramatsu, Saburo Nishime, Tom Nishioka, Aki Nosaka, Kay Oshiro, Mamoru Sato, Kazuto Shimizu, Hiromi Suehiro, Goro Sumida, Dorothy Tamashiro, Denis and Joy Teraoka, Rikio and Evelyn Tsuda, Martin Tohara, Ukichi Wozumi, and Marie Yoneshige. ***** ANNOUNCEMENT RE PUKA PUKA P ARADE***** THE PPPARADE IS TAKING A SPRING BREAK NEXT MONTH! .NQ.COLLATING IN.. MAKCH. _THERE WILL BE...NQ.APB", ~ISSUE. IHE..NEXT COLLATION WILL ml._ APRll, 29. 2005. FOR OUR MAY 2005 ISSUE. K. FUJIMOTO'S OLD VIDEO GIVES CLUE TO tOOTH BARRACKS AT CAMP MCCOY Recently, when Fort McCoy Public Affairs Officer, Linda Fournier, asked for help in identifying the barracks where the originall00th Infantry Battalion troops were quartered during their training at Camp McCoy (as it was called then), no one could remember exactly where that was. Then Kunio Fujimoto mentioned that when he joined a group of veterans on a reunion tour of Wisconsin ___c. _an~ Camp Mc~ abou!.l?:1!tIC!lrs!.go he toole vi<J.eoRictures oftheirexcursiolh He hastened tolook - -~~" ---in his collection of archived ftlms, and, 10 and behold, he found it. Kuni then made a copy, discovering that a clip showed one of the barracks where they were ensconced, and the number of that building right above the doorway. He thought it was 1247. Immediately we sent the tape to Fournier. Miracle of miracles--after over 60 years, they are fmally able to locate the area which housed the original tOOth Infantry Battalion at Camp McCoy. In several e-mails from Ms. Fournier. she has written: Wow! Must have been another one of those urban legends. I appreciate your asking around. I received your tape yesterday. I can't thank you enough for sending this. Please pass on to the Veteran (Kuni Fujimoto) that I am grateful he provided this to us. What I did discover while viewing the video. in particular, the frame that focuses on the building number is that the building is actually numbered "T247"! This building number or more accurately, this block area makes sense that the lOOth was located there. Since they were the first unit moved into buildings, it seems logical that they started at the top of the "Triad" and worked their way down the right side. Prior to the 1990's, all the buildings built during WWII were identified with a "T" in front of the number. The "T" stood for temporary. Of the original 1500 buildings constructed in 1942, approximately 900 remain. Many of those remaining structures have undergone significant renovation over the last ten - 15 years. The areas do not have any particular names attached to them. We commonly refer to the area by block, for example, 200 Block, 300 Block, etc. Unfortunately, in accordance with the Department of the Army mandate to reduce excess World War II infrastructure, the 200 - 500 blocks have been demolished. In the 1990's as many of the buildings were being demolished and renovated, Fort McCoy officials decided that a group of the WWII buildings needed to be preserved. Even though our installation history dates back to 1909, the WWII era was truly significant to us. Five buildings have been preserved, an administrative/supply building, a mess hall, and three barracks buildings Gust like the one in the video tape). These buildings are part of the Fort McCoy Commemorative Area. The buildings are furnished with WWII furnishings, 2 memorabilia and artifacts. Our collection continues to grow each year and it is an area we are very proud of. In fact, if you ask some of your veterans, they may remember a trip in June of 1995 when we dedicated the area. The lOOth Veterans participated in the event and were the first group to tour our new complex. I hope you find this information useful. It is so amazing that we are piecing this all together after 63 years. Thank you! Linda Thanks to Kuni' s video, even though it was a bit grainy, this important revelation helped verify where the men of the original lOOth made history at Camp McCoy. It has further opened the door to another inquiry by Dr. James McNaughton, USARPAC Hawaii's chief historian, who last year was seeking knowledge of the location of the lOOth's barracks at Camp McCoy. We directed him to Fournier's latest findings. Both he and Fournier are amazed that after over 63 years we are able to gather informative clues and that there is still a lively interest in the history of the lOOth Infantry Battalion in itS early formative days. So Kuni, keep on taking those.............. pictures. I'm sure they are documenting history in the making . FOURNIER SEEKING INFO ON WOODEN GUN Linda Fournier, Public Mfairs Officer about whom we have written in the previous article, is asking for information on the identification of a wooden gun. She writes: I am asking your_, assistance in possibly identifying a WWII artifact; I have attached a picture that might help with the identification. An individual gave this wooden gun to Fort McCoy. What he knows is that his father obtained this wooden gun during WWII possibly from then Camp McCoy. He stated that as a child he played with this gun. The reason I am contacting you is that if I recall correctly, when members of the lOOth arrived at Camp McCoy, they were given wooden guns, not real ones.
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