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F E B R U A R Y 2 0 1 6 N O . 0 1 / 2 0 1 6 THE 100TH BOARD OF DIRECTORS: LOOKING BACK ON 2015, LOOKING FORWARD TO 2016 After the publication of the last issue of the PPP, we received a few more submissions from members of the Board of Directors regarding what were their highlights of 2015 and what they were looking forward to in 2016. Here are their thoughts: BERT HAMAKADO Descendants Chapter President For 2015, the Shinnen Enkai was a great event to start the New Year. It was a nice gathering of veterans, wives, widows, descendants and grandchildren having a fun time together. Starting with a Banzai toast to the cooking of the mochi rice, making mochi and pounding mochi in the traditional way led by the Kawashima family. Having a bowl of ozoni soup for health, good luck, longevity and happiness for the rest of the year. The Bon Dance, a good lunch, lucky number prizes, and entertainment were enjoyed by all participants who attended the event. For 2016, I am looking forward to continuing to honor the veterans and helping with the challenges of the Club. DOT TAMASHIRO Headquarters/Medics Chapter President It’s a great honor and pleasure to serve as President of Headquarters Chapter and represent our Chapter at the Board Meetings where I get to meet so many members and guests. Unlike nursing, I have to think a lot before making any decision. In 2016, I’m just hoping that more members will participate, instead of the same few who attend and do most of the work. May I suggest we somehow improve the communications within our Club? It was so good to see Hershey Miyamura at our Mini Reunion in Las Vegas. Hope to see you again in 2016 as we missed seeing you these past several years. SAVE THE DATE Sunday, June 26, 2016 100TH ANNIVERSARY BANQUET Pomaika’i Ballrooms at Dole Cannery, Iwilei More information in the next PPP RURAL CHAPTER SHINNEN ENKAI Rural Chapter will be holding its Shinnen Enkai event on Saturday, February 27, 2016 at Wahiawa Botanical Garden starting at 11:00 a.m. Again, the invitation is open to those interested. Lunch will be catered. In traditional Rural Chapter fashion there will be bingo, a lucky number drawing, and other forms of entertainment. If you would like to attend, RSVP by Saturday, February 20, 2016 to Stephen Saito at 808-225-6776 or [email protected]. Cost: $12 per person. Admission into Wahiawa Botanical Garden is free.

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F E B R U A R Y 2 0 1 6 N O . 0 1 / 2 0 1 6

THE 100TH BOARD OF DIRECTORS: LOOKING

BACK ON 2015, LOOKING FORWARD TO 2016

After the publication of the last issue of the PPP, we received a

few more submissions from members of the Board of Directors

regarding what were their highlights of 2015 and what they were

looking forward to in 2016. Here are their thoughts:

BERT HAMAKADO

Descendants Chapter President

For 2015, the Shinnen Enkai was a great event to start the New

Year. It was a nice gathering of veterans, wives, widows,

descendants and grandchildren having a fun time together.

Starting with a Banzai toast to the cooking of the mochi rice,

making mochi and pounding mochi in the traditional way led by

the Kawashima family. Having a bowl of ozoni soup for health,

good luck, longevity and happiness for the rest of the year. The

Bon Dance, a good lunch, lucky number prizes, and entertainment

were enjoyed by all participants who attended the event.

For 2016, I am looking forward to continuing to honor the

veterans and helping with the challenges of the Club.

DOT TAMASHIRO

Headquarters/Medics Chapter President

It’s a great honor and pleasure to serve as President of

Headquarters Chapter and represent our Chapter at the Board

Meetings where I get to meet so many members and guests.

Unlike nursing, I have to think a lot before making any decision.

In 2016, I’m just hoping that more members will participate,

instead of the same few who attend and do most of the work. May

I suggest we somehow improve the communications within our

Club?

It was so good to see Hershey Miyamura at our Mini Reunion in

Las Vegas. Hope to see you again in 2016 as we missed seeing

you these past several years.

SAVE THE DATE

Sunday, June 26, 2016 100TH ANNIVERSARY BANQUET

Pomaika’i Ballrooms at Dole Cannery, Iwilei

More information in the next PPP

RURAL CHAPTER

SHINNEN ENKAI

Rural Chapter will be holding

its Shinnen Enkai event on

Saturday, February 27, 2016 at

Wahiawa Botanical Garden

starting at 11:00 a.m. Again,

the invitation is open to those

interested. Lunch will be

catered. In traditional Rural

Chapter fashion there will be

bingo, a lucky number drawing,

and other forms of

entertainment. If you would

like to attend, RSVP by

Saturday, February 20, 2016 to

Stephen Saito at 808-225-6776

or [email protected]. Cost:

$12 per person. Admission into

Wahiawa Botanical Garden is

free.

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In Memoriam

JUN SHIOSAKI

of Blackfoot, Idaho

(Able Company)

Passed away on

May 23, 2015 at age 90

Interned at Grove City Cemetery

HIRAM TETSUO “SKINNY”

HAGIWARA

(Headquarters Company)

Passed away on

December 29, 2015 at age 94

Our deepest sympathies to their

families

DESCENDANTS CHAPTER NEWS by Bert Hamakado

Hope you had a nice Christmas and a Happy New

Year. Best of health and happiness to you in 2016.

DESCENDANTS CHAPTER WREATH AND

POINSETTIA PLANT SALE

Much mahalo to everyone who made the Wreath and

Poinsettia Plant Sale a success. Thank you to all who

participated in our sale by buying wreaths and

poinsettia for the holidays. We sold all wreaths and

poinsettia as ordered. I must give credit to the

personnel (volunteers) who helped with the sales.

Prior to the sale date, volunteers were busy setting up

tables in Turner Hall, placing foil on the poinsettia

pots, issuing and packing, loading the wreaths and

poinsettia in the buyers’ cars, and cleaning up after the

sale was over. December 4 and 5th were extra busy

due to the wreath and poinsettia pick up as well as

getting ready for the Able and Baker Christmas party.

CLUBHOUSE HOLIDAY DECORATING

Thank you very much to all of Santa’s helpers (too

many to list individually) who helped put up all of the

holiday decorations at the Clubhouse in time for the

Chapter Christmas parties. Thank you also to the

volunteer crew who took down and packed up all of

the decorations in time for Turner Hall Theater.

TURNER HALL THEATER

Two movies were shown on 19th January 2016 at the

Clubhouse in Turner Hall. The first movie was a

travelogue of the 1962 group trip to Japan taken by

157 members of the 100th including veterans, wives

and two children. Robert Sato from Able Company

coordinated the 30 day long trip which included a

chartered Pan Am Airlines airplane and a busy

itinerary of sights and events. The travelers visited

temples, enjoyed Japanese entertainment, and even

met the Prime Minister of Japan! The veterans shared

the aloha with the Japanese people by singing

Hawaiian songs, playing ukulele and performing their

own versions of the hula. Watching the movie, it was

clear that all on the trip really enjoyed themselves.

Curious descendants were bright-eyed and busy,

trying to see if their parents were in the movie.

Arlene Sato asked Jeanette Akamine (widow of

Bernard, Baker Co.) if she knew who the veteran was

dancing the hula so expressively. Mrs. Akamine

pointed to Arlene and said, “Your father!” Kudos to

Nealson Sato, Arlene’s husband, for combing through

hours and hours of footage to create a short version

(30 minutes) for all to enjoy.

The second movie was “Otoko wa Tsurai Yo” more

commonly referred to as “Tora-San”, starring Kiyoshi

Atsumi. There were 48 “Tora-San” movies released

between 1969 and 1995, making it a Guinness World

Record holder for the longest-running movie series

starring a single actor. All of the “Tora-San” movies

have the same plot, strong-headed but kind-hearted

Torajiro Kurama causes havoc when returns home to

his family in Tokyo after wandering from town to

town. With his comedic timing and faulty language,

Atsumi’s acting drew a lot of laughter from everyone

who watched the movie.

Thank you to Richard K.C. Ching of Toyo Movie

Time for providing the DVD and the background

information on “Tora-San” to us.

Thank you to all of the volunteers who helped with

the planning, set up Turner Hall, manned the check-in,

made juice and coffee, passed out bentos, ran the

projector, coordinated parking, and cleaned up after

the movie. Thank you also to those who donated

refreshments, door prizes and monetary gifts.

Hopefully, we will try to have future showings of

movies as the turn-out was very promising.

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HEADQUARTERS CHAPTER NEWS

by Janice Sakoda , daughter of Gary K. Uchida

I hear that Jane Oki, widow of Albert Oki and

mother of our Secretary, John Oki, is currently in

rehab due to a recent fall. Please take care, Mrs. Oki,

and hope you’re back on your feet soon!

Our Christmas party again was a success, thanks in

large part to Arlene Sato and Gary Mizushima and

their crew, who took care of the food (shopping,

chopping, cooking and serving, cleaning). Once again

the home-cooked food was delicious and we’ve had

several comments how outstanding the soup was!

And I certainly need to acknowledge Skip Tomiyama

and her friends who provided the entertainment and

MC. Great job, as usual, Skip! Everyone loves

bingo; thank you, Warren Yamamoto, Rodney

Robello and Nealson Sato, for leading this game.

Much, much appreciation to the Shimogakis for

manning the Kids Craft Table. Ellie and Alvin did a

great job, and their grandsons also provided guidance

to the younger ones with the crafts. And, special

thanks to the Man in the Red Suit for showing up

during his busiest season of the year. He certainly

must love children to make the time to attend our

party. The saying, “Many hands make light work” is

so true and we appreciate all the helping hands!

Mahalo plenty!!!

I also want to send a thank you to those of you who

donated to our Christmas party, whether monetary or

bingo prizes or desserts. It is all very much

appreciated. We are especially humbled by two

special monetary donations; one is from Ethel

Teruya who has donated a monetary gift each year

for many, many years, even though she isn’t able to

attend our Christmas parties due to scheduling

conflicts. The second donation is from Matsue

Furushima, a good friend of the 100th and of Dot

Tamashiro. Even though she is not a 100th member

and attended our party as Dot Tamashiro’s guest, she

made a generous donation to Headquarters.

At our January 2016 meeting, the election of officers

took place and results are as follows: President:

Dorothy Tamashiro; Vice President: Elsie Oshita;

Secretary/Treasurer: Janice Sakoda. Yes, it’s the

same officers this year as the past few years. It was

decided at our meeting that an emphasis will be on

getting new members to attend our meetings and

hopefully, next year, we’ll have more people running

for office! Sons and Daughters, please consider

joining us! We really need new faces. And along

these lines, if you are interested in being notified of

future HQ events via email, please let me know

([email protected]). I will add you to my

email distribution list.

Our Spring Luncheon date has been set for

Wednesday, April 20. Please mark your calendars.

Time and place to be announced in the next PPP.

Our condolences to the family of Hiram Hagiwara,

HQ Chapter, from the Big Island, who passed away

December 29, 2015.

Congratulations to Pat Akimoto for officially being

GREAT! She became a great-grandmother last year

with the birth of Maya Akimoto in September, 2015.

Congratulations also to Maya’s grandparents, Brian

and Ada.

Congratulations also to Janice Trubitt’s daughter,

Julie, who recently got married (November 29, 2015)

in Cancun, Mexico. Julie lives in Boston where she’s

teaching Physics at English High School, which is the

oldest U.S. high school.

Please join us at our next HQ/Medics meeting on

Saturday, February 13, starting at 10:00 a.m.

CHARLIE CHAPTER NEWS by Arlene Sato

Akemashite omedetoo gozaimasu!

There were a total of 100 people from HQ/Med/C

Chapters that attended the Xmas party on Saturday,

December 19. A big mahalo to Gary Mizushima

who cooked a great dinner for us. Thank you to

David Sakoda who caught and donated so much tako

and Uhu fish which Gary deliciously prepared. Skip

Tomiyama decorated the tables with her creative

handmade decorations and provided the holiday

music. Thank you to the many people who donated

desserts, prizes, and money. We appreciate our

partners HQ/Med Chapters for joining with us again

and their help in planning this event.

Since we hold C Chapter meetings only on ODD

months, our next meeting will be on Saturday, March

26, 10:00am.

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MAUI CHAPTER NEWS

The Maui Chapter held their Christmas Party on December 6, 2015 at the

Cafe O' Lei at the Dunes Golf Course at Maui Lani. Joining 100th

veterans Fred Yamashita, Tom Yamada, Willie Goo and Ed Nishihara

were 20 other guests. In addition to eleven widows and spouses were sons

and daughters who organized the gathering. Hiroshi Arisumi (232nd

Engineers) was also in attendance and provided cherimoya for all to

enjoy. The veterans in this Christmas Party photo are Willie Goo (back to

camera), Tom Yamada (facing camera), Ed Nishihara (in wheel chair)

and Hiroshi Arisumi (in the background)

Games and prizes were enjoyed by all with the celebration ending with the

singing of the 100th Infantry Battalion song and attendees each taking

home a bright red poinsettia plant.

We wish all of you a Happy New Year as we look forward to a full 2016

social schedule which includes the Mother's Day and Christmas

gatherings as well as joining with the 442nd and MIS veterans, spouses,

widows and sons and daughters at quarterly socials held at the Nisei

Veterans Memorial Center.

BODY, MIND AND SOUL

GROUP by Jan Nadamoto

SOAP MAKING CLASS

The Body, Mind and Soul group

will be having a Soap Making

Class on Sunday, February 21 at

9:00 am at the Clubhouse. All

materials will be provided and

participants will take home three

pounds of soap, a CD on soap

making, and supplies so that they

can make more soap at home.

The cost for the class is $90 for

100th members and $95 for non-

members. Space is limited to 9

people and reservation is based on

payment so please contact Jan

Nadamoto at (808)347-3127 or [email protected]

as soon as possible! Sorry no

refunds on class fees.

“HEALTHY EATING IN THE

NEW YEAR” CLASS

Please join the Body, Mind and

Soul group us for our upcoming

“Healthy Eating In The New

Year” class led by Sandy

Takishita on Sunday, February 28

at 10:00 am at the Clubhouse.

This class will be an introduction

to tasty and healthy vegetarian

meals.

The cost of the class is $10 for

100th members and $15 for non-

members. Reservations and pre-

payment of class fee is required.

Pre-payment is final, no refunds.

Please contact Jan to sign up.

UPCOMING CLASSES

Keep an eye out for a class on

everyone’s favorite “soul” food,

BACON, in March.

Continued on page 5

TRIPS AND TRAVELS by Ann Kabasawa

The annual 100th Las Vegas Mini-Reunion with FFNV will be from

Sunday, October 16 to Thursday, October 20 at the California Hotel and

Casino. Enjoy the shopping, gambling, eating and talking story with the

100th ‘ohana in Hospitality Room.

100th members are invited to the 442nd George Company and Friends

Reunion in Los Angeles from Tuesday, April 26 to Friday, April 29 which

will include a pre-Grand Opening tour of the new GFBNEC. Optional

tours include a stay at the Morongo Casino (4/24-4/26) and a visit to

Manzanar during the annual pilgrimage (4/29-5/1).

Please contact Ann Kabasawa at (808)781-8540 or

[email protected] for more information.

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BAKER CHAPTER by Ann Kabasawa

Happy Year of the Monkey to all Bakerites!

Let’s all wish a very happy 101th birthday to Tom

Tsubota who turned the big One-Puka-Puka-Plus-One in

January 2016. I learned from Clubhouse records that

Tom’s nickname is “Kewpie” which is no surprise as

Tom and Kewpie dolls

share the same big eyes

and chubby cheeks and are

loved by all. Happy

birthday Tom and many,

many more to come. (The

photo of Tom in uniform is

from our 100th website. It

was taken by elders living

in the Poston Relocation

Center in Arizona when

Tom participated in a

discussion there on

military experiences.)

We had a great turnout for the first ever combined Able

and Baker Christmas Party. Everyone enjoyed the

onolicious buffet lunch, the festive entertainment, the

keiki crafts and the visit from Santa. The highlight of the

day was wishing Sonsei Nakamura a happy 100th,

complete with a big birthday cake and spirited singing of

the “Happy Birthday Song”. Thank you to all of the

wonderful volunteers (too many to list) who made the

holidays so happy for our veterans and their spouses.

Thank you also to the generous donors who provided

snacks, dessert, door prizes and monetary donations.

Baker Chapter will meet on Saturday, February 6 at 1:00

pm at the Clubhouse. Hope to see you there!

ABLE ANTICS by Beverly Shiroma

Happy New Year to all!

It is with a saddened heart that I must announce

that we will no longer be holding monthly

meetings for Able Chapter due to low or even no

attendance in 2015. If there is a need for a

meeting, I will contact you as soon as possible

with the date and time.

Gary Hayakawa (nephew of Harry Hayakawa)

and I have been part of the 100th crew

volunteering alongside the soldiers of the

100th/442d Army Reserve who do yardwork

outside and cleaning inside at the Clubhouse every

month. Also joining us on a regular basis have

been President Lloyd Kitaoka and Descendants

Chapter President Bert Hamakado. I have been

told that Don Matsuda will be joining us too as he

enjoys working in the garden at home. While it is

hard work, it is a great opportunity to get to know

the new generation of the 100th as well as their

significant others and children who often come to

help out too. If you’d like to join the 100th crew,

please contact the Office to find out when the next

yardwork and clean up date will be (they are

usually on a Saturday starting at 8:00 am).

The 100th/442d soldiers really take the “For

Continuing Service” motto to heart, not only

coming to the Clubhouse to help out whenever

needed, but also cleaning the niches and

gravestones at Punchbowl every month as well

conducting graveside military honors for WWII

veterans of the 100th and 442nd. A new project

they hope to start this year is to place annual floral

tributes at the final resting places of 100th and

442nd veterans who did not leave behind any next

of kin. If you know of any veterans who may be

in that category, please let the Office know and

they will pass the information onto the reservists.

Thank you to Baker Chapter for allowing us to

join with them for the Christmas Party. It was

nice to see so many Able faces in the crowd and I

hope everyone had a great time. Mahalo to all in

the Able ‘ohana who volunteered to help, donated

door prizes or made monetary donations to our

Chapter.

BODY, MIND AND SOUL GROUP

Continued from page 4

PAYMENT OPTION FOR NON-MEMBERS

Non-members who opt to make an annual donation of

$25 to the Descendants Chapter will receive the 100th

member rate on Body, Mind and Soul activities and

classes for one year.

GOT QUESTIONS???

If you would like to sign up for a class or need more

information on anything included in this article, please

contact Jan Nadamoto.

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General Operating Account $20 Beverly Shiroma

$100 Fred Takayama

$33.86 Alvin Katahara

$96 Anonymous in memory of Naoki Takamura

$25 Beverly Shiroma in memory of Robert Sato

$250 Clinton K. Inouye in memory of Shigeru

Inouye and Melvin T. Inouye

$200 Mrs. Fumi Inouye in memory of Shigeru

Inouye

$50 Clifford K. Tanigawa

$100 C. Matsunaga in memory of Arthur

Komiyama

$50 Charles M. Tanaka with prayers for 100th

Infantry Battalion, Baker Company veterans

Robert Aoki, Takao Azama, Hisami Fujita,

Masami Hamakado, Kenichi Iha, Francis S.

Shinohara, Charles M. Tanaka, Seiji

Tanigawa, Hideo Tokairin and Hajime

Yamane

Puka-Puka Parade $25 Mrs. Seiko Nakayama

$25 Anita Korenaga in memory of Shinyei

Nakamura (Baker Company)

$200 Mrs. Fumi Inouye in memory of Shigeru

Inouye

$100 Mrs. Fumi Inouye in memory of Melvin

Inouye

Education Center $50 Lisa and Scotty Saito in memory of Susumu

Kunishige

$1000 Wayne Fujita in memory of the 100th

Infantry Battalion (Separate)

$100 Alvin and May Tsukayama

$350 Ann Kabasawa and Clyde Sugimoto from the

Estate of the late Wayne Iha

$300 Ira and Sumiye Iwata in memory of Kenneth

Muroshige and James K. Shiramizu

$300 Melvin Shiramizu in memory of Kenneth

Muroshige and Kiyoshi J. Shiramizu

$200 Roy and Gail Nakamatsu in memory of

Osamu Nakagawa and in appreciation of

Lloyd Kitaoka

$300 Mrs. Fumi Inouye in memory of Shigeru

Inouye

IN APPRECIATION Doomo Arigatoo Gozaimasu for the following generous and heartfelt donations which were received between

November 16, 2015 and January 15, 2016.

$40 Mrs. Fumi Inouye in memory of Masao “Mas”

Takahashi

$40 Mrs. Fumi Inouye in memory of Thomas

Ibaraki

$40 Mrs. Fumi Inouye in memory of Martin S.

Tohara

$40 Mrs. Fumi Inouye in memory of Stanley Akita

$40 Mrs. Fumi Inouye in memory of Robert

Takashige

$40 Mrs. Fumi Inouye in memory of Kunio

Fujimoto

$40 Mrs. Fumi Inouye in memory of Robert T.

Sato

$40 Mrs. Fumi Inouye in memory of Bernard

Akamine

$40 Mrs. Fumi Inouye in memory of Raymond

Nosaka

$40 Mrs. Fumi Inouye in memory of Kenneth

Saruwatani

$100 Akira and May Otani for Christmas

$200 Mrs. Gertrude Uyeno in memory of Kiyoshi

Uyeno

$100 Dr. Ellen Sawamura

Able Chapter $200 Fred Takayama

$100 Joann K. Morihara in memory of Naoki

Takamura

Dog Chapter $100 Bob Ogata

Our sincere apologies if any donations were

inadvertently omitted. Please kindly inform the

Office at 946-0272 or via e-mail at

[email protected] if your donation was not

WELCOME NEW 100TH MEMBERS

Please welcome the following new lifetime members

who joined the Club between November 15, 2015 and

January 22, 2016:

Gary Mizushima, son of Jack Mizushima (Charlie)

Megan, Miles and Natalie Muramatsu,

grandchildren of Joichi Muramatsu (Baker)

Toshie Takamura, widow of Naoki Takamura (Able)

Neil Tamashiro, son of Harold Tamashiro

(Headquarters)

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FROM DA OFFICE by Jayne Hirata

Happy Year of the Red Monkey. In case you haven’t

heard, I am back working in the Office again. When I

first started volunteering here, my twins had just

started Kindergarten and my youngest was a newborn.

Now, the twins are seniors and my not-so-little one is

in sixth grade. Time really flies...

FOR CONTINUING SERVICE

Thank you to everyone who brought donations of

canned goods and non-perishable foods as part of our

annual Holiday Food Drive for the Hawaii Foodbank.

We delivered 64 items, weighing almost 30 pounds, to

the Foodbank Warehouse in January 2016.

Also in January 2016, the pool table and ping pong

table that seemed fated to be permanent fixtures in

Turner Hall, finally found a new home at the US Vets

Residential Housing site at Barber’s Point in

Kalaeloa. US Vets had hoped to pick up both items at

the Clubhouse as a Christmas surprise for the veterans

residing there but were unable to secure a means of

transporting the tables to their facility. Hearing of

this dilemma, descendant Gary Hayakawa of Able

Company and Descendants Chapter President Bert

Hamakado (both military veterans themselves)

stepped up and became a two man moving and

hauling company. After loading up the truck, Gary

made the long drive out to Kalaeloa to deliver a

belated Christmas surprise to the veterans.

Since the New Year, Bert and Gary have been

stopping by the Clubhouse once a week as volunteer

handymen so please give them a big “Doomo

Arigatoo” when you see them!

GFBNEC STUDENT CONTEST BEGINS

Submissions are being accepted from now until June

30, 2016 for the Go For Broke National Education

Center’s 2016 High School and College Student

Essay, Poetry and Video Contest. 16 winners will

receive cash prizes ($1,000 to each of the top six

winners) and the top 30 will receive two free tickets to

the Evening of Aloha Gala Dinner in the Fall.

For contest details, visit www.goforbroke.org or

contact Chris Brusatte at [email protected] or

(310)222-5711.

A meeting was held at the Clubhouse for GFBNEC

staff and Board members from Hawaii and the

Mainland which included

presentations by 100th

President Lloyd Kitaoka and

by Beau Tatsumura, Chris

Makinano and Jordan

Kagihiro of the 100th/442d. It

was like a family reunion for

me as Bill Seki (in photo on the

left), the Chairman of the

GFBNEC BOD, is my law

school classmate and kotonk calabash

brother (his family “adopted” me when

I lived in Los Angeles). Bill is also a

100th descendant as his dad, the late

Lloyd Seki, was a Dog Company

veteran. Many of you may have met

his mom, the late Chuckie Seki, at one

of the Las Vegas Mini-Reunions.

SEARCHING FOR VETERANS

Do you have any information to share

on 100th veterans Itsumu Sasaoka

(Able) or Charles Takeshi Kaneko (F

Co., transferred to MIS or have contact

information for Dr. James C.

McNaughton (author of Nisei

Linguists)? Please contact the Office

and we will put you in touch with the

folks who submitted inquiries to us.

Gary (in hat) and Bert say goodbye to the pool table as the ping pong table waits its turn

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The Puka-Puka Parade is the official newsletter of

the 100th Infantry Battalion Veterans organization

and is published monthly, twelve times a year.

The opinions expressed in the PPP are those of the individual authors and do not necessarily reflect the

position of the 100th Infantry Battalion Veterans.

Please send your articles, comments or questions

about the PPP via email to [email protected].

If you do not have access to email, please mail or

deliver your articles, comments or questions to the

Clubhouse Office.

The deadline to submit articles for the

March 2016 issue is Monday, February 15

100th Infantry Battalion Veterans

520 Kamoku Street

Honolulu, Hawaii 96826

(808)946-0272

[email protected]

www.100thbattalion.org

Office Hours:

M, T, Th, F - 9 am to 1 pm

W - 9 am to 12 noon

FEBRUARY 2016 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

BOARD Meeting Saturday, February 20 at 9:00 am

ABLE Chapter No meeting

BAKER Chapter Saturday, February 6 at 1:00 pm

CHARLIE Chapter No meeting

DOG Chapter Saturday, February 6 at 9:30 am

HQ/MEDICS Chapter Saturday, February 13 at 10:00 am

LINE DANCING No classes in February

Classes resume in March, Weds. at 9:00 am

PUKA-PUKA PARADE Collating on Saturday, February 27 at 9:00 am

FEBRUARY EVENTS

(all events at the Clubhouse unless otherwise indicated)

Punchbowl Docent Luncheon Saturday, February 13 from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm

BMS Soap Making Class Sunday, February 21 from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm

BMS “Healthy Eating in the

New Year” Class Sunday, February 28 from 10:00 am

Rural Chapter Shinnen Enkai Saturday, February 27 from 11:00 am at the

Wahiawa Botanical Garden

ANNOUNCEMENTS

The Clubhouse will be closed on Monday, February 15

in observance or Presidents Day.

Dates and times subject to change. Please contact your

Chapter President, Committee Chairperson or the

Clubhouse Office for information or updates.

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Honolulu, HI 96816

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