Nisei Soldiers – “In Their Own Words” Treasures Sought
Susan Muroshige Omura
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
Editor’s note: During a recent conversation with Susan Muroshige Omura, a friend and fellow 100th Battalion “daughter,” she asked me about the possibility of submitting a short article...
Lead Story – Fighting Two Wars
Japanese Americans Were Forced to Fight Two Battles in World War II
Karleen C. Chinen
On this 75th anniversary of Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, many people are seeking out the newspapers of December 1941 for...
Pearl Harbor 75th Anniversary – Pearl Harbor Civilian Casualties
Many Were Victims of “Friendly Fire”
Allan Beekman
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
(Reprinted from Dec. 6, 1991)
A disproportionate number of the civilian casualties of the Pearl Harbor attack were Nikkei, with some of the most striking casualties...
Pearl Harbor 75th Anniversary – The Infamous Black Badges of World War II
AJA I.D. Likened to Those Worn by Jews and Dissidents During World War II
Ellen Kim
Reprinted from Dec. 6, 1991
It could have been a scene out of World War II Nazi Germany, where concentration camp...
Pearl Harbor 75th Anniversary – Sansei’s War
PEARL HARBOR 75th ANNIVERSARY By Karleen C. Chinen
442nd Veterans Celebrate 73rd Anniversary
Close to 500 World War II Nisei veterans, their families and friends turned out for the 442nd Veterans Club’s 73rd anniversary banquet at the Pacific Beach Hotel on April 10. About 60 of the...
Gen. Vincent Brooks: “…Never Had More Gallant Soldiers, Ever…
Editor’s note: With Memorial Day just days away and departed loved ones in our thoughts, it is fitting that we share with you Gen. Vincent K. Brooks’ keynote address to the 442nd Veterans Club...
Willie Goo’s (Guardian Angel) Fog
Editor’s note: On this day, June 5, exactly 73 years ago, the all-Japanese American Hawaiian Provisional Infantry Battalion sailed out of Honolulu Harbor aboard the SS Maui. This was just six months after Japan’s...
A Pilgrimage Honoring the 100th Infantry Battalion
Janice Sakoda
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
Mid-May of 1944 was a pivotal period in the history of the 100th Infantry Battalion, highlighted by the Allied effort to wrest the 1,700-foot high Benedictine monastery called Monte...
Retracing “Task Force Fukuda”
This past May, my wife Judy and I joined three other Hawai‘i couples — Ed and Jan Sakoda, Wayne and Carol Matsunaga, and Alvin and Ellie Shimogaki — on a journey to Italy to...
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