Herald Salutes
AKIRA TED TERAMAE
Akira Ted Teramae of Onomea, Hawai‘i Island, signed his draft registration card 82 years ago this month on July 1, 1941, five months before Pearl Harbor was bombed. Two years later, he...
Herald Salutes – JAMES NAOMITSU SAKAMOTO
On June 30, 1942, James Naomitsu Sakamoto signed his draft registration card at Honolulu’s National Guard Armory. He had graduated from McKinley High School the previous year and was a student at Honolulu Business...
Dialogue – SAKURA SEASON
Kristen Nemoto Jay
Commentary
I remember going to my first Cherry Blossom Festival when I was 14 years old. My mother and I were invited by our family friend whose daughter was competing for the 46th Cherry...
Cover Story – ALOHA, FRANCE
Gregg K. Kakesako
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
In October 1944, soldiers of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team liberated the French villages of Bruyères, Belmont and Biffontaine just 20 months after the regiment was formed 80...
Dialogue – 80 YEARS OF THE 442ND
Kristen Nemoto Jay
Commentary
Some reading this may already know, but for those who don’t: I’m a proud descendent of a 442nd Regimental Combat Team veteran. Wilbert “Sandy” Holck was his name; Cannon Company was his...
History – THE 442ND RCT TURNS 80
Byrnes Yamashita
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
Writer’s note: The young people of World War II are either gone or over 80 and theirs is a story that needs to be told and retold. As I...
Commemoration – 442ND RCT 80TH ANNIVERSARY BANQUET
Summer Nakaishi
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
On Saturday, March 25, the Sons and Daughters of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, on behalf of the 442nd Veterans Club and 442nd Legacy Center, will celebrate the formation...
Rememberance – THE LIFE OF ED IKUMA
Gregg K. Kakesako
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
With the passing of Edward Yoshio Ikuma, the lone survivor of the “original 100th Infantry Battalion,” last month, the distinguished Army unit passes into history, but its legendary...
Commemoration – NEVER FORGET
Lynn Heirakuji
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
Writer’s Note: The Hawai‘i Herald Editor, Kristen Nemoto Jay, asked me to write an article about 9/11 because she knew that I had been in Washington, D.C., on that...
Plantation Life – MEMORIES OF CAMP 5 SUGAR PLANTATION
Krislen Mariko Kanase
Zentoku Foundation (zentokufoundation.org)
Republished with permission
Many Americans know about the Japanese American experience during World War II: valor of the 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, racial discrimination and relocation...