Honoring the Legacy – PATRICIA SAIKI
A Champion for Equal Rights
Melvin Inamasu and Violet Harada
Courtesy: Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i
Editor’s note: This series, “Honoring the Legacy,” is a partnership between The Hawai‘i Herald and the Japanese Cultural Center of...
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...
Honoring the Legacy – BRIAN NIIYA
Chronicler and Narrator of the Japanese in America Experience
Melvin Inamasu and Violet Harada
Courtesy: Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i
Editor’s note: This bimonthly series, “Honoring the Legacy,” is a partnership between The Hawai‘i Herald and the...
Cover Story – MAUI TAIKO
George Furukawa
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
Kay Fukumoto of Maui Taiko is the embodiment of a treasured legacy that continues to resonate today, despite the ravages of a global pandemic and the devastating loss of...
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...
Cover Story – NOT JUST ANOTHER WAR STORY
Local filmmaker seeks support to complete AJA war film
Eric Nemoto
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
You can’t go to Bruyères, France, and not be affected by the reverence that the town people have for the 100th...
Rememberance – IN LOVING MEMORY OF AIKO OGATA KING
Summer Nakaishi
Aiko Ogata King, co-founder of the Go For Broke: Japanese American Soldiers of WWII Forever stamp, died on May 26 at the age of 94. King and her cohorts Fusa Takahashi and Chiz...
Cover Story – 80 YEARS OF 100TH
Gregg K. Kakesako
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
The 80th Anniversary Committee of the 100th Infantry Battalion Veterans organization compiled a list of known survivors here and on the mainland who served in the World War...
Education – 100TH INFANTRY BATTALION STUDENT CHALLENGE
Kristen Nemoto Jay
On Friday, May 20, Hawai‘i’s middle and high school students presented their Project-Based Learning challenge for the organizers of the 100th Infantry Battalion’s 80th Anniversary Commemoration Committee. In an effort to “help...
Documentary Review – One Puka Puka
Steve Okino
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
The documentary “One Puka Puka,” which highlights the experiences of the 100th Infantry Battalion in Italy, is a two-hour TV special, produced, written and narrated by Bob Jones. The...