Community – FEB. 19: EVENTS FOR THE “DAY OF REMEMBRANCE”
Ida Yoshinaga
Feb. 19 marks a day that lives in notoriety for Japanese Americans, for Asian American and other immigrants of color in the United States, and for anyone concerned with unjust government treatment of...
Rememberance – REMEMBERING AKIRA OTANI
Karleen Chinen
Commentary
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
In those sweet pre-pandemic days that we can barely remember now, one of my favorite stops every so often was the United Fishing Agency office, located a few yards...
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...
Rememberance – FUSAKO UYEMURA TAKAHASHI
The “Heart and Soul” of the “Go For Broke” Stamp Campaign Passes Away at 94
Gregg K. Kakesako
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
Fusako Uyemura Takahashi, who initiated the 16-year-long campaign to recognize the accomplishments of the...
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...
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...