100th Infantry Battalion Veterans aka Club 100

11/26/2020

Don’t miss this on Friday! Moderated by 442nd granddaughter, Erin Aoyama

#Repost @frankabe
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Seattle, Washington

Just finished edits to the narration and dialogue, so now a quick pivot to previewing the work on Black Friday, at 1:00 p.m. PT. Join us live on YouTube at the link in bio, no registration needed. We'll be joined by @rossishikawa showing his finely crafted artwork revealing some untold and surprising stories, with co-writer @tamikonimura and moderator @erinkaoyama. Thanks to Kimiko Marr for organizing this Japanese American Memorial Pilgrimage @jampilgrimages holiday special. #WeHerebyRefuse

11/25/2020

Second Lieutenant Ernest Childers, US Army: Medal of Honor Series | The National WWII Museum | New Orleans

November is Native American Heritage Month. Here is a profile of 2LT Ernest Childers who was the first Native American to receive the Medal of Honor

A member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Ernest Childers became the first Native American to be awarded the Medal of Honor in World War II.

11/24/2020

"Peacebuilding Careers: In a Time of Global Change and Disruption" with David J. Smith

Welcome to our Careers in Peacebuilding talk story series. Our talk story today will focus on "Peacebuilding Careers: In a Time of Global Change and Disruption" with David J. Smith brought to you by the Matsunaga Institute for Peace at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and the Forage Center for Peacebuilding and Humanitarian Education. Thank you for joining us today.

11/24/2020

An interview with 100th daughter, Joan Naguwa, of HUGS on the status of nom-profits during the pandemic. Joan is the daughter of Edward Ikuma of Headquarters Company.

A few weeks back, Joan Naguwa, Executive Director of HUGS, was interviewed by Nolan Hong for his video series on the nonprofit experience during the pandemic. Joan talked about how they serve Hawaii’s families as they care for a seriously ill child, and how things have changed for them since the coronavirus.

We want to share this interview here to highlight nonprofit leaders like Joan, who are continuing to work hard at pivoting with their teams to meet the needs of those they exist to support.

Link is in the bio

#HUGSHawaii #inittogether #covid19hawaii #nonprofitsmatter #hawaiinonprofits #strongertogether

11/24/2020

Hiroshima Hibakusha: I will never forget that day" with Ms. Kiyomi Kono

Welcome to our Beginning and End of the Bomb talk story series. Our talk story today will focus on "Hiroshima Hibakusha: I will never forget that day" with Ms. Kiyomi Kono brought to you by the Matsunaga Institute for Peace at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Thank you for joining us today.

11/21/2020

Tokyo and the Coronavirus: Amabie vs. the Pandemic - TOKYO EYE 2020 | NHK WORLD-JAPAN On Demand

Can Amabie help fight Covid?

In Japan, the coronavirus pandemic has brought new attention to a Japanese creature or Yokai, called Amabie, who's said to protect against plagues. Thanks to social media, drawing images of Amabie has become a new trend. Let's find out more about this mysterious creature.

11/21/2020

Not only will you hear Erin Aoyama sing but you can buy stuff too!

11/21/2020

The National WWII Museum

Very powrrful, please watch

In this clip from the "Fighting for the Right to Fight" Exhibit Opening in 2015, Dr. Rothacker Smith recalls the prejudice the 92nd Infantry Division faced while serving under a white general.

To hear more powerful stories about the African American experience in World War II, watch the full program here: https://bit.ly/1LSDd2K

11/21/2020

Spark M. Matsunaga Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution

Sharing from our friends at the Matsunaga Institute and Ceeds of Peace to start out Saturday with the motivation to make the world a better place.

Welcome to our Designing a Stronger Tomorrow virtual talk story series. Our talk story today will focus on "On building the beloved community" with Aunty Puanani Burgess brought to you by Ceeds of Peace, with support from the Nā Lei Aloha Foundation, the Institute for Climate and Peace and the Matsunaga Institute for Peace.

11/21/2020

"On Building a Beloved Community" with Aunty Puananni Burgess

Welcome to our Designing a Stronger Tomorrow virtual talk story series. Our talk story today will focus on "On building the beloved community" with Aunty Puanani Burgess brought to you by Ceeds of Peace, with support from the Nā Lei Aloha Foundation, the Institute for Climate and Peace and the Matsunaga Institute for Peace.

11/21/2020

Uncle Roger Review GREAT BRITISH BAKE OFF Japanese Week

Uncle Roger, the comedian who slammed the British chef’s fried rice, takes on the very non-Japanese week on the Great British Bake Off. The clip is almost 15 minutes long but worth the watch to remind everyone that pandas and steamed buns are Chinese, fish sauce is Southeast Asian and the only Japanese thing on screen is the host’s anime-porn tee shirt

Great British Bake Off recently did an episode called Japanese week. Can British baker make Asian cake? Let's see, let's see... 💰 Support me so I can keep ma...

11/20/2020

"Community Health Work in Native Hawaiian and Pacific Island Communities" with Meetu Kelen and Dr. Lee-Ann Heely-Rolston

Welcome to our Conflict in Healthcare Talk Story Series. Our talk story today will focus on "Community Health Work in Native Hawaiian and Pacific Island Communities" with Meetu Kelen and Dr. Lee-Ann Heely-Rolston. Thank you for joining us to learn about compassion, innovation, and trust.
Today's event will be live streamed on our community FB pages through the 100th Infantry Battalion Veterans Education Center, aka Club 100, Ceeds of Peace, KTUH Honolulu, and the Spark M. Matsunaga Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution. Thank you for joining us today.

11/20/2020

Anderson Cooper 360

Starting soon

“It’s hard to tell if it’s because of racism or if it’s just the pandemic, but we are still down 50%.” When the coronavirus pandemic hit, Cam Voung’s Chinese restaurant, Canton House, not only saw a dramatic drop in business, but it was also the target of vandals who broke his windows. Now Asian Americans are still facing the economic consequences of Covid-19 along with the racism and xenophobia that has spread with the virus. The Asian American unemployment rate, once the lowest, is now one of the highest. CNN goes to Atlanta, where Asian American businesses are still struggling eight months into the coronavirus pandemic.

11/19/2020

Celebrate the holidays with our dear friend and 442nd granddaughter, Erin Aoyama

11/19/2020

What a great welcome to Texas!

Welcoming some of our nation's greatest heroes to DFW. 🇺🇸

Sammy Davis and Ty Carter were among the Congressional Medal of Honor recipients who arrived at DFW this week for a convention. 🎖 We are honored to have you and thank you for your valor and your service.

11/19/2020

Veterans Day at Fort McCoy in Wisconsin, formerly known as Camp McCoy

FORT MCCOY GARRISON COMMANDER SUPPORTS SPARTA VETERANS DAY EVENT: Fort McCoy Garrison Commander Col. Michael D. Poss and his family went to the Sparta, Wis., Veterans Day observance at the Sparta American Legion. Poss gave a presentation and helped honor America's veterans. The event was observed with special pandemic safety measures in place and a small group of people attended. Poss' attendance also helped further build relations between Fort McCoy and Sparta.

Sparta Area Chamber of Commerce
#VeteransDay

11/19/2020

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Free flu shot for our veterans enrolled in VA Health Care programs

With COVID-19, it’s even more important to get your #flushot. Get your no-cost flu shot at a VA medical facility or in-network community location near you today.

11/19/2020

I know there are people here who will be up at 6 am to listen to a Medal of Honor awardee speak.

Don’t forget to come back to our page at 11 a.m. EST today for a Facebook Live “Chief Chat” with our partner, Exchange, and Medal of Honor Recipient Hershel Woodrow “Woody” Williams.

Williams was awarded the Medal of Honor in 1945 for his actions of great gallantry and intrepidity during World War II’s Battle of Iwo Jima.

Learn more about his story of uncommon valor in preparation for the event: https://bit.ly/358Vube

11/19/2020

I KNOW there are going to be 100th folks at The Cal on Turkey Dau

Feast with us on Thanksgiving and enjoy a traditional meal with all the fixings from Market Street Cafe. Thursday, November 26th, 4pm-close.
Details: http://ms.spr.ly/6188pGNon

11/18/2020

Don’t miss this conversation with the Ifuku Family of Rainbow Drive-In, founded by 100th veteran Seiji Ifuku kf Able Company

TOMORROW, Thurs @6PM HST - An AMAZING event hosted by @ja_hawaii to recognize one of our own OKINAWAN OWNED and LOCAL businesses, @rainbowdrivein and @chrisiwamura ! Please tune in via Junior Achievement Hawaii Facebook!

See YOU all there! Make sure to share Uchinanchu pride by commenting 💜 on this post and in tomorrow's live stream! THANK YOU!

11/18/2020

Virtual field trips to Pearl Harbor for educators and Hawaii folks who don’t wNt to deal with the construction traffic

Please share this incredible opportunity -- from our colleagues at Pearl Harbor National Memorial -- with your favorite teachers:

Join The National WWII Museum and the Pearl Harbor National Memorial for a week of free webinars to commemorate the 79th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Each day, the Museum will offer one free webinar to classrooms across the country. Examine important historic sites with student reporters all around O`ahu from the Museum’s 2016 student webcast Remember Pearl Harbor. Analyze why the attack happened, how it happened, and why we should remember it today. Talk to Museum educators and National Park Service rangers live and ask questions.

Appropriate for grades 4–8 or ages 10 and up.

This program is free and offered on a first-come, first-served basis.

Register at:
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/events-programs/events/127997-free-pearl-harbor-student-webinars

11/18/2020

More about the Go For Broke stamp

Breaking GOOD News! Finally, the incredible contributions of Japanese American Soldiers of WWII are being recognized on a US stamp. This was NO small feat. It was a fight that began in 2005...15 years in the making! Let that sink in. For 15 years, dedicated people like Fusa Takahashi, Aiko O. King, the late Chiz Ohira and Wayne Osako from the Stamp our Story movement refused to give up on fighting for something that shouldn't have required such a fight. But, like the 100th/442, they never gave up. The stamp may be small, but what it represents is HUGE. Spread the good news!

11/17/2020

Interesting discussion from HIFF

Tomorrow from Nov 18-20, HIFF presents a 3 day virtual panel event; The Way Forward: Conversations about Race and Reckoning in Hawaii.

Hawaiʻiʻs multicultural identity draws many people to its ethnically diverse shores, but institutional racism and colonialism still live on in the islands. In this unique 3 day event, participate in conversations centered on films challenging and expanding notions of race and equality in Hawaii and beyond with esteemed local and worldwide panelists. These FREE panels will reflect on Black Lives Matter and other social justice movements as we push toward a more fair, equitable world.

Click on the events tab of our page to learn more about each panel and register for your FREE tickets!

11/17/2020

Asians 1.5 times more likely to get COVID-19, new report finds – AsAmNews

Not only are we 1.5 times more likely to gey Covid, we are more likely to need intensive care

New study examines data from 18 million COVID-19 patients, finds Asians more likely to be infected, may be more likely to need intensive care

11/17/2020

I already signed up! How about you?

Join us this Thursday, November 19, 2020 at 4:00 PM for A Legacy of Healing, Rebirth and Leadership: A Smithsonian Affiliations Virtual Scholar Talk

Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center's Adriel Luis will present and moderate a lively discussion with panelists, Emily Anderson, Ph.D., Curator, Japanese American National Museum, and Jessica Rubenacker, Exhibit Director, Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience. Emily Anderson will speak about the important role that religious institutions and individuals played in providing a sense of security and stability for Japanese Americans during World War II. This includes sharing research she is currently conducting for an upcoming exhibition she is co-curating titled Sutra and Bible: Faith and Japanese American World War II Incarceration. Jessica Rubenacker present the Wing Luke Museum's recent examples of community healing through art with the Chinatown-International Love Letters campaign, mural project collaboration with artist Moses Sun and more generally the Museum's reopening to the public.

Register here:
http://ow.ly/15QT50Cn5QF

Image credit:
In Camp Jerome [Oil painting by Henry Sugimoto of a Nisei soldier and a woman with a senninbari, 1943.] Courtesy of the Japanese American National Museum, (Gift of Madeleine Sugimoto and Naomi Tagawa, 92.97.9)

11/17/2020

Christmas shopping early? Save 10% off the DVD box set of Allegiance

Searching for the perfect gift this Holiday season? Broadway is closed but you can bring Broadway to your friends and family with the exclusive DVD Boxset of the Broadway Musical, "Allegiance", autographed by George Takei himself! Each set includes two region-free discs in the package, a new souvenir hardcover book, mementos & extra footage from the show.

For a limited time, you can also take 10% off the purchase price by using the promo code 'TAKEIDAY' at checkout! dvdset.allegiancemusical.com/products/allegiancedvdandcd

11/17/2020

"Visas for Life" 80th Anniversary: The Legacy of Chiune Sugihara

Chicken skin online event tomorrow where people who were saved by Chiune Sugihara will speak of their experiences

Japan House seeks to foster awareness and appreciation for Japan around the world by showcasing the very best of Japanese art, design, gastronomy, innovation, technology, and more.

11/17/2020

Please vote for Densho!

We’ve been nominated for a BECU People Helping People Award. What does that mean? We have the chance to receive a minimum of $40,000. As a finalist in this annual event, we couldn’t be more excited.

Please take a moment to select Densho as your choice to win the “People’s Choice Award.” You do not have to be a BECU member to participate, only a valid email address. Vote for Densho here by midnight on November 29 >> https://becu.org/members-matter/community-involvement/people-helping-people

11/17/2020

You gotta love this Totoro and Karate Kid mash up. Not made by our Craft Club ladies but still cute

#Repost @hookedhands
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Miyagi-do Totoro. An 80’s mash-up. For the 6th Annual Totoro show at @giantrobotstore #karatekid #totoro #hookedhands #crochet #totoroshow6

11/17/2020

Photos from JAVA

Photos from the JAVA/JACL-DC/NJAMF Memorial Day Ceremony on 15 November 2020.

11/16/2020

If you need to find some serenity in today’s chaotic world, sign up for this Zoom presentation.

Join us on Thursday, Nov. 19 on Zoom for an informative session about "Coping" with Taryn Hara

11/15/2020

FACEism: Japanese-American World War II veteran receives a hero's welcome in French village he helped liberate

This episode in a new series by David Ono features the late 442nd veteran Lawson Sakai

In the years following World War II, Japanese-American veteran Lawson Sakai was welcomed as a hero in the French village of Bruyères, which he helped liberate.

11/15/2020

I did not know that actor Don Knotts was a highly decorated World War II veteran

As Deputy Barney Fife, he was so inept he had to carry his bullet in his pocket but Don Knotts was a veteran of the Second World War who was awarded the World War II Victory Medal, Philippine Liberation Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (with 4 bronze service stars), Army Good Conduct Medal, Marksman Badge (with Carbine Bar) and Honorable Service Lapel Pin. He was born on this day in 1924.

11/15/2020

I didn’t know that the iconic photo was actually the second flag!

🇺🇲 The First Flag of Iwo Jima 🇺🇲

Charles W. "Chuck" Lindberg was a United States Marine Corps corporal who fought in three island campaigns during World War II. During the Battle of Iwo Jima, he was a member of the patrol that captured the top of Mount Suribachi where he helped raise the first U.S. flag on the island on February 23, 1945.

The first flag flown over the southern end of Iwo Jima was regarded to be too small to be seen by the thousands of Marines fighting on the other side of the mountain where the Japanese airfields and most of their troops were located, so it was replaced the same day with a larger flag. Although there were photographs taken of the first flag flying on Mount Suribachi and some which include Lindberg, there is no photograph of Marines raising the first flag. The second flag-raising was photographed by Associated Press combat photographer Joe Rosenthal and became famous after copies of his photograph appeared in the newspapers two days later. Lindberg spent decades trying to bring awareness of the first flag raising and his participation in it.

#ww2uncovered #worldwar2 #ww2 #WWII #WorldWarII #wwiihistory #ww2history #worldwartwo #greatestgeneration #WWIIVet #wwiihistory #worldwartwo #lestweforget2020 #lestweforget #ww2veteran #worldwar2veteran #iwojima

Original description and photos sourced from Department of Defense (USMC), pulitzerprize.org, USMC Archive and www.marines.mil/News/News-Display/ usmc-statement-on-iwo-jima-flagraisers/