This FB page is the personal one of a relative of 100th and 1399th veterans. It is not affiliated with or authorized by any WWII AJA veterans organiizations.
The opinions expressed are solely those of the administrator The 100th Wine Gang consisted of World War II veterans from the 100th Infantry Battalion and 442nd Regimental Combat Team, Army Reservists from the 100th Battalion, 442nd Infantry Regiment and their friends and family who used to get together every Thursday for lunch at the 100th Infantry Battalion Veterans Clubhouse.
The opinions expressed are solely those of the administrator The 100th Wine Gang consisted of World War II veterans from the 100th Infantry Battalion and 442nd Regimental Combat Team, Army Reservists from the 100th Battalion, 442nd Infantry Regiment and their friends and family who used to get together every Thursday for lunch at the 100th Infantry Battalion Veterans Clubhouse.
Operating as usual
As expected, crimes skyrocketed in 2021, esp in big cities like New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles
Reported hate crimes against Asians in 16 of the nation's largest cities and counties are up 164% since this time last year, according to a new study from the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at Cal State University San Bernardino.
So many great movies at HIFF’s J-Fest
Passes & Tickets are available for J-FEST presented by First Insurance Company of Hawaii, LTD! Watch the North American Premiere of ARISTOCRATS, Directed by Yukiko Sode. Twenty-something Hanako (Mugi Kadowaki) comes from a wealthy family, born and raised within the confines of an upper class Tokyo world. In contrast, Miki (Kiko Mizuhara) is from a rural prefecture, and has worked hard to make a living as an outsider in the city. The lives of these two different women intersect when a politician’s son shows romantic interest in both of them, with vastly different results. For more go to https://hiff.org/j-fest-film-program
Bystander intervention is key to helping victims so here are 5 ways to step up
Welcome to our Cultural Talk Story Series. Our talk story today will focus on "Butterflies And Birdsong: On Radical Listening" with Julian Aguon and Maya Soetoro. Thank you for joining us today to sit down at our table to learn about indigenous communities near and far.
This Saturday
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Minority Health (OMH), the National Park Service (NPS), and the White House Initiative on As...
Healing from the hatred and violence through the teachings of various religions
Buddhists from many cultures and communities gathered to repair the nation’s racial karma. The ceremony was held at a Los Angeles temple that had recently been vandalized in an arson attack.
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Join us on Friday, May 7th at 2 PM for a special conversation. The #LIVETOGETHER Virtual Panel brought you by the Live Together Campaign, will cover the importance of the film MINARI, the advocacy for #StopAsianHate, and the need for unity and allyship in the moral and cultural arc of "America"
Panelists include David Suh, Vice President - The United Korean Association of Hawaii (TUKAH), Edward Shultz - Dean of School of the Pacific and Asian Studies, UH Manoa, Moderated by Anderson Le - HIFF Artistic Director. Also with a pre-recorded message from MINARI Director, Lee Issac Chung.
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I didn’t know anything about this. Fascinating
I missed this yesterday
It gives us a lot of joy to see today’s #GoogleDoodle honoring Nisei writer Hisaye Yamamoto ❤️📚
Originally from Southern California, Yamamoto was incarcerated at Poston during WWII. She wrote articles and a popular serialized murder mystery for The Poston Chronicle, and after the war worked at the Los Angeles Tribune, an African American newspaper that she later credited with deepening her understanding of racism and strengthening her solidarity. She published a number of short stories in prestigious literary journals in the early 1950s, exploring women’s experiences, intergenerational dynamics in Japanese American families, and the aftermath of WWII incarceration.
She focused on family life in the ensuing years, and remained little known to both mainstream and Japanese American audiences until the 1970s. But with the rise of ethnic consciousness and Asian American Studies, her works began to appear in numerous anthologies and become the subject of academic study and critical acclaim, including awards, a published collection of stories, and a TV adaptation. Even after her passing in 2011, Hisaye Yamamoto remains one of the most acclaimed writers of her generation.
Learn more: https://encyclopedia.densho.org/Hisaye%20Yamamoto
Watch an oral history with Hisaye Yamamoto: https://ddr.densho.org/interviews/ddr-densho-1002-10-1/
[ID: Google Doodle illustration of Hisaye Yamamoto writing at a desk. Pieces of paper float in the air next to her with drawings of people talking and dancing and concentration camp barracks.]
Childrens Day traditions explained
Today, Japan celebrates Kodomo no Hi (こどもの日)🎉 - Children’s day, previously known as Boys’ Day. It is common to see carp-shaped streamers 🎏 decorating public spaces or hoisted outside homes. Carps are believed to be strong, spirited fish, admired for their determination to swim up currents and waterfalls. As such, they symbolize the desire for children to grow up brave and strong.
Here are some activities and food to enjoy together as families on Kodomo no Hi!
Cook along with Ming Tsai for Childrens Day
Can’t wait to see this bc 442nd granddaughter is one of the featured experts
Join The National WWII Museum and Heart Mountain Interpretive Center for a special two-part webinar series designed for students and families.
Let’s get ready for the lines!
Japanese American soldiers, some 33,000 altogether, who served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Go for Broke: Japanese American Soldiers of WWII
This makes me hungry!
Musubi#kokkafabric #kokka #cotton #oxfordxloth
Virtual Childrens Day events from the JACCC
The Japanese American Cultural & Community Center (JACCC) will be celebrating a series of events to commemorate Children’s Day, or Kodomo-no-Hi, also known as Tango no Sekku, in May. JACCC has historically hosted annual community children’s festivals in observance of Kodomo-no-Hi. With the impac...
How did she get into my brain?
Comic for the week of May 3, 2021
www.AngryLittleGirls.com
We salute you, Hazel Lee!
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Air Forces Veteran Hazel Lee, one of two Asian-American Women Airforce Service Pilots during World War II.
Thank you for your service!
Great article about the MIS from 2020
International Translation Day is an opportunity to pay tribute to the work of language professionals and their role in bringing about peace. Roughly 6,000 Japanese Americans served as translators and interpreters with the Military Intelligence Service (MIS) in the Pacific, using the language of thei...
From two years ago, the true story behind the character of Mr. Miyagi in The Karate Kid franchise being a veteran of the 442nd
He remembered the song.
It reminded him of one family, who sent their son to the military, to defend America, their home. The old man, he remembers, held his son tightly, saying, "You just be a good goddamn soldier. Don't embarrass your momma."
He remembered that the young man never returned to his family. His mother would stare for hours at a small paper flag with a gold star on it. She was remembered as "The Gold Star Mother," the mother who lost her son fighting for America.
The family reminded him of the song, a Japanese folk song he would hear being sung at the internment camp, where the family was held, grieving for the son they lost, defending a country which had imprisoned them.
He was born in Northern California on June 28, 1932. He father was a migrant fruit picker, who followed the harvests. He remembers living on hard-dirt floors and a single bulb for electricity. But, that wasn't the worst of it. He was diagnosed with spinal tuberculosis, and he was taken from his family, hospitalized at a sanatorium for nine years.
He spent most of those years bedridden in a body cast. Doctors told his family he would never walk again.
But, he did. At the age of 11, he would be well enough to be able to walk again and see his family.
Unfortunately, World War II had begun, and Americans of Japanese ancestry living on the West Coast had been taken to internment camps. The young boy would finally be able to see his family again, but not at the home he remembered, but at the Gila Internment Camp in Arizona. An FBI officer picked him up from the hospital and transported him directly to the internment camp.
You may remember him in his role as "Arnold" in "Happy Days" or his most famous role as Mr. Miyagi in "The Karate Kid. "Noriyuki "Pat" Morita could make someone smile just by appearing on screen. But, very few people knew the adversity he encountered while growing up, the song he would always remember.
He later said in an interview, "One day I was an invalid. The next day I was public enemy No. 1 being escorted to an internment camp by an FBI agent wearing a piece."
At first he said, he couldn't understand, he was just a kid who didn't know anything about war or why he and his family was deemed dangerous, but he would eventually understand and would say he never agreed with the term "relocation camp" - it was a concentration camp with barbed wire fences, he would say.
He remembered in the camp having to say the "Pledge of Allegiance" each morning, and, as he looked out the window with the American flag waving, he also saw the guard tower in the background, and would ask himself, "What's this all about? Why am I saying 'liberty and justice for all?"
That's when he said he really felt the hurt of bigotry, and, for many years, it continued to hurt.
That's when he met the family who lost their son, the old man grieving, "The Gold Star Mother" at the internment camp.
After Morita made his name on television, he got the part of Mr. Miyagi in "Karate Kid." There was a scene in the movie in which Daniel discovers Mr. Miyagi drunk. This was the scene that would earn Morita an Academy Award nomination.
In the scene, Mr. Miyagi is singing a song, which when asked, says it is a "Japanese blues song."
Mr. Miyagi explains he was a soldier (a member of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, historically one of the most highly decorated regiments in the history of the United States Armed Forces). He received the Medal of Honor, but lost his pregnant wife and his unborn son due to terrible medical conditions at the Manzanar Japanese internment camp.
Mr. Miyagi says, "Land of free. Home of brave."
Morita is the one who suggested to the director that Mr. Miyagi gets drunk remembering his wife and the son he never had.
During that scene, Mr. Miyagi would sing a song - it was the same song that Pat Morita had heard as a child when he was in the internment camp.
Mr. Miyagi was a fictional character, but what Pat Morita, his family, and many other citizens of this country experienced was real, and he never forgot it.
~ jsr
Proceeds support the East West Players who have performed at our Las Vegas Mini-Reunion at the Cal
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During Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month, join us for the Asian Pacific Virtual Showcase (AVPS), which runs from May 1 - May 31, 2021 and aims to highlight Asian American & Pacific Islander artists of different communities and neighborhoods in the United States, Canada, and Oc
For all you beer fans out there
Spend a night during Memorial Day weekend with us cheers'in and beers'in at our second beer tasting fundraising event of the year! Join us for food, drinks, lucky draw, and networking at Beer Lab University.🍻
This private HJJCC event is open to both members and non-members, so feel free to invite friends! $30 for HJJCC members and $35 for non-members.
Event fee includes heavy pupus, two 8 oz. beers, and 10% off any additional beers at the bar. 🍺 Guests will be seated in groups of 8-10. Temperature checks, contact tracing, and face masks/coverings will be enforced. All proceeds from this event will benefit HJJCC programs.
🚨 Space is limited and will be taken on a first-come, first-served basis. Please RSVP by Friday, May 21 to [email protected].
For more details, visit http://www.hjjcc.com/upcoming-events/2021/5/30/cheers-beers
#hjjcc #hjjccmanagementdevelopment #cheersandbeers #beertasting
Celebrate AAPI pride with the youngest members of the familu
Here are 12 books for preschool and elementary-age children that offer positive, diverse representations of Asian American Pacific Islander history and culture that can help our families deepen their knowledge of the AAPI community so we can become allies in the fight for peace and justice for every...
Congratulations!
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Jason Pak, a West Point graduate and Ranger who survived an IED blast during a deployment to Afghanistan.
I really want to read the Yuri Kochiyama bio
Books that show Asian Americans have never been silent
Very cool
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have a rich heritage thousands of years old and have both shaped the history of the United States and had their lives dramatically influenced by moments in its history. Every May during Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and throughout the year, the National Park Service and our partners share those histories and the continuing culture thriving in parks and communities today. Learn more at https://www.nps.gov/subjects/npscelebrates/asian-american-pacific-islander-heritage-month.htm
Inspired by something you've learned or found a bit of family history in a national park? Share your experiences on social media using #AsianPacificAmericanHeritageMonth and #FindYourPark / #EncuentraTuParque.
Image: Dancers at National Park of American Samoa perpetuate Fa’asamoa by sharing the living and vibrant traditions, language, legends, oral history, and values.
Happy Saturday and Day One of Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month!
Buy 6 mochi, get 1 free (and eat them all)
Sharing stories of fighting against racism
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders share their stories.
Apply now for a paid internship at Minidoka
Before they were Park Rangers, they were Interns! Join the Minidoka team this summer!
Apply for a paid Internship with Minidoka National Historic Site in southern Idaho! Applications are due May 7th!
http://bit.ly/NYCInternApplicationForm
Position Description and Flyer:
https://www.nwyouthcorps.org/pdf/CIP/MHSINTERP_2021.pdf
Kurt Ikeda came to Minidoka National Historic Site as an Interpretation Intern in 2018, where he supported interpretive programs at the site and assisted with the site’s annual pilgrimage.
“I was able to learn from our Park Service team how to preserve and interpret the site, but also from the Friends of Minidoka on how to uplift the message of defending civil liberties to a diverse audience on a local and national level.”
Image: On the left Kurt Ikeda in 2018 wearing a red Minidoka shirt at the camp pilgrimage, on the right Kurt Ikeda in 2021 wearing a ranger uniform.
A new book includes the story of 442nd veteran, Rudy Tokiwa
Thank you for your service too, kids!
During the Month of the Military Child, we celebrate over two million military-connected children in the United States. Today, my office paid tribute to military kids by all wearing purple, the color representing support for every branch of service. Purple Up! #MOMC
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The Wine Gang used to meet for lunch every Thursday at the 100th Infantry Battalion Clubhouse located at 520 Kamoku Street in Honolulu (across from 'Iolani School). The 100th Infantry Battalion Veterans is a 501(c)(4) non-profit organization for WWII veterans of the 100th Infantry Battalion and their family members. The Clubhouse is open to members only.
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Welcome to our Beginning and End of the Bomb talk story series. Our talk story today will focus on "Peace Education in Nagasaki" with Aoi Osajima and Sunao Takami brought to you by the Matsunaga Institute for Peace at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Today's event will be live streamed on our community pages through the 100th Infantry Battalion Veterans Education Center, aka Club 100 FB page, and the Spark M. Matsunaga Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution FB page. Thank you for joining us today.
Welcome to our Cultural Talk Story Series. Our talk story today will focus on "Wominjeka (Welcome): Wurundjeri and Dja Dja Wurung Languages of Melbourne and Central Victoria" with Erica Higgins & Gerry 'Gman' Terati Lyons. Thank you for joining us today to sit down at our table to learn about indigenous communities near and far. Today's event will be live streamed on our community FB pages through the 100th Infantry Battalion Veterans Education Center, aka Club 100 FB page, 3KND Kool N Deadly, KTUH Honolulu, and the Spark M. Matsunaga Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution FB page. Thank you for joining us today.
Welcome to our Beginning and End of the Bomb talk story series brought to you by the Matsunaga Institute for Peace at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Our talk story today will focus on "Passing the Baton to the Next" with Sonomi Nakamura and Yuno Kusaka. Today's event will be live streamed on our community pages through the 100th Infantry Battalion Veterans Education Center, aka Club 100, KTUH Honolulu, and the Spark M. Matsunaga Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution. Thank you for joining us today.
Welcome to our Beginning and End of the Bomb talk story series from the Matsunaga Institute for Peace at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Our talk story today will focus on "Nagasaki Hibakusha Stories" with Mr. Shohei Tsuiki and Mr. Yoshiro Yamawaki. Thank you for joining us today to learn about resiliency during unprecedented times. Today's event will be live streamed on our community pages through the 100th Infantry Battalion Veterans aka Club 100, Conflict Resolution Alliance, KTUH Honolulu, and the Spark M. Matsunaga Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution. Thank you for joining us today.
Welcome to our Beginning and End of the Bomb talk story series. Our talk story today will focus on "Spark Matsunaga: Warrior Poet" with storyteller Alton Takiyama-Chung. Thank you for joining us today to learn about resiliency during unprecedented times. Today's event will be live streamed on our community pages through the 100th Infantry Battalion Veterans aka Club 100, Alton Takiyama-Chung, and the Spark M. Matsunaga Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution. Thank you for joining us today.
KCC Cybrarian Shari Tamashiro is volunteering her time to help Honolulu restaurant owners promote their businesses online, including the 100th Wine Gang’s favorite hang out, Sunrise Restaurant on Kapahulu.
New MIS President Shinye Gima presents a Certificate of Appreciation to Past-President Lawrence Enomoto for all he has done for the MIS throughout the years
Installation of the new MIS officers by Lynn Heirakuji. MIS veteran Shinye Gima is the new President for 2020
The entire MIS ‘Ohana
Military Intelligence Service World War II veterans in the (Natsunoya Tea) House
A big mahalo to Alton Takiyama-Chung and everyone who attended our Storytelling Shinnen Enkai. Here is Alton’s answer to the question “How does it feel to tell Sparky Matsunaga’s story in front of his family?” and Matt Matsunaga’s answer to the question “How does it feel to watch Alton tell the story of your father?”
100th veteran Eddie Ikuma (Headquarters Company) receives a commemdation from the Japanese Government for being 100 (actually 101) as part of Respect for the Aged Day. Eddie is one of a handful of AJA World War II veterans who has dual citizenship - America and Japan.
100th descendant Governor David Ige speaks at the HUOA Legacy Awards Ceremony 2020
The retirement of the colors by the 100th/442d. Times like this, I wish I was taller.
David Ono’s keynote presentation at Evening of Aloha featured his stirring, emotional narration of video clips of battlegrounds of the 100th and 442nd including this of Bruyeres, then and now. Each segment closed with meaningful musical pieces sung live by a choir. It was a powerful reminder of the accomplishments of our World War II veterans and the importance their story in today’s world for all people, not just Japanese Americans
At the Evening of Aloha, Matthew Wong is promoted and his retirement feom the Army is announced
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