, P'ib(' PUKA •• PU~ " W·fi-SS 'B . . ~~ oraue Honolulu, Hawaii February, 1954

The Club 100 Memorial Building as it looks today, a beautiful and modernistic structure which lends dignity to its neighborhood. --Photo by Craig Stevens Studio.

HISTORY OF lOOth TO BE PUBLISHED BY UNIVERSITY

"Ambassadors in Arms", a complete his­torical account of the lOath Infantry Battalion, iiU be published by the University of Hawaii ?ress in the very near future, according to Dr. Tbomas D. Murphy, professor of history at the iJniversity. _

In a talk before the Club membership on Friday evening, January 29, 1954, Dr. Murphy gave an entertaining and interesting, yet thought­;rovoking, resume of his book, which is expect­ed to be off the press next June. He promised that his book will be altogether different from i!lblications of military organizations which lave been hitherto published. "It will be a book jIlu will be proud to own, and one which will be referred to in generations to come -- not just a ~lctorial or something which an enterprising :Ournalist has put together in a few months," he :lJd. It has taken Dr. Murphy five years of ;Qlnstaking research, writing and rewriting to r his book in final form. Many yet unrevealed • a:t5, taken from once top-secret files of the <tntagon in Washington, D. C., will be told. , That the members present were favorably ~~pr,essed by Dr. Murphy's preview of the ~ lib s history was shown by the fact that a mo­

on to Commit the Club to a minimum of 500 pre-publication subscriptions was unanimously ~. Every member present asked for , two

liz Copies for himsE::lf.

CLUB 100 LA CROSSE ZOO PROJECT HIGHLY PRAISED

The Club 100 zoo project in La Crosse, Wis ­consin, has won high praise from the people of La Crosse, according to George "Keoki" Kiefer of that city. Mr. Kiefer, members will recall, visited the Islands in 1952 with our beloved "Ma" Kiefer, and was instrumental in getting the Club to undertake the flroject.

Two checks, one for $300.00 from the Club and one for $ 50.00 from Maui Chapter, were presented to Mayor Henry Ahrens by Ralph Okuma, a member of Headquarters Chapter and now a resident of La Crosse.

The cage, which was constructed with the money sent, will house a pair of timber wolves and a pair of coyotes in Myrick Park Zoo. An appropriate plaque will indicate the Club 100 as its donor .

"But that these men in far-off Hawaii have partiCipated so 6enerously to perpetuate a last­ing friendship is a mark of gratitude that will be treasured with the years in this community ... To the men of the lOath Infantry of Hawaii-­thanks a lot ... ", the La Crosse Tribune re­ported editorially.

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PUKA PUKA PARADE Published monthly by the Club 100, an or­

ganizati on of Worl d War II veteran s of the lOOth Infantry Battalion, incorporated under the Laws of the Territ ory of Hawai i

Editorial Staff Editor •••• Assistant Editor . • . Photo Editor . • •. . Circulation & Business

· •• Ted T. Hirayama • .. ,Naoji Yamagata · •. George M. Kurisu Manager . . Hideo Kon

Board of Directors Spark M. Matsunaga Tad T. Kanda . . Denis K. Teraoka Richard M. Oki .

. Presiden t .lst Vice PresidEnt .2nd Vice President • .••. Secreta

Allen Y. Shimizu Takashi Kitaoka.

• • ••• ••• Treasurer

Roy A. Ikawa . . .Immediate Past President . . .Headquarters Chapter

Seiji Nomura . . Hirotoshi Yamamoto Thomas H. Fund •• Shirai. Haruto Soma Herbert W. Yamamoto. Robert Y. Oda. . . Toshio Karu tan • . Fred H. Yamashige. Masao Koga Hideo Kon •.•••

• Medi cs Chapter "A" Chapt er

• • . • "B" Chapter · . • . "C" Chapter • • • • "D" Chapter .Rural Oahu Chapter • . • Kauai Cha pter · •.• Malli Chapter • •• Hawaii Chapter Executive Secretary

CLUB MOrrO "For C011til1Uitlg Service"

EDITORIAL This is a renaissance of the Puka Puka Pa­

rade. We of the new staff are determined to keep it alive, and with a little "assist" from you readers by way of calling the Club 100 of­fice or any of the staff members whenever you have any news item of interest to the general membership, we know w!:: cannot fail. We here­by solicit your .. kokua".

Because many requests have been made of uur new prexy for a copy of his acceptance s eech which he delivered at our annual instal­lation luau, and because we fe!::l that his mes­sag!:: is an appropriate one for the first issue of thtl "new" Puka Puka Parade, we present here an !::xcerpt frum Sparky's speech, delivered on the night of July ~ 5, 1953 . We regret that due to limitation of space we are unable to present the tlntire text. The !::xcerpt follows:

Pal Puka Puka Parad<

"In looking over the roster of neWly ele; Thul officers, I find that your President Is from Do~ 's Chapter, your 1st Vice President is from DOl !iVI

Chapter, and your 2nd Vice PreSident is frOIl e tl Dog Chapter; even your master of ceremonie: nt here tonight is from Dog Chapter. I do ho~ tha by electing these men, of your own free Vlill ane ly c hoi c e, you did not intend, symbolically 0) inti otherwise, to send Club 100 to the Doghouse. rbi!

"Be what it may, in behalf of the newll elected and duly installed Officers, I Wish te thank you and commend you on your wise use o· the secret ballot -- I mean, of course, thuseo: you who did not vote for us .

"As your new preSident, I fed it a duty or my part at this time to extend my sincerest congratulations to those who are being honoree here tonight, and to extend an especially warrr welcome to visiting members of the 442nd Vet­erans Club, the best outfit on the face of thi~ earth, second only to one -- I need not say which ... "

"If this celebration of the 11th anniversarl of the formation of the 100th Infantry Battalion tar, is to mean anything, it should serve to remind 're us of our memorial members who cannot phy­Sically be with us here tonight, and of the su­preme sacrifice which they made for us, the living. It should serve to make us sulemnly re­solve in their memory to carryon the work which they so eradicably advanced -- to make Hawaii and the United States, of which we are an integral part, a better place in which to live. Through their sacrifice they built a firm and unshakable foundation upon which we now so proudly stand. But we must remember that we cannot forever revel in the glories of our past. We must be mindful of the oft-painful fact that people do forget, and rapidly su.

"To ensure that our brave memorial mem­bers did not die in vain, we here on our eleventh anniversary must resulve to build upon that un- HIGI shakable foundation which they helped to build, and edify upon it a super structure so unique and t-­

beautiful, yet so much in harmony with our American environment and traditions, that onte again the eyes of the whole world will be fo­cused upon a handful of Americans carving an K indelible niche in the annals uf American his- 'tl. tory This I believe we can do, if we faith ­full; follow 'and obser~e our club's motto: "For Continuing Service." In behalf of the. newly elected officers I ask all of you here torught to ' " , " help us to build that Superstructure. Pk"

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eL~ Thumbs Form Active Group om "Boy this is right onl I think I'm going to

1n this' active club," so remarked a member h~ made the r ounds at the Club 100 Green

,Jmbs plant sale in December.

At monthly scheduled meetings members of ': group, interested in pl.ant propagation, have n absorbing lllformahon about plant llf~, pagation methods, etc. Henry Nakasont s edicS) classes on grafting and air layering rt received ..... ith plenty of enthusiasm. Bill , Mrs. Ted Hirayama and T om Nosse ..... ert

dged to bt the best grafters and awarded i es for their s kill.

Newly elected offic"rs for tht 1954 calenc\ar ar are: Ernes t Enomoto (B), president; Mah ­

Yoshimura, vice president; Francts Oka ­secretary; Tom Nosse, treasurer; and Uchida and Fumi Taniyama, director s .

utgoing offi cer s of the Green Thumbs '.litr e : 5id~nt, Mits Fukuda; viCt pr esident, Bill

Of secretary, Shinya Namiki; treasurer, Don asaki; directors, Etsu Sekiya and Naoji Ya­

!I1ata,

5 Field excurslOns, fJes con rol, fe rtilization I;~d other related plant cultivation s ubjects are ~~oe presented at subsequent mettings. Orch~d c:. .,agation is slated later on afttr the baslc

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GOLF CLUB ELECTS OFFICERS Club lOa's ever active golf c lub has e lected

the follo ..... ing officers to lead it this year : Ho ­ward Hiroki, pr eSident ; Takashi Kitaoka, vice ­pr esident; Gordon Kadowaki, secretary; Ronald Mi ..... a, treasurer, and Akira Hashimoto, tourna­ment chair man.

From Able Chapter's Corner Able Company memb"rs greet the retur n of

our Puka Puka Parade with wide open arms . During t he long time our c lub organ was AWOL many developments took place within our bounds so to double and catch up, here' s a few ne ..... s bits .

Company "A" is proud of its blood bank do ­nors. The quota busting men who contrib.Ite al ­..... ays make it a point to re-fill their systems with invigor ating fluids after their appOintments by visiting Seian HOkama's Ne ..... Emma Cafe .

Just in case you didn 't kno ..... , Able Chapter is presently led by the following officers: Hiro Yamamoto, preSident; Torao Mori, vice-presi ­dent; Kiyoshi Kami, s"cretary; and Paul Shirai, treasurer.

Yutaka Inouye has assumed the chairmanship of Able Challter ' s Mutual Assistance Commit­t<=e . He can be counted on to do a good job as always.

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Named the Out standing Man of 1953 by the Kailua Junior Chamber of Commerce and for which he was awarded the distinguished service award plaque, was Conrad T sukayama.

We are proud of the T er uya brother s' suc ­cess in operating the Times Super Market. The Times Super Marketwas recently enlarged, and its growth s ince its inception in 1947, has been phenomenal. The Teruya brothers ventured into the grocer y business in memory of their broth ­er, Herman of Dog Co., whose ambition was to have a try at the grocery business.

Go: Christmas holidays. He was abl8 to renew "D quain,tances with many of his friends at th~ ;~i Bill Y.ear s Eve dance at the clubhouse. He is still "A s mgle. "B

We receiv8d word that Dr. and Mrs. Harr' "D Hirasuna (B Co.) will be back soon. Harry ha: Hq graduated from the Northwestern Dental Col: ' "e lege. They have tw o sons, Bobbie and SteVie Hq

Versatile "Paia" Masao Uyt::hara has pass ?A the real estate salesmanship exams and is n: "B affiliated with Hiro Yamamoto.

Word has reached us .that Major Richard Speaking of vt::rsatility, our prexy, Spa rl Hamasaki is doing mighty fine in northern Ja - Matsunaga, Just welcomed his third child : "an. We understand "Hama" is establishing girl, Diane Yukie, on January 20. ' quite a reputation as a hot shot golfer and a And T ak T ak Yamane is so busy tangli~ capable winter sports artist . himself in diapers and formulas for his HUt.

Allan Ohata, who is studying <:i8ctronics at girl that he mak8s himself scarce at the club Milwaukee, Wisconsin was home during the hOUS8 r=~~~~~=-~~~-=~~~~~2---------------------~. -

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rexy' ftball Series Opens Soon hird" Club 100's 12-inch soft-ball series will be-

'0 on February 14, Kazuso Yoshioka, cha'ir­of the Atnletic Committee, has announced.

who think they can still wield a hefty club or at ti ield a fast "grass-cutter" are urged to turn

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