Vol. IV N •. 7 HONOLULU, KAWAU December, 1949

ABLE co. HISTORY REPLETE WITH ACTION

"All right men. Get ready to go aboard:" barked Captain Phl1lip Peck, commander of Co. A, Hawa11an Provisional Battalion on June 5, 1942. The one hundred and forty men lUlder his command hast l1y adjusted their tlill field packs, marched orderly up the pngway of uSAT ),Iaui and embarked on a trip ICroSS the Pacific with the rest of their battalion comrade~.

Capt . Peck's men who comprised the ori­ginal Company "A" were personne 1 drawn from cOllpanies "A" and "R" of 298th Infantry Re­giJlant when the Provisional llattalion was rormed.

During the Camp .I4cvoy and Shelby train­Ing days the Able men gritted their teeth

, and tightened their belts while keeping stride with the high standard of efficiency I!lntained by the other companies of the lOOth. To Francis Nakamura, the top kick, .nt the pleasant task of making out the KP roster, the guard duty line-up, the latrine details, the issuing of sick call slips for "erything from chigger bites to appendici­tis, the granting of pri vllel':ed passes to ,Isit nearby cities , and, serving as buffer between the officers and enlisted men when­ner "Wrone dope" poked its nose.

Captain !'eek was followed in comroand by Captain Christopher who relinquished the reins to (;aptain Arnold as the outfit headed ror o,erseas duty.

Ofhen the Jerries opened fire with their as's a~d burp guns on the memorable mornine or :oeptet.ber ~9 , 1943, Able Co~pnny was com­r.1tted into aotion. Subsequent actions at

CHRISTMAS PARTY l~luhia will be the scene of a gala

Christmas party according to plans announced by Thomas Nohara, chairman of the event .

The spacious recreation hall at ~'ort De Russey will be converted On the evening of Saturday, December 17th, into a wholesome atmosphere where members and their families can share the Yule spirit with each other.

While previous year-end part ies have been designed to cater to adults solely, this year's affair will be open to children and other guests as well. "Vie notice the increase in number of kids, and we want them to have a grand time", Nohara said.

An entertaining program including the arrival of Santa Claus, exchanging of gifts, group singing, dancing, games of various sorts with fine prizes to go to the winners and an assortment of appropriate refreshments will be dished out throughout the evening.

Donald Nagasaki, 'fakeo Daido, Saburo lshitani, !l.isuke Arakaki, Rinky Nakagawa , and Charles Shimahara are working as a team to arrange for the different phases of the party.

Each one attending the event is re­quested to bring along a gift costing !Ilt more than ~5 cents for the grab bag.

Alife and the fl·rst Gastle 11111 saW the Able men right in the midst of things. While actine as battalion reserve before the la~t volturno crossing the company was subjected to its first taste of bombing at which time casualty was heavy .

and

Prior to the Goli battle companies "E" "A" were reorganized undar the single

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tddrYud MERRY CHRISTMAS

The staff of the Puka Puka Parade ex­tends to all the members of the Club 100 Christmas greetings. To the officers and directors of the club, we wish a successful new year in the many projects that are con­templated.

It is especially fitting at this time to extend our appreciation to Fumi Taniyama, the man who prints the Puka Puka Parade; to Jimmy Akamine, for sound technical advice; to Etsuro Sekiya, for the many excellent photo­graphs which were used in the paper; and to Mrs. Vivian Tomoyasu, for the excellent typ­iog job . To the many advertisers, we can only say that they have provided the finan­cial assistance necessary for the production of the paper, and we urge all members of the club to patronize our advertisers.

To Jimmy Maeda and other contributors, we say mahalo, and hope that the new year will add a few more contributors.

HAWAII CHAPTER PRESIDENT'S CREETINCS

During the year 1949 , we were befuddled with the 179-days shipping strike, increas­ing unemployment, high prices, Communism, regular and speCial sessions of our legisla­ture, statehood, and other matters; but now we are closing another year in our life and ready to celebrate the Yuletide season. For many of us, it will be our fourth Christmas after cladding civies in place of the khaki and olive drabs. We will again celebrate the Yuletide season, warmly, with our grow­ing children, wives, girl friends, families and friends.

On behalf of the officers and members of the Hawaii Chapter, I wish to extend a !JERRY CHP.ISTl:AS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR to all members, families and friends of the Club 100th on Oahu. Kauai. !.!aui and elsewhere.

Let us look forward to another success­ful year with the fast growing tree of the Club 100th.

Yasuo Iwasaki, President Haweii Chapter.

VIP FROM HONOWLU. Les Deacon, honor­ary member, vacationed in the Romantic Cof­feeland of Kona--at Kone!on. To the disap­pointment of the reception cOMmittee Mr Deacon arrived at the airport with his'rain~ coat.

Col. Kendall Fielder, another honorary member, came to the Big ISland on military business during the month .

12- 1-44.

12- 7-44. 12-15-44. 12-18-44.

12-20-44.

12-25-44. 12-28-44. 12-31-44.

No change in position. Still in southern France. Baker subjected to 88 fire . Two PW's captured by Baker. Alert. J.iotorboat heard off shore. German officer captured SlfiJr.ming in herb or vicinity of Menton. Company C cook mobbed by ene~ patrol and nearly taken prisoner. Nice Christmas turkey dinner. French PW captured on a sailboat. Held posit ions. Usual fire mis­sions .

Marriages and Births

To ~Ir. and !.:rs. lsaac Akinaka; /.;r. and MfR. Tokuichi Hayashi.

Uaughters:

To lilr. and Mrs. Richard T. 'fakahashi; iIlr. and !drS. llasanobu Asato.

DID YOU KNOW: 1. That according to best available recorda

578 men served in Company A from start to finish during the last war.

2. That approximately 3~. of Able men were awarded Purple Hearts.

3. That Sadao Munemori, only p,;rA to receive a Congressional Medal was an enlisted man from "A".

4. That remains of 46 Able KIA's are in­terred in the Pacific National Cemetery.

5. That the remains of pfc' s Chieto Nishi­tani, 'roshio I~iura and Hideo Sh1rtabukuro were sent to Japan and interred there.

6. That the remains of S/Sgt. ltsUlllU Sesa­oka, Pfc. Toshio Sasano and Pfc. Jiro Otsuka have not been recovered.

7. That J arne s /.:aeda from Hilo always man­age s to be 1n town whenever there is a banquet.

8. That Able trip

outside island chapters ru.e adYised softballers not to make a return

because they eat too much.

9. That Mits Fukuda has the most bllJllbino8

(3) in Able Chapter.

10. That J8/r.es (Big Head) llatsuda b8lidea being an airplane pilot is acelaill8d ea the biggest chowhound in ";'".

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Ableites In Far Away Places falter Gore: Working in San l"rancisco. iiiCbolaB Nakabayaahi: Student at Utah State

Agricul turnl College. • esato Harada: Law student at University of

Wisconsin. HtlUO Kobayashi : Photography student in

XUwaukee. 81deo (Mare! Toyame.: On the job watch

repair trainee in Milwaukee. Ben IUyake: Employed in Chicago postoffice. lIuaru Suehiro: Studying plastic work in

Chicago. Toeblo (Gabby! Takemoto: Working and attend­

ing art school in Chicago. Taketoshi Yamauchi: Learning intricacies of

radiO and teleVision in Chicago. Abraham Alapai: Engaged in roofing business

at Ft. Akinson, Wisconsin. Wallece His8Dloto: Attending Bradley Watch-

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Hilo, single. Mac Towata: Mutual Telephone Co., l\.ona

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Able Round-Up Chikami (Chicken) Hirayama, Able prexy,

saw service with Easy Co. and later was transferred to "A". l4B.rried, "Chick" spends his working days at Honolulu Sash and Door Compeny as a wood butcher. Niente bambino.

One of the most eligible bachelors in Able is vice-president Koichi Fukuda. Pos­sessor of a 1949 Ford sedan and a permanent position at Hickam Field, he'll make a swell in-law for some of you with sleek sisters.

Secretary for "A" is enother eliglble-­Donald Nagasaki. "Blue" makes the bowling alleys his hangout when he is not on the Big Island studying over the prospects.

Treasurer Kunio FUjimoto is the proud papa of e handsome laddie. He spends con­siderabl~ tUr.e in taking care his hothouse, besides selling auto parts allover Oahu. Well tnown expert on foot bell scores.

Persistent rumors circulate that Paul Shirai ~ get hitched soon. Paulie devotes his spare ti~e on the membership end dues commi ttee.

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GOLF BITS ,01 Bob Kondo won the Club 100 NO'fer:ber Ae ~l

tournament with a 88-19-69. Hideo Uchld !j\!1 fired a 81-12-69, but being e previous win ~f:1 ner, Kondo was awarded the trophy. I II

Deadlocked for second were' u __ 1m ,It , A4A 81 III

80-10-70; Francis Kamikawa, 88-18-70' Stan ;,1 ley Imamura, 81-11-70; end Francis Takemoto 92-12-70. ~:

Eddie Morikrur.i was low gross with 74 Ed Yoshimasu high net with 88.

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II Warren Iwai copped a gobbler for hi , \

dinner table by annexing top honors in ' turkey tournament held at Schofield Cours,' il Jim Lovell was awarded a chicken end Fran I: !:;~ Kwr.ikawa a duck for the ir effort s for ~h; , day. fAn

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IIAWAII CII~'7EIl NEWS The 100th Bn. I.temorial Baseba.i.l League

>t Hilo will open its 3rd season on january L5th at the Hoolulu Perk. Five teams: Wai­lkea Pirates, de tend ing champions, Iepeekeos, )laa8, Lincoln Wreckers and islanders, will >lay for the 1950 championship.

Yoshio Yanagswa, past president of the lawaii Chapter, was re-elected for the 2nd :ime to serve as president ot the league. )thers elected to serve as officers and di­rectors were: 1st vice-presiden~, Yasuo [wasaki; 2nd vice-president, Joe Yamauchi; ,ecretsry, James S. Maeda; sssistant secre­tary, Andrew Okubo; treasuret; Sidney Hamada; !uditors, ·J.·arush ~wnamoto and Yukio Tanigu­:hi; and directors, Shizuto Kiyosaki, Tom Jkino, J.~. Hirano, ~obuo Maruyama, Dr. ;harles Ota, K.enzo Hamamoto, Kuma Higash1ha­ra, Dr. Jack uta, Edward Harada and Dr. Ro­bert Miyamoto.

April 15th and 16th have been selected tentatively as the dates tor tlll inter-island AJA baseball tournament in Hilo. The lOOth Bn. ~emorial Baseball League will be host to the !Jaui, Oahu and Kauai teams.

Dr. Jack Y. Ota, optometrist, although still a bachelor,is a member of the Waiakea­kai P.T.A.

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mous with poker (friendly type-notbi1l8 III­volved).

Hideo Sato, past president, 18 c<>mpq representative to the mutual assistance c~ mittee . "Old lJan", it 18 claimed, baa IbM strands of his precious hair wbile IIOrklllC industriously on club activities.

A former good athlete, Fw:d Tanl),_ has been placed in charge of sports tor t~ year. Fumi is the gent who runs off tbel'llb Puka Parade month atter month Wltbout !I\J complaint.

One ot the no I aie st personsl! t lee II Able is Tekeo 1ge. This gent, who l'IIported. ly rides his mule from Waipahu into town for any club event, has been placed on the pro­gram committee.

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!Zeta, Tolruo •••••.•••••••••••••••••••••••• BS Ebata Tetsu ....................... SS (Post)

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B8Jll8seki, Richard ..................... BS, SS Ie' Hanashlro, Seltoku ........................ BS

o o· Hayashi, Donald .................... SS (Post) Hayashi, Shlzuya •••• • •• • •••••••••••• • •••• DSC

e Jfeyemoto, Hlromu •••••••••• • •.•••• • ••• • •••• BS Blga, Soko •.••••••••••••••••••••• • •••••••• DC

~ _ Blgashioka, George •••• • ••••••••••••• • ••• • • BS Hlgashlyama, William ••••• • •••••••••••••• • • SS Hlklde, Sadao ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• BS Blrayama, Chlkaml. ........................ DC Borlno, Klyosh1. •••••••••••••••••••••••••• BS !here, Kazuo ........ . .............. SS (Post) Igswa, Kalchl ............................. DC Ietsuru, Aklra ...................... BS, OLC Iadomoto, !.lasaru •••••••••••••••••••••••••• BS laml, Kiyosh1. •••••••••••••• • ••••••••••••• BS lamikewa, Harry ........................... DC hechl, l!ltsuo ........................... BS lawamoto, l4asaak1. ........................ BS lawamoto, Haruo ••••••••••• • •••••••• SS (Post) ley, Le.ls ......................... SS (Post) Ilyonura, Harry ........................... BS Iobeahl, Klyom1. •••••••••••••••••••••••••• SS Ioda, K1ich1. •••••••••••••••• DSC, (Post), DC Iohaye, Te rry ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• BS IueUIloto, Ted ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• SS rnsunokl, Takash1. •••••••••••••••••••• SS, BS rnteke, !.!asato .•••••••••••••••••••••• BS, OLC Kaeda, Selchl J ........................... BS laruo, Paulo •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• SS

_ Iuumoto, Inlng •••••••••••••••••••••••••• SS Kataumoto, Walter ......................... BS ~yabe, Charles .................... SS (Post)

.~~~~aH~:t· ......................... BS Iorl 'I'orao ............................ SS lin' ........................... BS DC Ilremorl, Sadao •••••.••••••••••••••••••• : .CM .,"akaml, TOshlo ................... DC (Post) "'8e, I4asato lake •••••••••••••••••••••••••••• DSC lake saki, RObert 11. ....................... DSC 1_ e~lma, Edwin •••••••••••••••••••••••••• BS .,ac., David n_ •••••••.•••••••••••• SS, OLC, BS

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ROSTER· CO. "A" DECEASED Aklmoto, Victor ••••••••••••••••••••••• • • Pvt. Arakawa, Harold ••••••• • ••••••••••••••••• Ptc ~shikawa, Shigeo •••• • ••••••••• •• •••••••• Pvt: D hinen , Onso ............................ Pvt. ~ , Haruo .............................. Ptc. Fuata , Tetsu·· .. • .................... 2nd Lt. F J iye:ma, Takeo ......................... Ptc.

ukuhara, lierbert .... . .................. Pvt Funai, Stanley • • ••••••••••••••••••••••• • Ptc: Furukawa, Tatsumi ....................... Pvt. Hayakawa, Harry ................ . ........ Ptc Hayashi, Donald ••••••••••••••••••••••• S/ Sgt · Higa, Wilson ............................ Sgt: Higa, Yelko ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Ptc. Hikichl, Harry •••••••••• • • • ••••••••••••• Pvt. Hosoda, EarL ........................... Pvt. Ichllnura, Kanichi ••••••••••••••••••••••• Pvt. Ihara, Kazuo ...... . .... . ................ Pvt. Inouye , Masato ••••••••• • •••••• • • • ••••••• Ptc. Kanada, James .......... . .. .. ........ . ... PTt . Kawamoto, Haruo ......................... Pte. Kawata, Albert .......................... Pvt. Kaya, Stephen . . ......................... Pvt. Key, Lewis ........................... 2nd Lt. Kiyabu, Ronald .......................... Sgt. Koda, lI.11ch1. .......................... • Ptc. Kubo, Yoshlo ............................ Ptc. Kuraoka, Jerry .......................... Cpl. l4ashlta, Masa ........................... Pvt. Masumura, Lawrence •••••••••••••••••••••• Sgt • Matsukawa, Hlroshl. ..................... Pte. Matsunaga, Kaname ....................... Pvt. Mlto, Kazuo ........................... .. Ptc. Miura, Toshlo ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Pvt. Miyabe, Charles ......................... Sgt. Miyoko, J.:ltsuru ....................... T/Sgt. A:orlguchl, Rokuro - ...................... Ptc • Morlhara, Arthur •••••••••••••••••••••••• Ptc. Morlsaki, Harold ........................ Pfc.

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Shigaki, Do ............................... B~ Shlozawa, Roy ............................. B~ Suehlro, Masaru .......................... Ds( Sugasawara, George •••••••••••••••••••••••• B~ Suyama, George •• •• •••• •• ••• • •• • ••••• • ••••• B~ Takahashi, Takeo .......................... & Takel, Haruo •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• o< T81!l8.l'U, Hldeo ............................. B~ Tanaka, Hldeto ............................ B~ Tateishi, Tetsuo ••••••••••••••• • •••••••••• B~ Togo, Shlro .................... . .......... ~ Va~, James ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• S~ Yamaguchi, Shlro •••••••••••••••••••••••••• B1: Yamaka. William .................... BS (Post) Yamakawa, Sueyoshl. ....................... ~ Yamanaga, Thomas •••••••••••••••••• DSC (Postl Yokol, Paul R ............................. ~

LEGEND:

014 ••••••••••••••••••••••• Congresslonal Medal DSC •••••••••••••• Distlnguished Service Cross SS ..... ,' ......................... Silver Star BS ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Bronze Star DC ......................... Dlvislon Citation OLC ......................... Oak Leat Cluster (Post) .......................... Posthwnously Ul ................. . ......... Leglon 01' 1:erit 7

ABLE HISTORY Continued from Poge I banner of "A". 1st Lt. Mitsuyoshi ~Ukuda took over the C.v.·s post and the unit per­formed creditably in the Coli and Radicosa Hill skirmishes. Like men in the other com­panies, Able personnel found out that thir­teen days was too short a time to capture Cassino in view of the number of trench feet cases and only 10% of the company strength available on the line.

Fresh replacements who joined Able pri­or to debarkation for Anzio added new vieor to the outfit. Once past Rome, the most notable engagement saW Able "sharing" honors with Baker in the battle of Belvedere. (Reference: The Yank magazine, September 1, 1944).

Later Captain Fukuda returned to the United States on rotation, whereupon Lt. Harry Schoenberg steered the unit to Arno River. There Capt. Samuel Sakamoto took over the driver's seat and led the troops into France for the battles of Bruyeres and Biffontaine. Capt. Sadami Katahara was Able C.O. in the rescue of the Lost Battalion.

For the final push in Italy Captain Schoenberg again was in command and Able men assaulted brilliantly in bringing about the capitulation of German troops.

Since their return to Rawaii the eligi­ble list in "A" has rapidly dWindled unt 11 today, except for a few so-called "confirmed bachelors", most of the r.lembers have settled down and are doing KP duties under first sergeants of their respective households. The population in Able Chapter is increasine and many vigorous offsprings will soon be strutting their wares in all endeavors in a manner most worthy of their dads.

Stag parties have been S.O.P. with Able

CLUB 100 1710 Fort Street Honolulu, T. H.

DECEASED Continued from Poge 7 1

Moriwaki, George ........................ Pt\ Ilunernori, Sadao ......................... Pre· Murakami, Toshio ...................... S/St}.· • Murashlge, Richard •••••••••••••••••••• S/S~· Nagano, Setsuo .......................... Pvt·r.; Naito, Kaoru ............................ Pte:,.... Nakasaki, Robert ........................ Set. Nishimura, Wilfred ..................... . Nishitani, Ohieto .................... .. Nishitani, Taro ...................... .. Ogomori, Yoshio ....................... .. Okir10to, Richard ••••••••••••••••••••••• Otsuka, Jiro ••••.. " ....... " •• "" ••••••••••• Ozawa f George ............................ . Perras, Francis ...................... 2114 r.t. Sahara, Atsuo ......................... 8/set. Sakamoto, Uich1. ........................ set. Sasano, Toshio ••••••••••••••••••••••••.• l'n. Sasaoka, Itsurnu." •• " •••••••••••••••••• ,';),'SCh Shlgeta, Hideo .......................... Ph. Shikiya, Ted ............................ !'n. Shimabuku, Roy .......................... !'n. Shimabukuro, Hideo ..... . ................ Ph. Shiozawa, Roy ........................... Pn. Sugiyama, Itsuo ......................... Pft. Suyama, Ge orgs .......................... sat. Tahira, George .......................... !'n. 'rake i, Yoshlnobu ........................ !'n. Tamura, Toyosh1. ........................ m. 'l'ezuka, Theodore ........................ Sgt. '1'ogo, Shiro ............................. Sgt. Toma, Yasukichi. ........................ !'n. Toyama, Ri chard ......................... Cpl. Uchima, 'tasuJ1. ......................... Cpl. uemoto, Kazum1. ......................... Sgt. Yamaka, William ......................... !>rt •• Yamamoto, Masaru ........................ Prt. Yamanaga, Thomas ........................ Pte •• Yoshimura, hlinoru ....................... Pre. I

• Postwar decedent - service connected.

1'or these past few years. However, picnlcs and other soc ials have afforded the 1'aJI1l1el of these men to become gradually aCQuainted.

Sec. 562, P. L. '.R. U. S. POSTAGE

, III Honolulu, Hawaii Permit No. 158

Hawai i War Rec:)rd<:! UniverSity of H ~.~Opo3itory p 0 B U~Ull . . ox 18 HonOlulu 10. T • H.