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February 28, 2018 4:14 pm
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In 2018, this exhibit is planned to be shown around the State of Hawaii jointly by the Nisei Veterans Legacy (NVL) and the Consulate General of Japan in Honolulu as part of the 150th anniversary celebration of initial Japanese immigration to Hawaii. The immigrants who arrived in 1868 to Hawaii were called "gannenmono" because they arrived in the first year, or gannen, of the Meiji era. The first venue will be at the Honolulu Festival being held in March (exhibit showing on Mar 10 and 11 from 1000 am - 300 pm at the Hawaii Convention Center).
March 1, 2018 9:48 pm
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Reception at Hamilton Library at the University of Hawaii at Manoa Volunteers and friends of the Sons and Daughters of the 442nd RCT: The Archives and Manuscripts Department of Hamilton Library invites us to this event to celebrate the ongoing S&D volunteer efforts digitizing documents from the 442nd Veterans Club... View Article
February 27, 2018 7:23 pm
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March 16, 2018 4:20 pm
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Dedication of A Memorial Monument Inspired by the 442nd RCT Contributed by S&D member Laura Hirayama On March 16¸ 2018 the Sons & Daughters of the 442nd RCT held a ceremony at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl (Oahu) to dedicate a memorial monument for their fathers,... View Article
April 8, 2018 12:17 pm
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The 100th Infantry Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team/Military Intelligence Service/1399th Eng Construction Battalion Veterans & the Friends & Family of Nisei Veterans (FFNV) Las Vegas Mini-Reunion 2018 This year’s annual reunion hosted by the Friends & Family of Nisei Veterans (FFNV) will be held at the California Hotel & Casino in... View Article
May 5, 2018 11:13 am
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S&D members and Friends, There will be a free screening of a documentary by NHK (national broadcasting org in Japan) on Oahu at the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii (JCCH). Details summarized below and included in the pdf document that follows. NHK WORLD-JAPAN Cordially Invites You to a screening of... View Article
May 8, 2018 4:57 pm
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Thank you from the 442nd Regimental Combat Team 75th Anniversary Banquet planning committee Contributed by S&D member Mae Isonaga (and 442nd Legacy Center director) Mahalo to the Sons and Daughters of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team (S&D) for helping make the 442nd RCT’s 75th Anniversary Banquet, “Remembering – With Pride... View Article
May 9, 2018 4:48 pm
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Since August of last year, a dedicated group of Sons & Daughters members have been giving their time and effort each week for a volunteer project at Hamilton Library of the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
May 8, 2018 5:43 pm
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The Aloha Luncheon for Admiral Harry B. Harris, Jr. – “A Hero for our time” Contributed by S&D member Gail Nishimura On April 21, 2018 we along with 200 community members were able to extend our Aloha to Admiral Harry B. Harris, Jr. and his wife Bruni Bradley. A luncheon... View Article
May 5, 2019 12:00 am
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May 9, 2018 5:32 pm
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Helping People Interested in 442nd RCT Veterans through our S&D website Contributed by S&D Secretary Juanita Wright Allen Our S&D website is located at 442sd.org. Not only does it have a wealth of information for members and the general public, everything from our activities to a full roster of 442nd... View Article
May 28, 2018 2:49 pm
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To All 442nd Veterans, Families and Friends On June 25, 2018, the California State Senate will be passing a resolution honoring the 75th anniversary of the formation of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. The Go For Broke National Education Center wishes to extend an invitation to our veterans, families and... View Article
September 9, 2018 3:34 pm
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November 5, 2018 4:10 pm
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January 27, 2019 9:46 pm
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442nd Regimental Combat Team 76th Anniversary Luncheon March 16, 2019 ~ Saturday Hale Ikena, Fort Shafter, Honolulu *10:30 AM – Veterans Group Photograph 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM 100th/442nd/MIS/1399th Nisei Veterans, Wives and Widows will be Guests; No charge • All Others $37.00 • Deadline to submit payment & registration... View Article
March 30, 2019 3:07 pm
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Friends, family and the community celebrated the life of Mr. Ted Tsukiyama on March 23, 2019. He was born in Honolulu on December 13, 1920, then went with his mother and sister to his mother's home of Kagawa, Japan at the age of 4 or 5, returning to Kaimuki about a year later.
May 9, 2019 7:21 am
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A new app that shows a virtual tour of Fort DeRussy is available in the Apple App Store. Designed by LCDR Bradshaw, the app shows various landmarks within Fort DeRussy in Waikiki, including the Brothers in Valor Memorial.
June 4, 2019 8:55 pm
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La Légion d’honneur medal conferment ceremony by the French government for six American Japanese veterans of World War II on June 1, 2019 was trés magnifique! The audience, Governor David Ige, Mrs. Dawn Amano-Ige, both, whose fathers served with the 100th Infantry Battalion, many members of the Consular Corps of... View Article
September 24, 2019 4:39 pm
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September 24, 2019 9:25 pm
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John Egelhof sent in a letter written by his father, PFC Joe Egelhof, while recovering from frozen feet in a field hospital during the Battle of the Bulge. PFC Egelhof was a BAR rifleman and paratrooper with Co. D, 517th Parachute Infantry Regimental Combat Team. In it, he speaks highly... View Article
October 28, 2019 7:14 pm
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Please join us for our annual Christmas party on Saturday, December 7 at 11am, at the 100th Battalion Clubhouse, 520 Kamoku Street in Honolulu. Parking is available at Ala Wai School. Adults – $20.00 Children Ages 4-11 – $10.00 ALL 100TH/442ND/MIS/1399 VETERANS, WIVES AND WIDOWS – FREE LOTS OF ONOLICIOUS... View Article
January 5, 2020 12:05 pm
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As we bid farewell to 2019 and look to what lies ahead in 2020, we’d like to take a moment to look back at what we accomplished in the past year. In the Spring, the Sons & Daughters of the 442nd awarded our first-ever Okaga Sama De Award to Army... View Article
February 5, 2020 9:09 pm
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Aloha!! Everyone, Yes, we are having another George Company and Friends Reunion for 2020. We will be having a luncheon buffet at the HAPPA RESTAURANT in Gardena, California (1641 W Redondo Beach Blvd #8, Gardena, CA 90247 )…adjacent to the New Gardena Hotel. Our luncheon will start at 11:00AM. The... View Article
February 5, 2020 9:43 pm
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Several months ago, a young man named Matteo Mengoni reached out to our organization with a fascinating photo and story. Matteo is a student at the University of Florence, Italy, and is from Mantignano-Ugnano, at the confluence of the rivers Arno and Greve.
February 27, 2020 10:15 pm
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The 442nd Regimental Combat Team Annual Banquet has been rescheduled once again to Saturday, March 26, 2022. It was originally planned for three different dates in 2021. When Saturday, 26 March 2022 Time 10:00am-1:00pm Where Hale Ikena, Building... View Article
March 17, 2020 10:21 pm
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As is the case with most public gatherings at the moment, several Nisei-related events are cancelled or postponed. Among them: Our monthly meetings have gone virtual but remain on the first Thursday of each month at 6:30pm HST. All current members will receive an email link a few days before... View Article
November 28, 2020 12:47 pm
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From time to time, we receive photos with unknown soldiers in them. If you recognize any of these people, please let us know and we can attach the photos with their bios.
January 1, 2021 10:11 pm
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February 28, 2021 10:13 pm
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From time to time we receive submissions of photos from members and other people interested in the history of the 442nd. This page features some of those photos.
May 6, 2021 9:52 pm
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June 14, 2021 7:26 pm
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December 3, 2021 5:13 pm
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On October 17th, 2021, the people of Bruyères, France held a celebration to honor the soldiers of the 100th/442nd who liberated their town from German occupation 77 years ago. Additionally, we are celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Bruyères and Honolulu sister city relationship. Merci à Josiane and Bernard Hans, who... View Article
June 15, 2022 4:35 pm
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Some images from the 2022 memorial day ceremony in Honolulu honoring our veterans.
August 26, 2022 10:00 pm
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The 79th Anniversary Banquet was held at Hale `Ikena at Fort Shafter on Saturday, March 26, 2022 after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. There were 102 guests in attendance, including 442nd veterans Harold Afuso (H Co) and wife Patsy, Roy Fujii (522 B Bty), Royce Higa (522... View Article
August 29, 2022 10:16 pm
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Mornings are not emotion-choked events for me, but today was different. It began as usual, chowing down on breakfast while clicking away at the spam that piled into my email inbox overnight — delete, delete, delete.
Suddenly my finger paused and asked me to look again. An email to the Sons & Daughters of the 442nd RCT was in my spam inbox. Something about the sender’s address and the subject line tripped a breaker in my head.
So I paused and looked again, and decided this was not spam. It told a short story and invited me to click on a link to view a video.