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But there Is a deference, andthafcHfferende is (?om-membrated In a neiw book titl-さcj "GひF9r Broke" That, as we alJ know, was the hiottひof the Combat TeamにThetJbok is largely the product of Chester Tanaka,himseけa combat veteranaひd a book andmagsi-zine designer who lives;and works in the San Francisco Bay area. Hewrot&and edited the manuscript, designed and produced the book, supervised the printing. But he was assisted by an editorial board and what he describes as "scores of veterans who donated or shared their ph6to-graphs snd si bum collections, and who gave so freely of themselves intheoraI history and personal interviews."
What it was that made the difference is explained eloquently in the dedication by Capt. George Akにthe regimental chaplain. He writes in part of those who gave their lives:
"We pay homage to those who made the numbers '100 and 442' meaningfuに马nd sacred with their lives. We are inspired once again by their battle cry for Hfe, 'Go for Broke!' And they achieved thjs in a time of utter uncertainty, 什ustration and degradation. Through this dark chaos, each of them took the giant step forward and upward, giving new meaning to liberty, justice, and human rights. And in the course of their giving and serving, they ,d.before they could see and taste the fruits of their sacrけicial labors. They:were mostly young men who had their futures before them. They were ordinary youths wanting to live, but they became 'extraordihary, as they dared to chose to come forth from the concentration camps to fight for the land that had incarcted them smd their families. And they became heroes because they dared to take the first step to become •equals' wけh others in American society. They stood apart and were not dismayed or dissuaded by forces that weighed against them ,. •
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VOL, 46 - 68 ;::せ;:::iぉ::ふ::も:::勞:《:ほ::ぉ;织袋圾S賴:S頃せSS游も::ぉ;:;圾ぉ:?錄翁Si;Sぉ圾圾:瑪;^^ TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER14,1982 TORONTO, 0NT.
California Nikkei keep cuけure alive
LOS ANGELES — A young yukatacほd on do dancer in the recenf Nisei Week Street Ondo, in Los Ange,es, U川e Tokyo keeps a close watch on the feet of an older dancer in front of her to make sure she,s doing the right steps. In al,, more than 500 persons took to the LA. Japanese* town streets to take part in Uie fina, event of the Nikkei COmunity festival.
Three Japanese training ships visit Vancouver
VANCOUVER. — During the last week ofJune, Vancouver played host to three Japanese training vessels and theけrespective officers and crew.
The first ships to arrive were the/(a〖o〃' and /\sagr"/770, on June 25th, under the command of Rear-Admiral Tanabe and on a training mission for Japan's Department of Na. tional Defense.
The Se/tyn Ma厂ひ,a Jap a in Ministry of Transport ship under the command of Captain Kasuka, docked two days later. Both arrivals were met wはh an official welcome by the丄C.C.A. and various other dignitaries, and bothvismng parties returned courtesies by hosting "off.shore,, recep-tions during their stay.
The visけing crew members amdc3dets were entertained wけh judo and kendo competitions, as w el卜as a softball tournament boasting the Japanese Cadets against the Vancouver Japanese Softball League Representatives (a combined team of the New Tokyo Gift Shop and Century Motors). Captain Kasuka presented the丄C.C.A. with a "hakata ningyo,, in appreciation for the hospitalはy shown the visけors.
Police charge two in undercover bust
TORONTO — A 29. year-old Toronto woman is charged wけh selling four grams of heroin worth $8,800 to an undercover polにemam over 3 period off our months.
As part of the investigation, police searched a home on Baldwin Street and found drug.traffにking paraphernalia.
Marilyn Ikeda of Baldwin Street is charged wけh four counts of selling heroin, and John Frank Sherman, 29, of Dovercourt Rd., is charged with possession of heroin.
Tonari Gumi gets $2,000 from Van. JCCA
VANCOUVER. — The Tonari Gumi was the recent recipient of a $2,0Q0 gift from the Vancouver JCCA as a gesture of ap-precほtion to members of the board, $taff, and vo卜 unieers of thegfoup.
The Tonari Gumi pro-services for senior M.C, c itほens and newly, arrived immigrants. The group has been a driving force behind the popular Powell Street Festival.
p Caljfomia legislature passes compensation biU for Nis6i
SACRAMゅTO — The Cali. fornia legislature approved a bnにAug.12 whichenUt,es Japanese Americans fired from their state jobs during World War II to as much as
$5,000 in co巾pensation. AssemWy-man Patrick John* ston' s AB 2710 was approved 24 • 4 by the State Senate and was scheduled to go to Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr, for
signing.
The Stockton Democrat' s bill would compensate 314 Japanese American state employees fired en masse from their jobs because of
their ancestry in1942 by paying them a$5,000 sett leirtent overafour-year period.
"I am very pleased by the passage of the bm,,' Johnston said following the vote.