.hnl>s^y, 0csき3hw 31st,198ぁ
THE NEW CANADIAN
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cansUin Nーsー
ed ーn3eHーstopy Form that
The?3as had dゅvised:.M0ー.
ーISQn caョeーo the STSP and
bald:へTheBrltl6h Army can
-The London N,seー appr6a-
cfsd by Momson felt tN^t ーt
dーdn、t matter whetfsr they
were enlisted In the British
thsr p refミred t h, u n If or 3d f
theーr Qwn country, tMjt the
main thーQ。 woujclts W6aュng
the saョe unlfornv嗜ーghting
for the sie cie aュd per-
haps eventually joーnーng the
Canadian A『my •. • One NISI
笑hQW但ntecl to vol uュteerひon-
su〖tedsczckー. He had been
边cc昼ed for the pre,med
CQUrs, at the university of
vve吝fnontaュo, a tremen-
dou切wccompーーshment for a
Nーselー. Suzuk一 advised him to
go to school. *we、=-Qok after
th切fーghtーngfr9ュv he said,
*and ysou can do your bit for
th&Nlselc掛useーn Mo m mother
wayゝ
"The广ondon group fiad a
ぬreat sひnd-offwhenthゅy left
onFebr仁ary12,The3妄ere
sーx of them - Fredスagavva,
George SuzuW, KU3e Yoshー-
da, Ray Takeuchー, George
Obakata and J00 Takashlma
..• Goーnぬthrough the enlist-
ment ョーーー& the Toronto Ex-
hibition grounds to becQme
privates in the cars d 一 win A>-
my W9S a bit of a let-down.:
but they冬03 一n the Canadian
Army. The London group met
the others: Sid sakahash『and
Jョーde from Hamーーtoコ,Ernie
dーkawa, Albert Takーョoto and
mob Hoーta f rom T Qr on to, and
Buck Tatsuro仿uzukー fr9ョ
Brantford.
=0ュa tluーet Sundalyョonv
ーng. Marph 4,1945 a grouでof
twelveレaでanese Canadians
lnuniforョAppeared at Union
Stat 一 on 一 3 T6ror\to and said
ぬひod.bye tothefew frーends
whQズnew aぴo仁t thのlr depar-
ture.
ーニr6nのU Chi da, a graduate
student at the University of
Tosnto, §d her芸nd hur-
ried down to tプのsjation. Theズ
のxでected to see aiぬreat moび
ofのxcitのd peoでーのひut trsre
was no sign ofany Niseーのx.
ceでt for four Yataぴのs, lKotプ,
ers and sisters, ーooldnぬfor-
lorn andでuzzlのd, and not a
soldier in sight.: Fーnaーーy they
were directed to thのoffice of
the Arョyでrovost:.The M.p.
raised himself to alー of hーsひ
feet 4 and asKed th© two girls
how theyひびtaーned Informa-
tion oft r ooでmovements t haft
were m三tatY ?ecrets. roe-
cause 9f theーr foolishness,
suぴmarines itiay attack and
U1eーrfrーenひsjay novercome
needn 、 t worry about your
man. Mo St .11kのーyhe、ーー com^
home With aでretty Chinese
wーfeoュhis a rm., T h e 二 wo
glュs,suーぶsychsmsed,ーeft
hーoffice; there welsnothing
to do butぬQ home.
••Jest as th$y reached the
dでojv4n walks! the twelve
InめansーanAr3yb&tledressー
and, ーーneduでby the waー,B7
cause th々attracted a number
of interested s0eJ:tatofs who
were t17lng toなeel de whether
they werecMne访eor J效で切-
nls6, they were taken to a d?
s erted hallway,: * okay ,bなys,
tj3e to goP the captaーn com.
ョdnded. The soーclーers feーー in
and star ted up the stairs for
had bulkyび但gs访uing over
t hdir backs,a he Iョef covered
プゅavy net an a a rollof heavズ
hand and a s§ 一 I h avers sick
In the other.
"There was nothing Colo?
ful about therm, stooped under
theーr heavy bagぬage, nor did
they 一00k professional as th圾y
stumped up the stairs In their
heavyぴoots,ぴutastプey wav-
ed their ーa,fareyslー,there-
ョaーnlngNー容ーwerefーーーedwーth
pri. The twelve were on their
w£ty to Enぬーamd and ーndー但.:
Inれooでaぬ边s of manuscript
Roy—ーto、s story of the ttlagnー,
fーcentん02 ーss91 whQenーfsted,
and served, anci some150
N i$ei w hIP_en J i sted,SICIt heise
who served overseas, of on,
whoyssklーlゅcl,and those at
S.20, proudly wearing their
^0uthゅa切t - Asian shoulder
patch of actーveserv,ce,caュ
onlybehーntedatーnthlsarti.
cーe of review. Tクーs Wュt6r ha,
never felt so deeでーy and proud
as this, a ft or s6ョany years
have lapsed, of the wo fide rful,
tqtaー two g亂ratーohs a// of
Ja!ianese Canadians.
AーーJapianese Canadians will
beでroud of the St9rytpーdーn
theび00k, $hen pcbiishecl,
,*vs wれnt To war: of Japa-
nesecariacnans\^hQ went to
war必ndvvon the victory I
with dignity a-sc但コa-dins
a mo ng a lー Canadians."
personal Seasons Greetings
Through The New canadian
Beれause advanced age
Tsutaye aind Hanaズo Sato
5305 Victoria Drive,
Vancouver, B.C. V5P 3V^
DEATH IN AN EVACUATION CAMP
Theone who never
y KERru NAOMI SAKAMOTO
whea they rememb^redl^s金ath
for.evミyear after, every.! 6th of
facゅま一ore his w专ering ey…ーds dtlーl.
od, and hts glistening b多under the
light of the kerosene lartip Ksfos
ltswafョ8豕st lifted up」nto gentle
vapou,a:ts final stlrrーnQ. Then they
woiild rれョかョbortheョ86ーv9s on that
night, cramped tl ghtly around t h欲cひt
onきlch he I fivy.
vひーces then, an^a=ow& no thing *0
escape theーr mouth切noreye产Thdy
wdre Stーfflyゃinched,1h6skーntーghで
en Ing兮lttーーy aひrossひleak苦nes iュ
They eat In the diコgy outer x?ー2He
of the sーnQitt llghtth& flーckereddnd
brightened, ahdfーlひkミod如na bright-
ened, andtheQrかy of thewaolーidn
blslink9t covering the 一0w6r portion
0ftheーrbrother、sb6dy seAirhod to
SOAPInto t he 一 r faces as 一 f t>y OS.
rao si 9- There It aettledunt-1 he f 一 a me
of the lamp shoneョoョentaュlv ai its>
brightest, then负galn resettlsTurl-
fーーhchーtlgーy.Thev coul、d ,豕ー,each ot
them, t he grey spread In Q softly ーnto
their CO mでlex 一 on s. In to their圾yesT
and Uiey watcプodプlm through adim
veil.
He was s t III beaut If ul,they thought,
さ3 through thIsgnBy, And usまrTi.
ed to t?ョthen thai the veil lay
delicately uponh!ョnilas 一t tired,
suspended dust haなc^cーeltlyf色len
upon theひーaでk depth of hーs haーr,
along the slo^k upward sーope of hーs
haーf.oーosd lーds, the slender length
of hー" nsd and alー苦foss hーs taut
angles, m0chfーutteュngdfhーsーlpsor
eズeーーd頃sでrinkled uでp articles s 一 Iぐer
andミiーnatod Into the ーーght.
The werecontl置-y waiting for
hlョtoュs, to let all of ーt s 一 ft 一 n to
nothing or back Into jthe neat folds of
the blanket. They recall ed th 6 occa-
sional it,ーnゃbfhーsーesずsth
those folds aュd thought ho豕foreign
hョbeauty semed iait that morsnt-
so stーーl, so retーoent, and so vlnーーke
t,ebrpther they knew.
TheーrしUJI, tall, Hrnひs spanning ーーt7边
ground- 豕avーngーnth,wーnd, was
a 一 waysIn fー h $1 y. honedョotーoョe<er
as he 3toodJsfo〖ゃthれョtalking, his
ーon^ fingers would genまy f 一 ex and
fan. And when hespots, it w接with
that same easeひf expr&sslon, wーt7
Oct any fゅar of striding straight Into
the eyes ofきoiver hews sp^擊
Ing to. He a 一 way敏had t hat !Bngag In g
Japanese 38finer of iKIng aff 一rma*
-on of whatever he had !^ーd. And
they r切meirnb^rdd always dnwweripg
th,t, y613, tプat was so. Theyre5lーed
Jcljー on ーdgsれt the mlーー,ュimびーy man*
oouぐerjn,them ontQ the fーume,nover
onsfきョ9 Into the w罢r, nlBveroi
fallln气away from the beauty of his
bajanced graceL Evelvoneズnewレujー
れnd watched hーョ.
ーy ,aーse her hand fr9ョtier lap to the-
ーaョp, trying to adちst t he f 一 a me so
that it wでukj stopwav6ュng,It was
old and keptf、eなiふu5venーyon
k6rosene. None of them vstnted to
>ee him inさoieぴrii9fflict^erinぬs
when allプisで3tin Qーihlmeredacross
to their faces. They heard once但9ain
the sound 9ftheir;riv§er、s broom
Mcratひhーng at the ice fひ『ming in thの
crevices of tプe walls and saw her
staring at 5e cold piers surround-
ing her Jujj who was dying.
Before he died, his head tilted
itselfひack, h is mouth f el一sーfgプtーy
oでen and out of it说d似rk hollow
oame a strangely un!graciousぬurぬ7
Ing cough, and for that mient
they could not sco,lze hiョ.Th伤y
quietly remembered the silence that
fo 一一 owed. Tru began sponging his
boclズをntlズwith warppiater, as if
It csould still resでotid to her touch,
her fac;e growing hio re express 一 ve
Theyreョeョber6d the ifid of
wateKi9pーashiぇagttーnst the頃lde of
thれiste玄ひucズetでーaひodneart7eひot
a、 being a much too everyday kind
ひ^ sotind to sett一级around a del ad.per-
son. T,elr fathきrv who had sat for so
ーonel,頃malーandひld, ーn th劝dark with
Julー、s trpusors ーn…s lap, held them
In hlsteos, and moーsthandsi blvーng
dryly.Fpr G&longip5 they kn6冬tl1^ー,
father, hehadalWiys b$no-d;.b-ut
th^n,hel90kodst…3ひ,e callously
aged I Their hand頃clenched bーt by
bit, their羞e, slowly stひPPAd cry
Ing sd thdーr mother sta蓉lntケthe
.Co妄「-
nos" 6f th ewa 一一91 hまsp 一一 nterod with
eachっew豕aveofひoーd OM ter w In d,
the! vvopden taひーe wーthーtsupeven
logs ever sミfilno oh uneven groiind,
dnd the cold dーュbonoath」helrびMャ
Uxsks. They saw the clear partーcーes of
Ice evAr forming in numt> corners of
thぞroom. This room, th一s shackミs
っot to be dーstーnguーshまfrom any of
those with which It formed a row.
And row upon row forniodび一ook upon
blookーn a hastily erected ghost town
delineated atIts frayーっ0edぬesひズ
T.hls was Wherd they remembered
レUJidズlng and the way they wouーd
Tem9mbor how he must have f^lt
dying her逸I after hさing b$n swept
up aュなalde, and burーod among cold
nlQuntaiーn,s hoping not to bo forgot-
ten, top afraid to say S0met2ng to
bo reョeョbored. It was 8Q much the
way tfiey had芸felt but keミtrymo
to =<el3ast feeling long圾fter they
had 一 eft the p 一 ace.
They take out像n oldでhot6graでh
M, Sakamoto
eぐery Noveョ.ber16th, sit-36s
t^tweion NoVember16th 、s. And ,ズ
cーutcha:ts corn ers and re. newき
芸temessきey 18k for ーrTeachヌ
thまr own fe!ces lnthephotographー
The coffinーーまーnthefQrogroundv
ョaーl.orAミひoffーn sent for fronV vsv
cou<er And theyれllでeer oviBrth通
topoflts9re!^nes1,ひlack9コd whit,
facま1rvーn^ toまpress A srefully
never ーet」tseーfboshown Intwo
He豕as takゅn ーn thecoさn to a
V,0u9dearjngーat the uneven odt^e of
thQ caョp、s订ーocks w,ere over and
underhlョさ9 friends placec! ttー0s
and dry branひhe银.They EC hod as
thゅfames began" soorange! and In-
tense that tプeycouーd not erase the
grey of the coffin which soさypbek.
od ーn and around thefーa三nQ arms of
fーrp Hlw f fiend切Ispt the flames
healthy andでling, pa,king theョ
h边re a Iid there. They rem,nn bore id the
terrible smell, and ー8avーng for th圾ーr
ho use and finding their father ーn the
d6^rk again豕ith Jcjr$trouser3. In
the morning, he 一 eft for the clearing
豕it ha tin can in hーs hands.
.JUjー,s death reョョds thき但lー of
what he suffered, what they suffered,
knowing h, clーed so f3r fr03 their
father、3 hp me, and so far from hーs
ownmlstaズeっhoョe In the haーf.corrh
fortーng companyひf only those as
ho 3e 一 ess id a he. When thれylook Into
theーr woョphotogrI-ph, that 一s wrst
they see. They s豕thelrtー31dfy ho36.
一ess faces storing up at themselves
across their dead JujI 、 s body ーn the
greycoffー?
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