Ka Hoku o Hawaii, Volume XL, Number 11, 11 July 1945 — News Of Big Isle Boys In Service [ARTICLE]

News Of Big Isle Boys In Service

WFTH OENKIUL AR~ MY DOUOLAS MACAnTHtm 8 HKADQUARTER3 3Uff Ser«Mmt We*iey B. Swaln, son of

Liouia Swaln of Naa}ehu ( Hawaii, kiil«d at least six Jajkn«9e in two days in the bitter fightin,g around Bancal on lflndanao, and was not even onee ffred upoi^. A squad leader wjlth the 24 th infantry (Vlctory) dlvision*s Coreegick>r fom«d 34 th ip.fantry rtgiI Tn«nt, Bwaln Wfu» do!ng »cntry I d«ty or» a ot company petimeter about A lone

kaua ana ame ka hiiiu! la ana o na wahl a ka eneml e hoolulp ana ma Lolammyu ame' Santoyu.

STUI NA KEPANI I HAAWIPIO I ka haulepio anā mal nel o Okinawa i na he nul hewahewa o na Kepani i haawlplo naai ia lakou Iho. Ma ka Ia hope 0 ka hoolli kaua ana,' ua hooniaka maila na K;eptuii e Jbaawlp3o me ke kue ole ana mai. na lākōu no 1 hele mai imua o na pualikoa Amelika. Ua haal|le aku he mau aliikoa i ko lakou māu wahi e pee ana,. a na lakou ka ( hele, he hahai wale maf"ft'o ka na koa, me ko lakou nana ole āku I na poe e Je!e ana iloko o k&i mai na pali kiekie aJku. ! Ua hoomaopopo ia aia ma kahi o kaukani a ol ajiu o na.Kepani'i haawipio mal ia lakou ma ua la la a ma kekahi la mai ua haawipio hou mai no a i aneane paha 1 ka ehiku harjeri. Aole lakou i hoolohe i ka olelo paa a ko llakou Emepera ame na allhikaua I kiekle. Aole e haawipio, aka, e | kaua a hiki i ka make ana a.i ole e lawe i ko lakou ola ponoi maImua o ka haawipio ana, no ka mea he hoohilahila aku ta i ke lakou mau ohana mahope. Malia paha ua noonoo no lakoi: e hoao e haawipio i na no ko lakou luku ia oia iho la no, a i na nohoi aole e hookauia aku ka make maluna o lakou a e pakele ana nohoi iakou. Ua pakele i'e oohoi ko iakou ola a ke malama maikai ia m-ai nei. E like me na mea i hoike ia mai me he mea la ua hiki aku ma kahi o 150,00G ka nui o na Kepani a o na Amelika ai-a ma kāhi o ke kanahakumamaono tausani a oi aku ke poino a he eha tauBani a oi aku poe i make. O na poe i paapio aole i maopopo na mea i hana ia no lakou. Ke huli ,ia mai nei na'e hoi e na koa Amelika ms na w<ahi like ole o Okinawa.

LAWE I KO LAL'A MAU OLA He elua mau alihikoa kaua aina Kepani i lawe a'e i ko laua mau ola ponoi maiiope iho o ka h-aulepio ana o Okinawa i na Amelika e like me ia i hoolaha ia a'e ai. I ka wa i haulepio ai o Okinawa, ua holo pee aku la laua maloko o ke ana, ka lakou wahi e hoomoana ana. I ka hiki ole ana i ua alLhikaua nui nei ke kali hou aku, ua kauoha oia e eli ia I lua kupapau nona ame kona hope aku.

I ka makaukau ana ua halii ia kekahi halii keokeo iluna o ka lepo a kl manawa laua i hale aku ai a kukuli iluna o ka halii, ua huli ko iaua kua īa īapana -a o ke alo i ka moana, o ka lula na'e he huli ke alo i ko lakou aina makua. ,

Ua wehe a'e oia i kona palule a unuhi ae i kana pahi a oki pu ae la i kona opu a mahope iho ua haliau iho la kekahi aliikoa i kona a'i a moku pu a hina aku 1a a make loa. no kona hope laku i hooko ai ia hana hookahi, a kanu ia laua iloko o na lua papau. O keia na mea i hoike ia aku i na Amelika e kekahi mau Kepani i haawipio aku mahope iho. O ka mea nana i hooiaio aku i keia lono oia no ke kuke ponoi a ua a pela nohoi me na poe law|la>ve _ Mamua o kona hana 1 keīa hana, ua «i oia I na ineMi malkal o kela ame keia ajio. Ua hauoli no na poe i lawe ole i ko lakou mau ola a no ka mea eia no l&kou ke oia mai nei. j HAHAU IA O KOREA j K hoike ana kekahi lono radio j ho ka lele ana aku o na mokulele Amelika a hahau i kekahi n>a\i wahi o Korea. Ia l&kou na'e ma ko l&kou alahele, ua ike ia aku na mok\i Kepani e ho!o v%na ma ke kowa mawaena o lapana me Karea,

Ua hoike ia mai ua hal\au iho ia keia mau mokukk t keiA mau moku, ma ka olelo ia he 23 o lakou 1 hooplholo ia, la mana\\-a pu nohoi ua loaa pu maila ka lono uo ka hahau ia &ua aku o kalii mokupuui uuku o Wake, a ua hoolei ia iho na poka pa-nu maiuna o ua wahi mokupuui la. A.ole na'e hoi i hoike i aae ka tiui o ka pomo i kau maiuna o ua walu mikupuni u€i.

Japanese w&a walking casual!y down Uw ruad towmils.hls .ppBit!on. Bwaln let him eonne until he mm» «tt<wit 15 y»Ms away. Then cn« qu»nk a«curatA burst from hia aatomfttic rtn« groun<ted the Nip. &et m«ny minutes later, & large heavily armed group eame Cram the same direction. When tfeey spotted the heap on the roau2, they scattered into the jUQgle. Swain and his buddies poured ev«rythlng they had into the wlldly retreating erreany. Fourteen wwe «ccounted for. m 9 * Tlw next day, Swaln, on patrol <tuty, ww the last man to pass through a hanana grove. Nr> Japs htu& heen Blghted. hut the Blg Tslander Wasn't taltlng anythlng fo"r granted. ■ ■ « -*' - ■ His sharp eyes plcked out a well eamouflaged sniper hlding In the thlck. The veteran squad leader picīted hls off and moved OIL

! Onee again his BAR stuttered. I Two down, the hunting looked r^Soa."

Before Swasn made his way to a elearing- he had killed five well hidden Nip riflemen.

Why at least one of them hacf not fired at him is something he'll never kfiow.

And a Big Islander, Private Gilbert Tavares, was with the 38th divfston's 151st Infantry rifle eompany whleh captured the strategic ridge of Chalky Cliff in the mountain east of Manila. -

Taking of the hill gave our forces the necessary h!gh ground for capture of the final objective, Mt. . Haponan, Banoy, dubbed "Hop-a-long Cass2dy" by front line troops.

Tavares' company, whieh maele an early morning flve mile march | throught mountainous terrain fol-1 lowed by a day long assault up- I hil, met strong Jap resistance. It . out hostile pill boxea and: snipers by layi'ng down mortar barrages, then pushing forward with maehine gun and rifle fire. Private Tavares is the son of Mr. and Mrs, Jacinth Tavares of Honomu. Men, veterans of major eampaings in Italy and France, who ! were members <of the original 100th Infantry Battalion and part of the 442nd combat team, are returning home to the islands on furioughs.

The team has been awarded the President Distinguished Unit Citation and the Combat Infantry Badge and most of the men, Purple Hearts and Oak Leaf clusters for wounds received in battle.

Among- these arer Lt. Kazuma Hisanaga o£ Hiln; Sgt Slugetoshi Yoneda of Ponahawai St., Pfc. Kaoru Kagawa of Kalanianaole Ave., Pfe. KiyoBhi Isumi of Kamehameha Av€., Masao Koga of Kurtistown, Sgt. Tehuo Goma ©f Honokaa, Pfc. Yoshiichi Maeda of Kurtiytown, Sgt Paul Hasegawa of Honokaa, Pfc. Yukio Kajiyama of Kapoho, Pfc. Tetsuo Takeoka of Kukuihale, Pfc. Mitsuru Sato of Pahala, Pfc Akira Nakagawa of Hakalau, Cpl. Torao Yoshida of Kona, Sgt. Harumi Mende of Papaaloa, and Pfc. Sakai Wakakuwa of Papaaloa.

MIDWAY ISLANDS—Two men serving et this Pacific base are S2/c David Manning and S2/c FUchard A. Pakele, both of Hilo.

Manning entered the navy in March of this year while he was a student at Hilo high school. His parents !ive at 4S2' Leilani St. Pakele is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam K. Ua of 136 Desha Ave. before entering tlve navy, lie was .l>y the US engineers.

FIFTH ARMY, ITALY—2mi Lt SadaichS Kubota who was eommisslon«d from techntoal sergreant to sec<md Ueutenant on the batl!o field on ChrlsUiiaa Day, 1944, reeent!y was aWarded tlie JHver Star for g»lkuxtry in aoUon. Kubota, a mfnitxjr or Uie i4»ud comba.t teani, \yas eiLeU for aeUou in Pranco an<i was <iecorat<Ki l>y |Lt CUuxer&l Lueiaii K. Tru&cott , Flfth Axiuy at a ceremonj- in Kovi, Italy. In addition to the Silver StAr «nd Purple Heart, Kubota wears Uxu Con;bat s ih& Cvx>d Conduct medaJi and Uie Europoan riblvn with, £our battlc His , &akyadii Kubota« &t 50 SL. iiilo. , $ASH. Georjfo' £. FiU» aoii ot, iv. Ciark of, ISIO Kiiauoa uow a ma- ( cbuūst'B inale, fusL cl&s& t USXK, vrtth ahip rcpair|

unit at the Puget Sound navy yard in Bremerton, Wash. . Prior to his enlistment in the naval reserve in March of 1942, he was a iruachinest employed by the Honolulu Iron Works. He received recruit training at San Diego, and served at various bases before report to the Pudget Sound navy yard. He is now in. "SRU" training.

MIAMI. PLA.—T/5 Walter Kadota, member of the famous IOOUi Battalion, with a chest full of overseas ribbons and decorations, waa drinking milk at the Red Cross snack bar at a Miami army air field when a "soldicr-in-Oie-street" interviewer from a loeal radio station asked him to step up and say a few words on tlie radio for the Seventh War Loan. After considerable prompting by the in.terviewer, he.guve out some lnformation about himsek\ A veteran of 53 montlis in Uie army and 36 months overseas, Kad»ta holds thē American Defense Ribbon wiUi bronse star. tlw AjaaOc-Pacific ribbon WHli a battle star the European theater | ribbon with two battle stars, ihe I Comoat lnfantryinan's Badg«, Uie i Oooi CauOuct aud U& Sii- ] i ver Star ī ; Ha woii the Silver SUr as &j uie4ic«a aid man under fire iaj Attached to eui assault \ platoon whieli was piimed do\vu, by »iaclnue-gun fir« and nwrUr ( he adnvittiatere4 first aid to t 12 wouaded men uoder £ire and j winai Uie order ta withdraw e&aie,, he carr»ed a severely wounded, conirade to sa£ety on liis back. | S &a4ota oae of a £roup | ot the Xs*isei veta fl«wu backj from "Europe b>- Uie Air nwuid, and now clearuv£ ATC's j Miaiui aruii air field bcfort | honie ou fUriouslv. j Hia mother U\"es. at <>0 Olua