#100th Infantry Battalion

A Hollywood director, Maui County Board of Supervisor and state House member, an influential labor and community leader, a couple who support students and their college aspirations, and a longtime athletic director are members of the 2023 Class of the Maui High School Hall of Honor. Congratulations to: Top (L to R): Destin Daniel Cretton: The Award of Excellence; Bruce Uʻu: The Spirit of Maui; and Charles and Mitch Ota. The Saber Spirit Award. Bottom (L to R): Tom Tagawa. The Silversword Heritage Award; and Michael Ban. The Inspiration Award.

The Nisei Veterans Memorial Center launches its exhibit of “One Puka-Puka: The Purple Heart Battalion,” at the center located at 665 Kahului Beach Road. The free exhibit is by appointment only, Monday through Saturday. To schedule a viewing, call the center at 808-244-6862.

The Maui Arts & Cultural Center presents a screening of the acclaimed documentary film “Proof of Loyalty: Kazuo Yamane and the Nisei Soldiers of Hawai‘i” in the McCoy Studio Theater Sunday, Nov. 13 at 3 p.m.

“We initiated the ‘100th Infantry Battalion Challenge’ to encourage young students to explore their roots and to find lessons that can be applied to today’s challenges,” Sakoda said.

This commemorative Forever stamp honors the second-generation Japanese Americans, also known as nisei, that formed one of the most distinguished American fighting units of World War II: the all-Japanese American 100th Infantry Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team, whose motto was “Go for Broke.”

The Nisei Veterans Memorial Center presents retired U.S. Army General, David Bramlett for its March Ta-Ke leadership talk at 4 p.m. on Thursday, March 25 via Zoom.

The exhibit focuses on Mauiʻs Nisei soldiers from the 442nd Regimental Combat Team.

The Nisei Veterans Memorial Center is currently running PART II of “One Puka-Puka: The Purple Heart Battalion” exhibit.

Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard (HI-02) today delivered remarks at a special screening of “Go for Broke: An Origin Story” which follows the story of a group of University of Hawaiʻi ROTC students, and their families, in the days leading up to and following the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.

The Nisei Veterans Memorial Center continues their quarterly “Speaker Series” on Saturday, Sept. 9 at 2 p.m. at the NVMC campus in Kahului.

Maui’s Layce T. Yamauchi is the recipient of the 100th Infantry Battalion Legacy Organization’s $3,000 scholarship.

The Nisei Veterans Memorial Center holds its “Speaker Series” on June 11, featuring author Michael Markrich and his research on the 100th Infantry Battalion.

A new exhibit featuring 18 recent recipients of France’s Legion of Honor medal is now available for viewing at the Nisei Veterans Memorial Center.

A “Go For Broke” exhibit, chronicling the history of Japanese American soldiers from the 100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team and Military Intelligence Service who served during World War II, opens on May 1st at the Nisei Veterans Memorial Center in Wailuku.

President Barack Obama signed the Congressional Gold Medal for Japanese American Veterans Act into law yesterday, honoring 100th Infantry Battalion, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and the Military Intelligence Service for their heroic service and sacrifice during World War II. “This well-deserved Congressional Gold Medal honors the Nisei veterans and demonstrates the greatness of our […]