Granada Pioneer, Vol III, No. 32

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TESTIMONIALS
WITH THE "IF/AS I ON" of
about o0 nisei service-
men from Fort Snelling
Minn., including few whose
homes are in far-off Hawaii,
the Amache U30 will have
its hands full in properly
en t e r t a i n i n g th e e a g e r -
beaver Joe Nisei who are
in the market for some relaxation. They will want
to forget the rigors of
Army life--to get away
from, it all.
It is, therefore., fortunate the local USO,sponsored by the Blue Star
Service club, is now well
organised and prepared to
take care of the men in
uniform.. It has the facilities and leadership to
cope with the situation.
" IN THIS CONNECTION, it
might be of interest to
the relatives of the nisei
servicemen, lust what the
Nisei GI's think of the
center service organization. Opinions expressed
by those who Have already
profited by the USO's Hospitality are too numerous
to mention, but a few selected -at r and om a m p 1. y
exp r e s s t he! thb ug ht s of
all those writing, back.
Here are some .'examples':
"Spent a very happy and
a memorable furlough."
"...made my stay at
Amache a very pleasant one,"'
"it is. hardly...expected
...anyone would forget the
wonderful time spent at
the club."
"One of  the
I 've attended."
A LOCAL BOY
US0 ' s s en i. o r an. d j uni o r
hostesses very happy with
these 'words : " .. .we are
all proud of you members.
Keep it up, girls, and,,,
we assure you--we won't
let you down."
• Here's one that brought
smiles on the USO group,
A ' soldier wrote stating
that He told his buddies:
"If you don't go to the
great 11G US0, you won't
enj oy the c amp life."
And from, such far-flung
places as China, France,
Philippines, and various
training camps in the United
States come letters of ao-
best USO
made the
 PIONEER . February 21, 1945
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Published Wednesdays and Saturdays by the i/RA
and distributed free to each apartment. Editorial
office: PIONB.SR building, Amache,Colo. Telephone 63.
Reports Officer: Joe  McClelland Editor: Ficy  Yoshida
Staff: Mac lamaguchi, Rosie Arirna, Allan. Asakawa,
Hits Ikeda, Asano masai, Henry nusaba, Amy Minabe,
Ben miyahara, Yayeko Morita, Audrey Hakabe, Florence
Ohida, Shigeko Mao Sakamoto, Sadami Sako.
Japanese section ...... Editor: Ichiro Konno
Staff; Yutaka Hubota, Moiiro Hamakawa, Hiromichi
Morimoto, Takahiko Kawamura.
THIS ''HUM Amache plays host to some 50 Joe Nisei
from, 'ih-'u't Snelling, linn., who will be here on their
much-des orvoH fur1ougK.
Thorefore, it is fitting that we reprint here an
editorial—SSLFT.SII? WE'RE TEAHKF'UL—which appeared in
the Dec. 16, 1942, issue of the PIONEER. This dissertation by Khan homai is on James Kanazawa, then
Block 11G representative, who enlisted for service at
Camp Savage (Minn.) Japanese language school, which
later "was transferred to Fort Snelling. Kanazawa in
his parting words to the assembly expressed his views
on his enlistment, which should be food for thought
for us who are still in relocation centers.
Text of the editorial, follows:
"Before he left for Camp Savage to serve his country, JAKES'KAKAZAHA, representative of Block 110, said
a few words of parting to the assembly.
"His reasons for enlisting, he said, were SELFISH.
But his is the kind of SELFISHNESS for which -all of
us can be thankful.
"Ho enlisted because he felt that it was the only
way he could do something for his children--CHILDREN
MHO WERE GROWING HI5 .TITHOUT RESPECT FOR ELDERS, 711 TROUT RESPECT FOR AUTHOR! IY, WITHOUT RESPECT FOR'-COUNTRY.
tu
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enlisted to FIGHT FOR I
HIS CHILDREN'S PHAGE IN
SOCIETY—so that they would hold up their heads, so
that they too WOULD FEEL TEAT THEIR PEACE/THEIR RIGHTS
WERE TORIi, FIGHTING FOR.
His reasons,He said were SELFISH—but his INTERESTS,
his FEARS, and his HOPES'are the INTERESTS, the FEARS,
and the HOPES of ALL OF U3.--k.k."
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More than. 50 Legal Aid;
s o c i e t i e s t hi r o ug h. o ut t h e
country will cooperate with
K7RA in assisting Americans
of Japanese ancestry who
are unable : to emu]oy the
services of a lawyer, t h e
National Association, of
Legal-Aid organisations appreciation for the Yule tide
Greetings sent the Joe
Nisei by the Amache Blue
Star Service club.
These are silent testimonials that the local
USO has done its part in
keeping up the morale of
the nisei .who entered the
armed forces from th is
cent e r. I h is well deserved and well appreciated- series.of commendation
means but one thing: SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL USO.
nouncoa m a
,ement un
animously adopted at a recent mooting of its execu-
t i ve c ommi 11 ee•
The service of these
vo 1 \ int a r y o r g a n i z. a t i o n s
covers both advice and rep-
re son tat ion in. court for
all types of civil matters-*
Some organizations also
Handle criminal matters.
Persons able to pay are
not accepted as clients of
L eg a1 Aid s o c i eti es, but
will be referred to capable
and honest attorneys who
'will charge a fair fee, or
a ' r e d u c e d f ee if nee e s s a r y.
Relocatees may obtain
the society's service by
contacting their area relocation officer who is instructed to maintain contact with the Legal Aid
society in his area...