Granada Pioneer, Vol. II, No. 36

              Page  2 _____________________PIONEER_____________________March 8, 1944
  Just
Incidentally
   By Sueo Sako
   During  the month of
February,Amache bade fare-
well to 215 of her resi-
dents who were determined
that they no longer wanted
to call Amache"their home."
Many of these relocaters
have been reluctant to
leave,some of them fearing
racial prejudice, and many
were hoping to stay close
to California where they
expected to return after
the war, but time has made
them realize that there is
a political problem on the
West coast.
   So these 215 Amacheans
decided to"pull up stakes"
in search for the community,
home and job they always
dreamed of. To make an
important decision like
this shows that they are
the ones "who have come
through this most critical
period of their lives, un-
scathed in spirit,undaunted
in courage,and prepared to
face the future with re-
newed fortitude."
   They are just another
group of loyal Japanese
Americans streaming back
into the American way of
life which was disrupted
over two years  ago.
   As they continue to re-
enter America's lifestream,
many nisei have and will
consider this momentous
step forward; "one of the
most interesting ventures
of their lives." Many have
found public sentiment east
of the Rockies not as bad
as those experienced along
the  Pacific   slope.
   Behind this mass relo-
cation program,every relo-
cates has undoubtedly a
fiction-like story to re-
late--many nearly unbelieve-
able. Illustrative of this
is Kaye Miyamoto,  former
Jerome resident. "It's a
long step from working in
a California hop field to
employment under one of
America's foremost poets,"
but Miyamoto has taken
that long step forward.
Today, he is resettled at
Harbert,Mich., in the home
of Carl Sandburg, world
famous poet and the out-
standing biographer of
Abraham Lincoln.
   Miyamoto is a caretaker
of the Sandburgs’ predigreed
Toggenburg and Nubian goats.
He  gets a "big kick" out
of his present job-, but
the thing he most raves
about is the treatment ac-
corded him by the Sandburgs.
Says Miyamoto, "One of the
best things about the Sand-
burgs is their friendliness ."
"When I arrived Mrs. Sand-
burg said:'Everything here
is yours. As long as you
are here,you're one of the
family.'!”
   Miyamoto's     experience
seems "too good"to believe,
but it proves all the nisei
are not grabbing "sour le-
mons."
    Recalling the beginning
of the relocation program
nearly a year and haIf ago,
I can't forget the little
comment I read: "Curious-
ly enough, in view of the
Japanese tradition that
women  must play a subser-
vient role, it was the
young nisei women who beat
the first paths from the
centers."
	GRANADA   PIONEER
   Published Wednesdays and Saturdays by the  WRA and
distributed free to each apartment. Editorial of-
fice: PIONEER building, Amache, Colo.        Telephone 63.
Reports   officer:   Joe  McClelland    Editor:  Sueo  Sako
   Staff:    Allan Asakawa,   John Tsuruta,   Roy Yoshida,
George Hamamoto,   Jim Otsuka,  Jim Otsuki,  Amy  Minabe,
Ailene Hamamoto,   Jack Kimura,   Yayeko Morita,     George
Morita,Yonemi  Ono, Jack Ito,   Toskiharu Matsumoto,Roy
Murakami, Junior Nakagawa.
SERGEANT  SHINOGAKI  CRAWLS
THROUGH  MINE-STREWN  MUD
   WITH THE FIFTH ARMY IN
ITALY, Feb. 29-Crawling
through the muddy minefield
on hands and knees,and de-
fusing mines with his bare
hands after his mine de-
tection equipment had fail-
ed, Technical Sergeant Cal-
vin K. Shinogaki, a Hono-
lulu American of Japanese
descent, blazed a trail of
safety for his company dur-
ing a night attack on the
Cassino  front.
   Shinogaki's action pre-
vented what might have been
one of the tragic mishaps
of  the  campaign.
   The minefield lay in
flat terrain between the
barracks road which leads
to Cassino and a branch of
the Saint Elia road which
parallels it. The plan
called for parallel col-
umns to cross the field
and block both roads to
secure the right flank of
the  unit.
   Promptly at midnight and
under cover of a rolling
barrage the columns jumped
off into the flat. They
had advanced only a short
distance when mines began
to    go     off.   The  men were
floundering in knee-deep
mud and it was so dark that
even the casualties could
not  be  seen.
   Sergeant Shinogaki got
down on his hands and knees
and began to crawl through
the mud. Soon he gave a
low whistle and the column
of men who were crawling
single file behind him lay
still in the mud. A few
moments later Shinogaki
whispered over his shoulder,
"Okay"and tossed a defused
mine to one side. Three
times in the next 50 yards
the column lay panting in
the mud while Shinogaki
neutralized the death traps
planted by the  Germans.
   The column worked its
way out of the flat to a
stone wall. This wall, 10
feet high, probably saved
many casualties since the
Germans had it bracketed
with machine gun fire from
flanking points on the
slopes above.
   Sergeant Shinogaki and
his men remained in this
position for two days and
nights without water and
finally withdrew when the
effort of the main body
to cross the Rapido river
failed.
   Shinogaki has been rec-
ommended for the Legion of
Merit and the Distinguished
Service Cross.
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