New center to replace clubhouse

Sixty-eight years ago, Japanese-American soldiers with the 100th Battalion training to go to battle in Europe wanted to remain together after World War II. The nisei, or second-generation Japanese-Americans, formed Club One Puka Puka and donated $2 a month from each of their paychecks to buy a clubhouse in Honolulu.

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