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THINKING SAVES 2 IN
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roshima Peace Memorial Museum and Atom-Bomb Dome
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Americans in Hiroshima
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Joseph Galloway, 730th
Air Mobility Squadron jet
propulsion technician,
discusses Japanese
drift tracks with Fumio,
Nissan 180sx owner, in
front of the Hiroshima
Peace Memorial at
Hiroshima May 31.
STORY AND PHOTOS BY
AIRMAN 1ST CLASS ELIZABETH BAKER,
374TH AIRLIFT SQUADRON
‘ALL HELL BROKE
LOOSE’
WWII VETERAN RECALLS
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are places I’ve always wanted
to visit, both to see, and in
some way, understand what
happened there. Yet, when I
consider there are Japanese
living today who experienced
World War II, it puts a different
light on the fact that I can even
travel the country freely.
Recently, I made the trip
with my good friend and his
mother. When we arrived at Hiroshima Station after six hours
on the Shinkansen, or the bullet
train, the people there seemed
very similar to those in Tokyo.
Everyone had the quiet and polite public behavior I had become accustomed to.
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BY STAFF SGT. BENJAMIN SUTTON,
18TH WING
KADENA AIR BASE – A sunny
afternoon turned tragic when
out of nowhere a car sped off a
busy road landing nose-down, its
velocity flipping it upside down
before finally scraping to a halt
off the side of the road.
Senior Airman Ja’Mesha
Pratt, 18th Operations Support
Squadron airfield systems technician, had just finished Weighted Airman Promotion System
testing when she witnessed the
car fly off the side of the road.
Pratt immediately veered off
the side of the road and in seconds was assisting the older Okinawan couple with their struggle
to survive.
“When I saw the car flip upside down, I immediately pulled
over and ran to assist the two
people who were trapped inside
it,” said Pratt. “I came along the
passenger side and saw a woman
who was upside-down, held in
place by her seatbelt, while crying and hysterical from her ordeal.”
The woman was upset because along with the terrifying
situation she found herself in,
her husband who was driving,
was not responding to her attempts to wake him up.
“I was able to carefully maneuver her out and away from
the vehicle and promised to go
It was just an
automatic response
or reaction to the
potentially deadly
situation.
– Senior Airman Ja’Mesha Pratt
Senior Airman Ja’Mesha Pratt. Photo by
Naoto Anazawa, U.S. Air Force
back for her husband,” she explained. “Then I ran to the other
side and slowly pulled her unconscious husband out.”
However, while removing the
wounded man from the wrecked
vehicle, Pratt explained he woke
up and became frantic as to the
whereabouts of his beloved wife.
“I was trying to keep him calm
and sitting down, for the sake of
his safety as I wasn’t sure the extent of his injuries and needed to
properly assess him,” she said.
“Once I realized he was looking
for his wife, I brought the two
of them together and they were
both able to calm down.”
A few other bystanders were
on the scene by then and called
an ambulance, Pratt explained.
“Once a few other people had
shown up I noticed the smell of
gasoline was getting stronger
and stronger,” she continued.
“I checked and the vehicle was
indeed leaking gas and so we
moved the couple to a safer distance in case the car caught fire
or possibly exploded.”
That was when Pratt noticed
the bleeding cut on the head of
the husband.
“I made sure his head stopped
bleeding and then realized the
wife was clutching her chest and
having trouble breathing,” she
stated. “I couldn’t find any visible
injuries and realized I needed to
just keep her as calm as possible.
In spite of her severe pain, it was
the best course of action until the
medical technicians arrived.”
Once first-responders arrived
on the scene, Pratt explained
what happened and then continued home to finish her day.
“It’s truly amazing how Airman Pratt immediately took action to save the lives of those two
locals,” said Senior Master Sgt.
Jon Dizonno, 18th OSS airfield
systems superintendent. “We are
extremely proud of her selfless
actions that day which show our
commitment to the local communities here.”
Across the globe, Airmen live,
work and participate within the
local communities of countries
they call home.
“Looking back on that day, I
really believe our self-aid buddy
care training assisted me because I just reacted to the situation as it was unfolding,” said
Pratt. “It was just an automatic
response or reaction to the potentially deadly situation. As
members of the U.S. military
here, we are responsible for
helping and assisting whenever,
wherever we can.”
We are all willing to help if
situations like this happen, Pratt
continued. It’s a part of our core
values, regardless of branch of
service. At the end of the day,
we are a part of these Okinawan
communities.
“This isn’t just where I serve,
it’s where I live…it’s my home,”
she explained. “These are our
neighbors and friends and they
need to see how much we value
and respect them. I see them
when I go to work or take out the
trash. We interact at the malls,
beaches and especially at the
many Okinawan historical sites
across the island.
“They are our family and we
are proud to be here and live
alongside them,” she concluded.
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‘ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE’
World War II veteran recalls Battle of Okinawa
BY ESTEBAN L. HERNANDEZ
NEW HAVEN REGISTER, CONN.
(TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE)
BRANFORD — After stepping
out of the landing vehicle with
a 38-pound radio strapped to his
back and a pair of 9-pound battery packs hitched to his waist,
Marine Cpl. Tony Pegnataro
very nearly became the first casualty of the Battle of Okinawa.
It wasn’t a bullet, or shrapnel,
or anything remotely resembling
an instrument of war that nearly
killed him. His close encounter
on April 1, 1945, was due to a
shell hole, a chasm in the sand
etched out by bombs dropped by
Allied Forces in advance of the
forthcoming amphibious assault
on the Japanese island during
World War II. Pegnataro, then
19, fell into the depression and
nearly drowned before being
rescued by a lieutenant whose
name escapes him these days.
“They lowered the stern ramp
and as my luck would have it — it
was April Fool’s Day — the ramp
was sitting on the edge of a shell
hole,” Pegnataro said. “I went
down. I went into that hole and I
thought I was a goner.”
Pegnataro can laugh about it
now, 70 years later, enjoying the
irony of how close he came to
dying on that particular holiday
in a hole carved out by an Allied
bomb. Pegnataro, who will celebrate his 90th birthday in July,
was born and raised in New Haven. He lives in Branford now
with his wife, Catherine, whom
he’s been married to for 64
years. The couple is celebrating
their 65th anniversary on July 12
— the same day as Pegnataro’s
birthday.
As a member of the 6th Marine Division, Pegnataro was
tasked with establishing radio
communications. But instead of
working with dials during the
first day of the battle, he was
spitting out water, hastily taking off the equipment after being rescued. He was one of more
than a 200,000 Allied troops who
descended on the island located
350 miles south of mainland Japan.
Before their arrival on
He also sent and received letters from family. He was a popular guy in high school, which is
part of the reason he also received letters from a few female
acquaintances.
“I use to get a lot of mail from
these girls,” Pegnataro said.
“One girl just wrote the lyrics
of ‘As Time Goes By.’ And I kept
that for a long time. But then after I got married, I thought, I better ditch this thing.”
Pegnataro spent 37 months
overseas before he was honorably discharged in April 1946.
After coming back and studying
at the University of Connecticut, he worked for his father’s
grocery chain for several years,
helping create ad designs that
earned him awards. He would
marry his wife in 1950, after several failed attempts
to take her out on a
date. She finally
agreed to go out
with him during a
dance sponsored
Tank-borne infantry moving up to take the town of Ghuta before the Japanese can occupy it. The men are
by his UConn.
members of Colonel Victor Bleasdale’s 29th Marines.
Catherine Pegnataro said her
Okinawa, the Japanese com- Pegnataro said.
“They gave up
husband loves talkmander there had moved his
Pegnataro said he wasn’t more than I did,”
ing about his past.
troops to the southern part of the combat ready when he landed Pegnataro said. He
island, Pegnataro said, as Allied on Okinawa, but he knows how still stays in conThe two call each
forces met very little resistance fortunate he was that he came tact with some of
other, “mom” and
on their first day. It took Marines back to Connecticut alive when his fellow veterans,
“dad,”
spending
three hours instead of three days some of his friends did not. More occasionally meetmost of their time
to take control of a nearby air than 70,000 American soldiers ing with them and WWII veteran retired cpl.
inside their quaint
Anthony Pegnataro, Jr. holds
field.
lost their lives during the battle, exchanging letters.
apartment in Branhis U.S. Marine Corps Rib“We were lucky enough that which would last until June 1945.
His
brother, bon Bars in the livingroom
ford, usually calling
there wasn’t a shot fired,” Peg“I was quite lucky, as I sit Donald, also fought of his home in Branford,
family members.
nataro said. That didn’t mean here now, and as a Marine, that I in World War II, Wednesday, April 1, 2015.
“He just loves to
he wasn’t expecting gunfire; he never got scratched,” Pegnataro serving in Norman- Photo by Catherine Avalone New Haven Register
bring
back all those
laughed as he recalled a tense said.
dy and in the Battle
memories,”
she
moment after a fellow Marine
He did get scratched, but Peg- of the Bulge, Pegnakicked some sort of material — nataro doesn’t think of it as an taro said. During the war, he kept said.
a piece of coral, or a rock, again injury. He was struck on his right in constant communication with
The couple have four children
the details escape him — causing leg by shrapnel, but he feels it’s his folks back home. One family and six grandchildren. Pegnahim to yell, ‘I’m hit!’”
insignificant. To him, the injury member in particular made sure taro said he considered re-enThree days after landing, Al- is just another bad memory, Pegnataro would get necessities listing in the Marines after being
lied Forces encountered Japa- nothing compared to some of the that were difficult to come by out
discharged.
nese troops stationed near the more serious physical injuries in the Pacific Ocean. Pegnataro
“I did, but not after I married
northern end of the island. That’s suffered by his fellow Marines. said the family member would
you,”
he said, looking backward
when, “all hell broke loose,” Peg- His perception of the injury led send him a rubber tube filled
nataro said, and real gunfire and him to reject his Purple Heart, with food like meatballs and rav- toward to Catherine.
Catherine smiled and rolled
shells flew.
bestowed
upon
servicemen ioli, as well as bottles of booze
her
eyes playfully.
“We were on the island for and women who suffer combat and cartons of cigarettes.
“Oh, here we go,” she said gig87 days. Our division was on wounds, after he received the
“He knew what my needs
the frontlines for 82 days,” medal for his incident.
were,” Pegnataro said.
gling.
Okinawa Memorial Day Ceremony to be held June 23
BY SHOJI KUDAKA,
STRIPES OKINAWA
J
une 23 marks the end of
the Battle of Okinawa, one
of the most brutal battles
ever fought.
This is a day of remembrance for not just Japanese
but also Americans, as a significant number of people were
killed on both sides during
this fierce battle that began in
March of 1945 and lasted over
three months.
Every year on this day, the
Okinawa Memorial Day Ceremony is held at Peace Memorial Park in Mabuni Itoman City,
which was the last battleground
for the bloody fighting. To remember the close to a quarter
million lives lost by Japanese,
American, Korean, Taiwanese
and British service members
and civilians, people will place
flowers, origami cranes, food
and bottles of water under their
loved one’s names at a stone
monument named “Heiwa no
Ishiji (Cornerstone of Peace)”,
which bears the 240,931 names
of those who died in the battle.
At noon, attendees will hold a
moment of silence for a minute.
People in Okinawa who can’t attend the ceremony will do the
same. It is the right thing for
everyone to do. Let’s take a moment and pay respect to those
who paid the ultimate sacrifice.
OKINAWA MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY
Date: June 23
Location: Peace Memorial Park
Address: 444 Mabuni, Itonman City,
Okinawa 901-0333
SCHEDULE OF EVENT:
• 10:30 American ceremony (open
to all)
• 11:50 Okinawa prefecture
ceremony (limited seating)
• 12:00 Moment of silence
• 12:05 Floral tribute
• 12:21 Peace Declaration by
governor
• 12:25 Poetry reading
• 12:29 Speeches by distinguished
guests
• 12:39 Closing speech
DRESS CODE:
U.S. Ceremony – U.S. Military
attendees should wear attire/
uniforms as directed by their
leadership. Civilian attendees
should wear black or dark colors.
For the Okinawa Prefecture
Ceremony, no military uniforms
can be worn. Veterans’ and retired
organization headgear may be
worn at the American ceremony,
but the prefectural government has
asked that they not be worn at the
Okinawa ceremony. Civilians and
service members should wear black
or dark colors, or Kariyushi wear.
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Genbaku Domu, or the Atom-Bomb Dome, stands in Hiroshima. The dome, a designated World Heritage
Site, is the remnant of a building which withstood the atomic bomb the U.S. dropped on Hiroshima City
at the end of WWII.
“How do
they feel
about us?”
HIROSHIMA: Remembering the past
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The first place we visited
was Genbaku Domu, or the
A-Bomb Dome: the remnants
of a building that managed to
withstand the atomic bomb
which the U.S. dropped on
Hiroshima City at the end of
WWII. The dome spoke for
itself: a simple, crumbled
reminder of what happened.
It is part of the Hiroshima
Peace Memorial grounds,
which also includes a forested park, an arched monument
and a museum. Mosaics composed of thousands of paper
cranes are on display, forming images and words that
call for peace. Inside the museum there are many graphic
images and stories that are
not easy to look at. The stories are vividly recorded, not
only in words, but in school
uniforms shredded from exposure to the bomb, in photos
of burn victims and in beams
of blasted, melted steel taken
from destroyed buildings.
As a traveler from the U.S.,
I don’t think it’s possible to
explore the memorial and museum without asking “How do
I feel about this?” The other
question that seems to linger
in mind is “How do they feel
about us?”
As I was leaving the Abomb Dome, I saw an elderly
man walking down the path,
A tricycle and helmet are displayed at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, Hiroshima,.
followed by three cats. As a
photographer, to me, the catman looked like a great opportunity. When he sat on a
stoop and began pouring milk
for the cats I bowed slightly
and said “Excuse me,” in
Japanese. I asked if I could
take a picture, but he didn’t
respond. After trying to get
his attention a few more times
it became clear that the language barrier was not the
problem. Who knows what
Lights from the skyline reflect in a river at Hiroshima, May 31. Hiroshima’s population has swelled more than three times in
the 71 years since WWII.
exactly the man was thinking
but his reaction didn’t seem at
all surprising. I left him with
his cats and kept exploring.
Later, at the train station,
my friend and I met three
American exchange students
who told us their experience
at the museum. A European
woman leaving the museum
had yelled at the students and
asked how the displays made
them feel. The students responded with the same sentiment that I had already heard
from others that day: we had
not even been born during the
war and had no power to effect it.
Everyone I talk to, Japanese friends and Americans
alike, seem to feel that today
no one can change the pain
that happened on either side
of the war. All we can do is
consider what happened and
try to stop it from happening
again.
The Japanese school children seemed to have a different attitude than the cat man
or angry woman. Some shouted “Hello!” as we passed going to in from the memorial.
They were excited when we
answered with “Konichiwa
(hello)!” We also talked to
several other Japanese people in passing, including a
parking-lot operator who invited us to inspect the hightech mechanisms of one of
Japan’s unique car-storage
systems. Most of them enthusiastically mentioned President Obama’s recent trip to
the Peace Memorial.
My buddy, Joeseph
Galloway, 730th Air
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Mobility Squadron jet
propulsion technician,
didn’t hesitate to make
friends with anyone he found
something in common with.
Just like he does everywhere
else he goes, he found cool cars
and started talking to the owners. Fumiyo, an older gentleman, seemed excited to open
the hood of his Nissan 180sx,
talk, and invite Joe into the
driver’s seat. The next day was
a similar experience with the
owner of what seemed to be a
1945 Nissan Skyline.
The Japanese say that they
have three faces: one to show
the world, one to show friends
and one to never show anyone. Who can say if any of the
friendly faces we talked to
were hiding other faces? Maybe; maybe not. In my experience, showing friendship and
taking an interest in people
is the only way to break down
barriers.
Two
people
from
worlds apart with very little
shared language can still talk
about something that they both
love. We may not be able to remove pain from the past but
we can move forward by building friendships and taking responsibility for the future.
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ou may not believe
this, but I once saw a
habu beat a mongoose
in a cross-species duel when I was
a kid. Back then, the death match
between the venomous snake
found on Okinawa and surrounding islands and the predator from
India, was a famous attraction at
Gyokusendo Park, now known as
Okinawa World.
It was mostly meant to be a
one-sided match to witness the
notorious serpent being defeated
by the cute-looking mammal. But
what I saw that day instead, was
a nasty habu sink his fangs into
the adorable face covered
with dark brown fur. Although
I was not seated close enough to
see any bleeding or yellow poison
gushing out of the habu’s fangs, I
could still feel an unnerving mood
smothering the venue. We had
witnessed something we were not
expecting. It was equal to James
“Buster” Douglas knocking out
Mike Tyson.
I don’t know what happened to
the poor mongoose. But I could not
avoid imagining the mammal’s
face oozing pus from its nose and
eyes and staggering to stay on all
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with their fingers and toes necrotized by habu bites.
On that day, I learned an important lesson in my life and something blasted on AFN regularly:
Don’t mess with habu! Even if
you are as dexterous as a mongoose, which maybe doesn’t matter anyway, you can still be a victim of a habu’s poisonous fangs.
Warning issued
A
warning
about
habu
from the Okinawa Prefectural
Government that runs
through June 30 brought back
part of my traumatic memory
of the creature. Although none
of my friends nor relatives have
been bitten by habu recently,
there are still on average about
100 people bit by the snake annually. But so far this year, only
nine people have felt the fangs of
the habu, according to the local
government.
But don’t kid yourself, habu
are lurking in the weeds, brush
and rocky crevices. So, when you
are out exploring this beautiful
island, know what to look for and
how to handle a habu if you happen upon one. You don’t want to
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be that unlucky mongoose.
Sun Tzu’s The Art of War said
you know your enemy and kn
yourself, in a hundred battles
will never be defeated.”
Basic facts
There are eight species
snake on Okinawa, but only f
pose danger to humans: 1.H
(originated on Okinawa),
If you encounter one
Identify what
type of habu it is.
Keep a couple meters
away front it, if possible.
Capturing and taking them alive should not be
attempted. Remember: they are poisonous!
• “Habu ni Chuui (Watch out for Habu),“ a brochure published by the prefectural government, suggests that hitting a habu with a stick, using a habu killer
spray called “Habu Knock Neo,” or running them over with a car are good ways to deal with the situation. Personally, I would say these
methods should be executed with utmost caution and only when you run out of options … like slowly backing away.
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If you are bit
Ask for help
Don’t panic
get someone to give you ride to a hospital.
Confirm that it is a Habu snake (not Ideally
If you move fast, it will help the venom go deep
other kinds of snake) that has bit
you. If it is a Habu, there should
be two (sometimes one or three or
four) teeth marks left on your skin.
The affected part will swell and
severely hurt in a few minutes.
in you system quickly. If you need to walk to a
hospital, you should do it slowly.
Contact U.S. Naval Hospital at DSN 646-7555 or Tel
098-971-7555. Or you may call 119 for local fire
department, which will coordinate with the Naval
Hospital.
Going to the hospital
Loosely tie a part of your body with a soft fabric or
belt that is closer to your heart than the affected
area. For example, if you are bitten in the hand,
you could tie a tourniquet around your arm to
slow down blood circulation (Don’t tie too tightly).
Loosen the tourniquet once every 15 minutes.
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materials. Better yet, you can touch a big snake
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s. Being a part Okinawan World, this museum is
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a local do-it-yourself
store in American Vil- lage gives his take on protecting yourself against
habu: “Even if you apply the ‘Habu Knock Neo’ spray directly on a habu, the
snake can still get violent and strike back at you. Ideally, the product should
be used like a repellent to drive the creature away. Whatever the case is,
direct attacks on habu should be avoided. The two repellent ‘Hebiless’ and
‘Mogura Hebi Mukade Z’ are commonly used by campers to keep the snakes
off their camping sites. When you use the triangle trap, make sure you set it
up along a fence or a wall because that’s’ where Habu snakes crawl.”
Makeman
Hours: Every day, 9:30 a.m.- 8 p.m.
Location: 9 Mihama, Chatan, Nakagami, Okinawa Prefecture 904-015
(Near Dragon Palace in American Village)
Tel. 098-982-7300
Website (Japanese only): http://www.makeman.co.jp/modules/pico/
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Himehabu, 3. Sakishimahabu,
4.Taiwanhabu. These habu are
active at night, especially when
it is warm and humid.
Mating among these snakes
takes place between March and
May, followed by egg-laying from
late June through July. Two to
five eggs around 2.36 inches in
length are laid at a time. Baby
habu hatch from late August
through September. They are
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Taiwanhabu
Sakishimahabu
about 15.7 inches in length, and
are already venomous.
Habu feed on small mammals
such as mice and muskrats. Their
fangs carry enough venom to
be used several times. New
fangs come out several times
a year.
[email protected]
Kadena
entomologists
help keep
pests from
moving in
18TH WING
KADENA AIR BASE – The island of Okinawa
is home to hundreds of different insect species,
snakes and rodents. With spring and summer
here, there are a few that can’t wait to move into
new homes with human residents.
The 18th Civil Engineer Squadron has a dedicated team of certified professionals to keep
these pests at bay. The Kadena entomology flight
helps housing residents and facility managers
deal with pest infestations they can’t take care
of on their own.
A team of 27 are responsible for more than
8,000 military housing units, 19 dormitories and
more than 7,000 operational facilities island
wide. Together, the team completes an average
of 2,500 work orders a year.
Okinawan residents are almost guaranteed
to have cockroaches, ants or other pests in their
homes due to the island’s year-round tropical
weather. According to Senior Airman Nicholas
Stokes, 18th Civil Engineer Squadron pest management journeyman, these pests normally live
outside in the warm and moist environment but
can become a nuisance once indoors.
Out of the many species of roaches here,
the German cockroach is the main antagonist.
These small brown roaches typically reside in
the kitchen, usually around the sink, stove and
surrounding cabinets. They thrive in these areas
because of food debris slipping into cracks and
grease that builds up.
“The best way to avoid bugs and pests is everyday sanitation,” said Stokes. “Taking out
trash on a regular basis, maybe every two days,
can make a big difference. Also, rinsing out cans
and bottles before recycling can help too.”
Even more so than roaches, ants trigger the
largest volume of housing calls. There are several different species on island but the one
many housing residents are already
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ON PAGE 8
Who ya gonna call?
To ask for support off base, call
110 for local police. For on-base
locations, please check the following
information.
mp Butler
meone comes across a Habu on base, they should keep
distance away and call 911, report that you are calling
MO Animal Control. Carefully watch the Habu to ensure
e it is until Animal Control arrives on-scene.”
Army Facilities
“Avoid going into farming areas, sugar cane fields, and bushes
especially at night time. The Habu snake prefers damp,
secluded places such as sugar cane fields, bushy tombs, road
sides, between stone walls, and caves. On Army facilities call
644-4715 or 098-911-1911 if calling from a
cell phone or get help to evacuate yourself/friend to U.S. Naval
Hospital Okinawa while minimizing physical activity. The safety
and security of our Soldiers, Families and civilians remains a
top priority for U.S. Army Garrison - Okinawa. All newcomers to
the island are given a thorough brief on environmental hazards
including the habu.”
- USAG – Okinawa Public Affairs Office
- Public Affairs, Marine Corps Installation Pacific
Navy Facilities
dena Air Base
tact the 18th Civil Engineer Squadron pest management
@ 634-1961/0882.”
- 18th Wing Public Affairs Office
“Contact DSN: 634-9628 for support.
Or you can contact CFAO security at 622-1410.”
- CFAO Public Affairs Office
U.S. Air Force Airman
1st Class Adrianna
Washington, 18th Civil
Engineer Squadron
Pest Management
apprentice, baits a
snake trap May 25
at Kadena Air Base.
Photo by Senior
Airman Omari
Bernard, U.S.
Air Force
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abu bites should be
avoided, but how about
the “bite” of Habu sake?
Would you be scared to see a
large jar of a sake with a snake
coiled in it? Well, you shouldn’t
be. And I found a good place to
give it a shot, literally.
Benson’s, a 10-minute drive
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JUNE 23 − JUNE 29, 2016
A boost of energy
from Kadena Air Base and located right in the middle of American Village, is a one-of-a-kind
hot dog joint where you can try
a shot of habu sake as you enjoy
hot dogs and Angus beef hamburgers at reasonable prices.
“I started serving habu sake
because it was something nobody
was doing in the neighborhood,”
said owner Kou Hirayama, who
added that Asian tourists and
American customers are fascinated with the bottles that have
a snake in them.
“Many of them try a shot
of Habu sake just to test their
nerve,” he said. “But now, some
customers are huge fans of
the local liquor. I even have an
American customer who comes
to this place regularly and has a
shot of habu sake every time.”
Hirayama, who opened Benson’s in 2012, said the reason
why the liquor came to be accepted by his customers was
the fact that it tastes better than
people imagine it would, as well
as the “energy” it provides.
“I hear that habu sake tasted
awful back in the old days,” Hirayama explained. “But now, it
tastes much better thanks to the
effort made by sake makers such
as Nanto Syuzo.
“The Habu sake I serve has
more than 10 herbs blended in
it, which helps the liquor taste so
good,” he said. “I drink a shot of
it myself when I need a boost of
energy.”
At Benson’s, you can enjoy a
shot of Habu sake for only 300
yen, which is a very reasonable
price.
“I don’t try to make a profit
from my sales habu sake,” he
said. “The intent is to serve customers who are big fans of my
hot dogs and hamburgers.”
During my recent visit to Benson’s , I saw many tourists, especially those who are from Asian
countries, lining up in front of the
restaurant. Looking at how surprised I was, Hirayama touched
on another attraction: Benson’s
all beef hot dog.
“All beef hot dog are still not
so common in Japan,” he said.
“Although there are some places
where you can eat such hot dogs,
but they can serve only so many
because it costs a lot to make all
beef sausages. My shop deals in
about 30,000 all beef sausages a
year, which is unheard of in Japan.”
Determined to make his hot
dog the best possible, Hirayama
went to Los Angeles, a mecca
for hot dog lovers, last year and
visited many hot dog joints to
experience and learn the taste
of authentic hot dogs. Among 20
well-known hot dog places he
visited, World Famous Oki-Dog
stood out to Hirayama.
“In fact, the biggest purpose
of the trip was to see Mr. Iha,
who is from Okinawa and has
been running the World Famous
Oki-Dog for 35 years,” he said.
“He kindly shared the recipe of
his chili sauce with me. I learned
a lot from him.”
After the trip to L.A., the taste
of Hirayama’s hot dogs has created more buzz among his customers, he said.
“Now
we
have
many
customers especially from Taiwan. This is thanks to Stanley, a
Taiwanese TV talent who raved
about my hot dogs on his blog,”
he said. “My shop is now a must
stop place for so many Taiwanese tourists who come to Okinawa.”
It is not just the Taiwanese
who are dazzled by Hirayama’s
hot dogs. American customers
also praised his hot dogs by saying, “nice job.”
But it’s not just the habu sake
and hot dogs that that are drawing customers to Benson’s.
“My Angus beef burger is
now as popular as my all beef
hot dogs,” he said, telling a story
about an old couple from Hawaii who visit every two years to
munch on one of his burgers.
“They’ve visited all the hamburgers joints in Hawaii because
they love burgers so much, Hirayama said. “But once they
tried the Angus beef burger at
my joint, they said, ‘Your hamburger is the best.’”
As someone who has tried a
chili dog and Angus burger at
Benson’s, I can tell you they are
awesome. The all-beef hot dog
has a very rich flavor to it, and
the chili tastes as good as pasta
sauce at a fancy Italian restaurant. As for the burger, its gentle
sweetness and smooth texture
opens your eyes to the appeal of
Angus beef.
So next time you go to American Village, make a stop at Benson’s and try a shot of habu sake
with an all-beef hot dog or Angus
beef hamburger.
[email protected]
Benson’s
OPEN Everyday, 11a.m.- 10 p.m.
Location: 9- 2 Mihama, Chatan,
Nakagami, Okinawa Prefecture
904-015 (American Village
Depot B 1F near Mihama 7 Plex
Cinema)
Tel. 098-894-3333
Facebook: https://www.
facebook.com/bensons.mihama
+81 (3) 5441-9800
G
iven the fact that habu
sake is an essential part
of Okinawan culture,
you can’t go wrong by having a
glass of it while enjoying the island’s traditional cuisine.
A one-minute walk from
Sunset Beach will take you to
Chatan Dining, an authentic
Okinawan restaurant where you
can enjoy a variety of local dishes, ranging from Okinawan soba
noodles and Goya champuru
(bitter melon stir fry) to delicacies such as mozuku seaweed,
Jimami-doufu (peanut tofu), Tofuyo (fermented tofu), mimigaa
and 8 p.m. every night, there
are live shows by professional
musicians. According to Manager Takeshi Tamaki, the shows
are always exciting because at
some point, customers are encouraged to go up the stage and
dance to Okinawan beat.
It is actually a good opportunity to experience Kachashii,
a local tradition where people
dance together to commemorate a happy moment. Don’t
worry if you don’t know how to
dance, because you can just follow the moves others make. Or
if you like, you can show your
own dance style and impress everybody. The point is having fun
A Ta
(boiled ear skin of pig) and
Shima Rakkyo (island shallot).
Whichever dish you choose, it
will taste right with the unique
local spirit rich in flavor and nutrition.
Speaking of variety, the wide
collection of awamori liquor at
this place deserves to be noted.
Just taking a look at the many
bottles lined up along the wall
will tease your curiosity. It
would also be fun to try various
kinds of local spirits to see the
difference from habu sake.
At Chatan Dining, you can
also please your eye and ear as
you satisfy your appetite and
quench your thirst. At 7 p.m.
ste o
f Hab
A shot of tradition
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with everybody
and sharing
happiness, which if you ask me,
is the beauty of Okinawan culture.
Tamaki said people from
the U.S. military often come to
the restaurant for lunch. It’s a
great place to enjoy Okinawa
soba noodles or Goya champuru
while you enjoy the gorgeous
ocean view.
So next time you come to
American village – day
or night - try this classic Okinawa restaurant
by the beach.
[email protected]
Chatan Dining
OPEN Everyday, Lunch 11:30
a.m.- 3p.m. (Last order at 2 p.m.),
Dinner 6 p.m. – 11p.m. (Last
order at 10 p.m.)
Location: 2 Mihama, Chatan,
Nakagami, Okinawa Prefecture
904-015 (Terme Villa Chula-u 2F
near Sunset Beach)
Tel. 098-921-5412
*Menu is available in English
KADENA: Help solve the pest problem
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too familiar with is the whitefooted ant. These black ants are
small with yellowish-white legs
and are problematic at home and
in the work center.
“We normally provide suggestions to units about how they
can keep pests out of their offices,” said Senior Airman James
Wheeler, 18th CES pest management journeyman. “For example,
when we receive a call we check
for any entry points and damage
caused, and then recommend the
unit to the proper maintenance
facility so they can attempt to fix
the problem.”
Entomology Airmen on Kadena also set traps around base
and the island training facilities
for invasive species such as the
mongoose or the venomous Taiwanese Habu Snake.
Airman 1st Class Adrianna
Washington, 18th CES pest management apprentice, said there
are about 11 snake species, including the Habu on the island.
Residents should be cautious
and treat every snake as
if it’s poisonous and keep
their distance.
Entomologists also suggest
residents
remove
items such as toys and
empty water pots from their
yards that can contain stagnant water. This can aid in reducing mosquito breeding areas.
However, fogging operations to
control the mosquito populations
are conducted with the coordination of the base Public Health
office.
Residents should do everything they can to stop bugs
from settling in to begin with.
Although almost impossible to
avoid with small children, food
and crumbs can be the root
An Akamata snake peeks its head out
from its shelter May 25 at Kadena Air
Base. Akamatas are a non-indigenous
snake to Okinawa and are often found
in dark cool places around the island.
The 18th Civil Engineer Squadron’s
entomology flight traps snakes and
other invasive species on Okinawa.
Photo by Senior Airman Omari Bernard, U.S. Air Force
for long periods of time can
create nesting areas. Rats
and mice love living in dusty,
cluttered sheds. A good
way of keeping spiFor Pest
ders away can be as
Management
simple as sweeping
service, questions the cob webs from
cause of many
or concerns, call
around the doors
pest infestations. It
634-1961/0882.
and outside walls of
takes just a tiny amount
the house.
of food and water for
Housing
residents
pests to survive.
should try to locate and
Lawns should be cut and de- seal up any holes or gaps they nobris around the house is best re- tice. If unable to handle the jobs
moved. Many items that sit out themselves, residents should
report any structural damage
to Housing Maintenance at 634HOME (4663).
During the peak summer
months there can be up to a two
week wait time for service. Customers can get a select amount of
self-help products from the Pest
Management office, Building
6207, and information to help the
fight against pests.
If anyone is curious as to what
that strange-looking bug you
found is, they can always visit
www.18ces.pestmanagement@
us.af.mil. As long as it isn’t completely destroyed, entomologists
may be able to tell what it is.
Pest Management may not be
able to eliminate them all but
they will certainly do their best
to get any pests problems at a tolerable level.
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and a pinch of soap flakes to each portion; stir well, and let cool.
5.Store any leftovers in airtight containers.
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Big Bubbles
Ingredients
•2 cups dishwashing liquid
•6 cups cold water
•¾-cup light corn syrup
Directions
1.Mix all ingredients together in a shallow
tub.
2.Let settle for 3 to 4 hours.
3.Make huge bubbles by dipping a slotted kitchen spoon or fly swatter into
solution then swinging in the air. Or,
cut both ends from a frozen juice can,
dip one end in the bubbles and blow
through the other end.
Clean Mud
Ingredients
•1 roll white toilet paper
•1 bar Dove soap
•Warm water (warm enough to melt the
soap)
Directions
1.Tear the toilet paper into tiny pieces, the
smaller the better.
2.Use a cheese grater to grate the bar of
soap into a large bowl.
3.Add the toilet paper pieces to the bowl
and toss to combine.
4.Add the warm water, a little bit at a time,
while mixing with your hands, until mixture is the consistency of thick whipped
cream.
5.Have fun! The more you play with it the
fluffier it becomes.
Cornstarch
Finger Paint
Ingredients
•3 tablespoons sugar
•½ cup cornstarch
•2 cups cold water
•Food coloring
•Soap flakes
Directions
1. Mix sugar and cornstarch in medium
saucepan; stir in cold water.
2. Set over low heat and cook and stir
until mixture is thick.
3. Remove from heat and divide into 4
or 5 portions (use muffin tins or paper
Play with goop over a plastic covered
surface – it can stain. Can be re-used,
just store in an airtight container at room
temperature. It’s great sensory fun for all
ages – even mom and dad!
Ingredients
•2 cups water
•½ cup cornstarch
•Food coloring
Directions
1.Bring water to a boil over high heat.
2.Lower heat and stir in the cornstarch
and food coloring.
3.Heat and stir until mixture is smooth.
4.Remove from heat and cool before using.
Kool-Aid
Play Dough
Ingredients
•1 cup all-purpose flour
•¼ cup salt
•2 tablespoons cream of tartar
•1 package unsweetened Kool-Aid
•1 cup water
•1 tablespoon vegetable oil
Directions
1.Mix flour, salt, cream of tartar and KoolAid in a medium saucepan. Stir in water
and oil.
2.Set over medium heat; cook and stir 3
to 5 minutes until mixture forms a ball in
pot.
3.Remove from heat; cool slightly.
4.Turn out onto work surface and knead
until smooth.
5.Store in airtight container or plastic bag
in the refrigerator.
Silly Putty
Ingredients
•1 cup white glue (Elmer’s Glue-All recommended if you want the silly putty to
bounce)
•1 cup cornstarch
Directions
1.Combine ingredients together in a large
bowl. If mixture is too stiff add more
glue; if too runny add more cornstarch.
2.Stretch it, pull it apart, bounce it on the
floor, but be careful -- it will stick to rugs.
3.Can be reused; store in an airtight container at room temperature.
Treats
Watermelon
Sno Cones
Ingredients
•Seedless watermelon
•Vanilla yogurt
•Sweetened coconut
•Sprinkle or jimmies
•Ice cream cones or paper sno cone cups
Directions
1.Using an ice cream scoop, make balls
of watermelon and place them in the
freezer on a waxed paper-lined cookie
sheet for no more than 1 hour.
2.Remove from freezer and roll in vanilla
yogurt and then sweetened coconut,
and top with sprinkles or jimmies.
3.Place in an ice cream cone or sno cone
cup and enjoy.
Courtesy of the National Watermelon
Promotion Board
Frozen Graham
Cracker Bars
Ingredients
•Chocolate graham crackers
•Frozen whipped topping
Directions
1.
Spread topping between 2 graham
crackers.
2.Place in container and freeze for at least
4 hours.
3.Serve and enjoy.
Homemade
Peanut Butter
Ingredients
•1½ cups unsalted roasted peanuts
•1 tablespoon peanut oil
Directions
For smooth peanut butter:
1.Mix the peanuts with the peanut oil, and
pour the mixture into the food processor.
2.
Process the mixture until it’s very
smooth.
3. Store your smooth peanut butter in a
sealed container in the refrigerator. It
will keep for 2 weeks.
For chunky peanut butter:
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1.Take about ¼ cup out of your 1½ cups
of peanuts and set them aside for later.
2.Mix the rest of the peanuts with the oil,
pour the mixture into the food processor.
3.Process the mixture until very smooth,
then stir in the peanuts that you set
aside earlier.
4.Process a few seconds more to create
the chunks in your chunky peanut butter.
5.Store your chunky peanut butter in a
sealed container in the refrigerator. It
will keep for 2 weeks.
Incredible Edible
Veggie Bowls
Ingredients
•1 green, yellow, or red bell pepper
•1 bunch celery
•1 medium carrot
•Your favorite salad dressing
Directions
1.Wash and dry the pepper, celery and
carrot.
Cut the pepper in half (from side to
side). Clean out the seeds and membrane from the inside. Now you have
two pieces – one will be your peppershaped bowl.
3.Cut the other half of the pepper into
skinny slices.
4.Peel the carrot with a vegetable peeler,
then cut into skinny sticks about 4-inches
long.
5.Cut the celery into skinny sticks about
4-inches long.
6.Pour a little bit of salad dressing into the
bottom of your pepper bowl.
7.Put celery sticks, carrot sticks, and pepper slices into the pepper bowl.
8.Now you have a portable veggie treat!
When you’ve eaten all the veggie sticks
and slices, it’s time to eat the bowl!
Pretzels
Ingredients
•1 tablespoon yeast
•½ cup warm water
•1 teaspoon honey
•1 1/3 cup all purpose flour
•1 teaspoon salt
Directions
1.Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Spray
a baking sheet with nonstick cooking
spray and set it aside until later.
2.Put the yeast, water, and honey in a small
bowl. Stir together, then let the mixture
sit for 5 minutes. Set a timer to ring when
the 5 minutes are over.
3.While the mixture sits, mix the flour and
salt together in a medium-size mixing
bowl.
4.When the timer rings, check on the yeast
mixture. It should be bigger than before
and should be a little bubbly. Add this
mixture to the flour and salt mixture.
5.Stir everything together with a spoon, to
start, then finish mixing with your hands.
Make sure your hands are totally clean.
The dough is finished when it’s still a
little crumbly and flaky.
6.Put the dough on a large cutting board
and knead it like you are playing with
clay. Knead it into one big ball.
7.Break off a piece of dough that’s about
the size of a big gumball. Use your
hands to roll it into a skinny snake.
8.Twist the snake into a medium-size pretzel shape, and put it on the cookie sheet.
Do this with all the dough, making 12
pretzels.
9.Bake your pretzels for 10 minutes. Take
them out of the oven, let them cool, then
enjoy.
Watermelon
Popsicles
Ingredients
•Watermelon
•Chunks of fresh fruit – try grapes, strawberries, or kiwi fruit
Directions
1.Puree watermelon in a food processor or blender and pour into Popsicle
molds.
2.Drop in chunks of fresh fruit, insert caps
and place in freezer.
3.Serve when frozen.
Courtesy of the National Watermelon
Promotion Board
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Dads and Doulas
BY NICOLE FIKE
BIRTH DOULA, POSTPARTUM DOULA
JAPAN BIRTH RESOURCE NETWORK
T
PR
E
here are so many details
that go into getting ready
for the new arrival of a
baby. Moms are busy with all
of the small details: washing
the tiny clothes, picking out
the perfect décor for the
baby’s room, and organizing
and cleaning the house.
Meanwhile, the dads are in
charge of crib and furniture
assembly, installing the car
seats, painting the nursery
and hanging pictures. Each
job is important and is a time
of bonding for both the mom
and dad to the idea of a new
baby.
What
about
getting
prepared for labor and
delivery? Who’s in charge of
that? That’s when you may
hear your partner mention
that she wants to hire a doula.
Most often the expectant mom
will be the one saying she
would like the support of a
doula, and the dad is thinking,
“What’s a doula and why do
you need one?”
One father said about his
family’s doula, “I’ve run a
number of marathons. I’ve
done a lot of hiking with a heavy
backpack, and I’ve worked
for forty hours straight; but
going through labor with my
wife was more strenuous and
exhausting than any of these
experiences. We could never
have done it without the doula.
She was crucial for us.”
Doulas are trained to
support the family as a whole.
They are not there to take the
place of the father but rather
to enhance the experience. A
mother needs to know dad is
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GN CY
Week of
there and that he is with her:
loving, concerned, responsive,
and taking responsibility for
his new child. His presence
is important for the emotional
connection of the couple
and for their relationship to
each other and to the baby.
The doula recognizes the
importance of this and is there
to aid not only the birthing
mother but to support the
father as well.
A doula needs to be
sensitive at all times to the
couple’s relationship. When
they are progressing well
and they are interacting
successfully, she steps away
and remains present but in
the background. She also
helps involve the father, for
example, by showing him how
to massage the mother’s back.
The doula will encourage
dad to take breaks for himself
as well. She is that constant
presence in the birthing room
that will stay with the mom
during times when dad may
need to leave to check on other
children or simply get a cup of
coffee.
Your partner is an essential
support person for you to
have by your side. However,
your partner will need to
eat and use the bathroom at
times. Also, most partners
have limited knowledge about
birth, medical procedures,
or what goes on in a hospital.
Doulas and partners can work
together
to make up a labor
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support team.
Working with dads is an
awesome experience. When
the doula and the dad can
come together to support
the birthing mother she
is more successful in her
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PROVIDES EVIDENCE BASED
INFORMATION AND MOTHER
FRIENDLY SUPPORT THROUGHOUT
OKINAWA AND JAPAN. To
learn more visit: www.
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BIRTH EDUCATION CENTER OF
OKINAWA’S, SCHEDULE FOR JUNE:
n Saturday, June 25
- Cranial Sacral Therapy
n Monday, June 27 Breastfeeding Basics
n Tuesday, June 28
- Intro to Cloth Diapering
The BEC offers a Weekly
Wednesday Weigh In every
week for breastfeeding
mothers & baby, IBCLC
consultations, Hypnobirthing,
Infant Massage, and more.
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birth. Women who received
continuous support were more
likely to have spontaneous
vaginal births and less likely
to have any pain medication,
epidurals, negative feelings
about childbirth, vacuum or
forceps-assisted births, and
C-sections. In addition, their
labors were shorter by about
40 minutes and their babies
were less likely to have low
Apgar scores at birth.
Dads, we are excited to
partner up with you, and we
hope to see you in the birthing
room.
Sources: evidencebasedbirth.
com
The Doula Book, 2nd addition
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16 Conspiratorial
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17 Plumlike fruit
18 Burn the
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19 Shakespearean
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28 Excellence
30 Change, as
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31 It may be struck
32 Screwball
34 Give some gas
35 Frosty coating
36 TV advertiser
40 Airplane wing
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43 Pampered one?
45 CBS symbol
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59 Movie trilogy
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22 Low-budget film
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48 Simple shelter
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