Weekend Scene

Ceremonies at Punchbowl National Cemetery yesterday commemorated the formation of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team's 100th Battalion. Veteran James Oura, left, looked up with pride at his Army company's flag.

442nd veteran Edwin Imamura prayed over the grave of his friend James Miyamoto, who was killed in Italy in 1945.

Following yesterday's wreath-laying ceremonies at Punchbowl, 442nd Regimental Combat Team veteran and author Mitsuo Sakamoto signed a copy of his memoirs on Army life.

At the Hawai'i Convention Center, students and faculty from Sunnyside Middle School and Jefferson High School of Lafayette, Ind., display a quilt they made in honor of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. From left, Vanessa Barton, Ireli Orozco, Brittany Helmerick, teacher Leila Meyerratken, Shaun Voorhees, Micheal Matatall and Lauren Richardson began laying the pieces yesterday.