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Heroic Resilience (from page 43)
of immigrant, or Issei, parents). A
troop history recounts how Sano knew
the young men "needed personal de-
velopment rather than hard playing
and hard fighting, prevalent then
among the boys." Fighting with other
groups was frequent when young Nisei
ventured outside Japantown.
At the time, the so-called "yellow
peril" was much discussed in San
Francisco. Since 1885 Japanese immi-
grants had arrived in large numbers.
Like many other immigrant groups,
they worked at low-paying menial jobs
and raised large families. Sensational-
ized articles in West Coast newspapers
warned of subversive plots brewing
within the many Japanese-American
enclaves.
Yoshizo Sano counselled his boys to
avoid fights, stay mostly in Japantown,
yet seek friends outside. Scouting, he
figured, could help them adapt to life as
Americans.
Photos of the first Scouts show eight
husky boys in neat uniforms, with
Scout staves. They dwarf their Scout-
master, dressed impeccably in square-
cut coat and vest, wingtip collar, and
bowler hat. Each week Sano drilled
the Scouts on first aid in a dim-lit base-
ment on Sutter Street, then enter-
tained them with tales that always
broke off, "Next week, I'll tell what
happened to us."
In 1915 the little troop won acclaim
in the newly-formed San Francisco
Scout Council; it was one of two troops
chosen to demonstrate first aid for
President William Howard Taft at the
Panama-Pacific International Exposi-
tion. During World War I the Scouts
marched in parades and sold war
bonds. Although barred from enlisting
in the Navy, many of Japantown's
young men served in the Army.
In the postwar years the United
States reduced Japanese immigration
and fewer newcomers were available
to join Troop 12. But the unit continued
to grow by attracting more Nisei boys.
Sano dutifully led them on monthly
camping trips into the hills. The troop
loaded bedrolls on a two-wheel trek
cart and hiked three days to the Rus-
sian River for the first of 16 summer
camps the Scoutmaster would direct.
In 1921 Masanobu Morisuye graduated
from the University of California and
moved east to begin a career as an
engineer with Westinghouse. Like
him, most Troop 12 boys went to col-
lege and then to technical or profes-
sional jobs outside California, where
prejudice seemed less.
Meanwhile, the Japanese-American
community was changing. Shinto and
Buddhist temples dwindled as younger
families adopted Christianity. When
Sano retired in 1931, the troop charter
went to the First Reformed Church
and then to a nearby American Legion
post.
A dramatic new chapter began in
1932. "Let's start a drum and bugle
corps," new Scoutmaster Tsuneichiro
Baba proposed. "I'll donate six
drums."
Parents somehow provided instru-
ments for everyone. Each Friday night
Troop 12 marched in the neighbor-
hood, drumsticks twirling, cymbals
clashing, bugles blaring. Word spread,
and Troop 12 was invited to parades
downtown, then to other towns and
cities.
"I remember the long, excruciating
trips, packed like cattle in open trucks,
to play in parades...," UCLA profes-
sor Harry Kitano, 65, recently told a
Japanese-language newspaper. "The
amazing thing was, we looked forward
to those trips and actually enjoyed
them."
One of their biggest fans was Salva-
tore "Sam" Fusco, a wholesale fruit
dealer who lived at the edge of Japan-
town. A musician and lover of music,
Fusco became the Scouts' drillmaster.
Whenever the troop paraded he strode
along nearby, leading the applause.
The jolly young Sicilian would drive
his truck to the troop's summer camp
site, cook spaghetti for everyone, roam
the camp in swim trunks all day, and
sleep in his truck at night.
By 1940 drum and bugle corps mem-
bership had swelled to 100, and the
Scouts performed at the World's Fair
on Treasure Island in San Francisco
Bay. In June, about 200 Scouts and
alumni crowded the troop's 25th anni-
versary banquet. Troop 12, it ap-
peared, had become a genuine success
story.
Then, disaster. On the morning of
December 7, 1941, Japan launched a
surprise attack on the U.S. Pacific
Fleet at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.
Near-panic swept San Francisco.
The loyalty of Japanese-Americans
was officially challenged. "A Jap's a
Jap and it makes no difference
whether he's an American or not," the
chief of the Western Defense Com-
mand, Lt. General John L. De Witt,
told the press. "I don't want any of
them."
Signs proclaiming "I AM AN
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