One Puka Puka
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One Puka Puka is the famed nickname of the 100th Infantry Battalion, a highly decorated U.S. Army unit composed primarily of Japanese American soldiers from Hawaii during World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| One Puka Puka canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4449904 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: One Puka Puka Context triple: [100th Infantry Battalion, nickname, One Puka Puka]
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A.
Papasha
Papasha is the affectionate Russian nickname for the PPSh-41, a widely used Soviet submachine gun from World War II.
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B.
Oi no Kobumi
Oi no Kobumi is a travel diary by the renowned Japanese haiku poet Matsuo Bashō, recording his later journeys and reflections in prose and verse.
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C.
Honancho
Honancho is a neighborhood in Tokyo, Japan, known as a residential area with convenient access to central city districts via the Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line.
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D.
Uka Uka
Uka Uka is an evil, sentient witch doctor mask and one of the primary villains in the Crash Bandicoot video game series, often masterminding schemes to conquer the world.
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E.
Plon-Plon
Plon-Plon was the popular nickname of Prince Napoléon-Jérôme Bonaparte, a 19th-century French imperial prince and cousin of Emperor Napoleon III.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: One Puka Puka Target entity description: One Puka Puka is the famed nickname of the 100th Infantry Battalion, a highly decorated U.S. Army unit composed primarily of Japanese American soldiers from Hawaii during World War II.
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A.
Papasha
Papasha is the affectionate Russian nickname for the PPSh-41, a widely used Soviet submachine gun from World War II.
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B.
Oi no Kobumi
Oi no Kobumi is a travel diary by the renowned Japanese haiku poet Matsuo Bashō, recording his later journeys and reflections in prose and verse.
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C.
Honancho
Honancho is a neighborhood in Tokyo, Japan, known as a residential area with convenient access to central city districts via the Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line.
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D.
Uka Uka
Uka Uka is an evil, sentient witch doctor mask and one of the primary villains in the Crash Bandicoot video game series, often masterminding schemes to conquer the world.
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E.
Plon-Plon
Plon-Plon was the popular nickname of Prince Napoléon-Jérôme Bonaparte, a 19th-century French imperial prince and cousin of Emperor Napoleon III.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
military unit nickname
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nickname ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
100th Infantry Battalion (United States)
ⓘ
linked to:
100th Infantry Battalion
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| associatedBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| associatedDecorationStatus | highly decorated unit ⓘ |
| associatedLanguageContext | Hawaii Creole English (Pidgin) ⓘ |
| associatedTheater | European Theater of Operations ⓘ |
| associatedUnitType | infantry battalion ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
442nd Regimental Combat Team
ⓘ
Nisei soldiers ⓘ
linked to:
100th Infantry Battalion
|
| associatedWithEthnicGroup | Japanese Americans ⓘ |
| associatedWithIssue | overcoming wartime suspicion toward Japanese Americans ⓘ |
| associatedWithLocation |
Oahu, Hawaii
ⓘ
linked to:
Oahu
Schofield Barracks (historical association via 100th Infantry Battalion) ⓘ
linked to:
Schofield Barracks
|
| associatedWithState |
Territory of Hawaii
ⓘ
linked to:
Hawaii Territory
|
| composition | Japanese American soldiers ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
symbol of Hawaii Japanese American soldiers in WWII
ⓘ
symbol of Japanese American patriotism ⓘ |
| era | 1940s ⓘ |
| hasAlias |
100th Battalion "One Puka Puka"
ⓘ
linked to:
100th Infantry Battalion
|
| hasHeritage | Japanese American military history ⓘ |
| hasReputation |
bravery in combat
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loyalty to the United States ⓘ |
| hasSubjectOf |
books on Japanese American soldiers in WWII
ⓘ
documentaries on Nisei units in WWII ⓘ |
| languageOfName |
Hawaiian Pidgin English
ⓘ
linked to:
Pidgin English
|
| meaningOfName | 100 ⓘ |
| memorializedIn |
Hawaii war memorials
ⓘ
Japanese American WWII commemorations ⓘ |
| nameComponentMeaning |
"one" and "puka puka" together colloquially represent "100"
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"puka" means "hole" or "zero" in Hawaiian Pidgin usage ⓘ |
| nicknameOf |
100th Infantry Battalion (Separate)
ⓘ
linked to:
100th Infantry Battalion
|
| notableFor |
combat performance in World War II
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highly decorated service ⓘ |
| partOfNarrative | Asian American military service in WWII ⓘ |
| primaryRecruitmentArea | Hawaii ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | U.S. military historians ⓘ |
| refersTo | 100th Infantry Battalion ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
World War II era
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linked to:
World War II
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| usedAs | informal unit designation ⓘ |
| usedBy |
U.S. Army
ⓘ
linked to:
United States Army
|
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Subject: One Puka Puka Description of subject: One Puka Puka is the famed nickname of the 100th Infantry Battalion, a highly decorated U.S. Army unit composed primarily of Japanese American soldiers from Hawaii during World War II.
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