Generous Support from the Team USA, Project Yet to Complete

A Home-Stay Accommodation project known as Eroni Kumana is yet to complete.

The generous support was from John Kulewicz and his team from USA who funded the project. The six-man team was here in the Solomon for swimming the 4.2 mile route from Kennedy Island to Olosana and Naru and back to Kennedy Island; this is to commemorate the memory of the PT 109 crew.

 The swimmers are Peter Canfield (an Atlanta lawyer), John Kulewicz (a Columbus lawyer and team leader of the swimmer), Rich Lovering (a Columbus lawyer). Jack Lundberg (a builder in Montana and Ohio), Jay Madigan (an Orlando environmental consultant) and Adrian Mula (from Antigua, first mate on the yacht Antares, anchored nearby).

 

With their generous donation of about SBD$10, 000.00 for the Aaron (Eroni) Kumana family, the family has erected the Home stay accommodation as part of AKs 5 Recommendations.

The donation was received and the project started on the beginning 2019. Though the project sounds very very slow but the family members are committed to finish it.

The family has continued their little fundraising to continue the project.

 

 

Kumana said a short friendship that keeps him rise the USA Flag

 Kumana said a short friendship that keep him raise the USA Flag.

Aaron Kumana always gives a very big smile when he always raised a USA Flag given by Cpt. Rhode, and sometimes with a very big shout, “HURRAY!” this is when he started a day work. Besides, my grandfather who always dreamed of what to give to his community as a gift from him from the USA. He said that people came to him and talking about him as someone known to the other end of the world, and could be the source of bringing help to develop the community because of his famous story of rescuing the future president of USA.

He said, raising a USA flag was only to commemorate my love for my president John F Kennedy. He said he once show him during the period of rescuing him, and that is the last time I show him. However, because of how famous he was the story of promise to see us I and Biuku is another chapter of the PT109 rescue, said Kumana or Eroni Kumana

Kumana said that it was the shortest friendship in his life that keeps him raising the USA flag. A shortest of all friendship that keeps all these tourists and students from all over the world to hear the story of the rescuer. That is why all my people are expecting something as a reward, said Kumana

He said he is going very soon and ask his grandchildren to fulfill his 5 recommendations (The 5R’s). http://aronkumana.blogspot.com/2010/05/aaron-kumanas-5-recommendations.html.

Eroni Kumana died on the 3rd of August 2014, 10am local time living his 5R's behind.

US grateful for Kumana, Gasa’s action

Had it not been for two men in a small canoe over seventy years ago, the world may not have ever known the name John F. Kennedy said US Defense Attaché Commander Dan Balsinger.

 During the unveiling of John F. Kennedy’s PT109 monument on Lubaria Island in Rendova last week, the Commander speaking on behalf of the United States of America said they are deeply grateful for the actions of Eroni Kumana and Biuku Gasa that fateful August day in 1943.

 “We thank you for your friendship, and we thank you for this great honor to our 35th President, John F. Kennedy.

“Again a great and mighty U.S. Navy ship will bear the name and carry on the legacy of President John F. Kennedy,” he said citing the first naval ship has been decommissioned in 2007.

 He closed with a quote from the late President; “The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission.”

At the ceremony, Commander Balsinger also met up with one of late Biuku’s son Rex Biuku.

 He also met up with a one of the forgotten native in the Presidents’ version son of Ingolo Goete, claimed to be one of the head scouts that helped in the rescue effort in the Kolombangara waters.

Aaron Kumana web page happy to receive a Computer for its Communication Programs.

A Brother in-law of one of the Aaron Kumana’s grandson donated a computer for its communication activities.

A second-hand computer but functioning very well was installed and continues to update its communication programs.

The communication project is a continuous activity to update programs of activities that are happening in the family of late Aaron Kumana.

With this setup, the family is looking forward to publishing its first Newsletter and will be named the “Eroni Kumana Newsletter”. This newsletter will educate and inform communities in and around our island. 

The Aaron Kumana (AK) family especially the grandsons has the struggle to fulfill their grandfather’s 5 Recommendation’s (5R’s) http://aronkumana.blogspot.com/2010/05/aaron-kumanas-5-recommendations.html, and with this gift, the number 5 of the 5R’s continued support. 

The web page is established and now we are looking forward to the newsletter.