This picture was taken in 1982 at the beginning of my research on the life of Detective Chang Apana. The gravestone to the right is that of Apana. The little boy on my lap is my nephew Andrew who is now a grown man. If you had visited Apana's grave site recently, you would have noticed that the surrounding area is kept in a much better condition than it was in 1982. In fact, Apana's grave had been "lost" for quite some time, and it was only with the expert help of the cemetery caretaker Tommy Wong, that I was able to find the grave at all! It had been totally overgrown with weeds and tall grass. I worked on clearing and cleaning up the site for some weeks to get it in the condition that you see in the photograph above. I will be revisiting Detective Apana's grave site soon, and I will post video of it on this blog. It will be a video tour that will make it easier for all to find his grave as it is in an out-of-the-way section of the Manoa Chinese Cemetery.
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