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“Quiet now, there is not a thing besides the low, humming sound of the bodyIn my mouth, chewing on the wordsI cannot speak to them …
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For professional opera singer Nina Yoshida Nelsen, the path of life has been full of unexpected twists and turns. But she would not have had …
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Read Part 2 >> What is that story? He didn't have any papers, so I guess he got on the ship. But he worked on …
Brian Niiya delves into the hidden history of a group of Alaska Natives caught up in the WWII incarceration of Japanese Americans in our first …
Read Part 1 >> So they're doing chicken farming and so I imagine for them they, they had to give up their farm when the war …
For years I have wanted to write about my family and ancestors to preserve stories of the struggles they faced as immigrants to the United …
“When you think about now, politically, we listen to the news of what’s happening in Washington. In those days, my father was not political. He …
My mother’s memories of Poston are thick with dust. When I ask my 93-year-old mother about Poston, she starts with the dust storms. She tells …
In 2002-2004, I was honored to serve with two distinguished historical colleagues, the late Roger Daniels and the late Franklin Odo, as a co-consultant for …
I was drafted into the U. S. Army in June 1945 from Kahului, Maui, Hawaii. After basic training in the muggy summer at Camp Wolters, …
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