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As staff of the Collections Management and Access (CMA) department at the Japanese American National Museum, my colleagues and I make little rediscoveries in JANM ...
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Returning to my birthplace for the first time after 72 years wasn’t quite the thrill I might have hoped for. After all, my “home ...
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Most Yonsei (4th generation Nikkei) and Gosei (5th) are most likely living very comfortable lives with their parents. There may be a Lexus, Acura, and ...
Masako Iwawaki Murakami’s parents seldom talked about the years the family spent in an American concentration camp during WWII. Masako was 8 years old ...
Read Part 1 >>I was having the time of my life, working a few hours a day as a dishwasher in the mess hall and ...
When we arrived at Tule Lake in the morning, we were greeted by a man who claimed to be our Block Manager. It was nice ...
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>> Part 1Outside of school we of course played games. The summer heat was a challenge so outdoor games began at dusk. “Annie, Annie, Over,” we ...
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Okubo was interned in 1942 in the Central Utah Relocation Center in Topaz a year after the attack on Pearl Harbor. During that time she ...
I’m missing my good American friends very much. I wish this horrible war would stop right now so I could go back to my ...
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