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Tessaku

Lawson Sakai - Part 3

Read Part 2 >> What are some vivid memories you have of basic training, being at Camp Shelby, and getting to know your fellow soldiers? Camp ...

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Lessons from the Lost Battalion Mission

“We were in a number of dangerous situations. But the five days that I spent with ‘I’ Company and this mission, were really the most ...

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Nikkei View

Japanese Americans deserve some respect on Veterans Day

At our local supermarket the weekend before Veterans Day, veterans were handing out little red poppies to pin on passersby’s lapels as tributes to ...

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A Legacy for My Sons

I was honored to have lunch with Ted Tsukiyama, retired lawyer and MIS and 442nd historian and James Tanabe, MIS historian. They were both WWII ...

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Burt Takeuchi Lauds Heroes With “Valor With Honor”

Their families were in concentration camps. They were designated enemy aliens. Their rights as American citizens were denied. “The government did us a big wrong ...

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From Densho's Archives

Profile in Courage: George Sakato and a Belated Medal of Honor

“I’m no hero, but I wear it for the guys that didn’t come back.” — George “Joe” Sakato George T. Sakato is the great-great-great-grandson ...

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Nikkei Heritage

Remembered Valor: The 60th Anniversary of the Liberation of Bruyères

“The best troops are called upon to do the hardest fighting. Whenever a general finds himself up against a tough proposition he sends for the ...

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おばあさんの手紙 ～日系人強制収容所での子どもと本～

第四章　荒野の強制収容所：1942年から1946年にかけて — 後編（5）

第四章（4）を読む ＞＞ 2. 1944年 ...