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Lawson Sakai - Part 4

Read Part 3 >> You were a part of these major battles that were significant. And I think a lot of people today see those battles ...

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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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Lawson Sakai - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Can you describe what happened when your parents found the Colorado church and were able to avoid camp? When the evacuation order ...

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Lawson Sakai — Part 1

“We all knew, we are going to go battle. And we expect to win. But we never knew what immediate death was like until we ...

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Paul and Alice Takemoto - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Do you speak Japanese? Alice Takemoto (AT): Just like a second grader. So when I went there, we were there for three ...

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Paul and Alice Takemoto - Part 1

“I grew up thinking women were stronger than men in terms of the absence of anger and self-pity. Absence of bitterness.” – Paul Takemoto If you ...

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In This Great Land of Freedom: The Japanese Pioneers of Oregon

Chapter 7 — Issei Life Behind Barbed Wire

The harsh winds of autumnPierce the spirit of thoseWho live at the mercy of fateCreated by the war. Akiyama1 The internees had primitive living conditions ...

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Scott Fujita

Over the weekend I was working at the Japanese American Bar Association Annual Fundraising Gala. A fantastic organization that supports lawyers and speaks about issues ...

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Nikkei Chronicles #6 — Itadakimasu 2!: Another Taste of Nikkei Culture

Caring and Helping Others

Chohichi Tanaka left Itoshima in Fukuoka, Japan in the early 1900s looking for a better life. He decided to venture to America where he thought ...

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A Young JANM Volunteer Shares Her Impressions of the 2017 Pilgrimage to Manzanar

The Japanese American National Museum recently welcomed Joy Teruko Ormseth to its volunteer ranks. Born in 2000 in Los Angeles and currently a student at ...