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When I was around 19- to 20-years old in 1959-60 during a family get together, I remember my Uncle Hiro telling me that he and ...
Washington, DC. Nobuteru Harry Sumida, a Nisei, and eight Japanese nationals who enlisted in the US Navy as seamen were the first Nikkei to serve ...
Washington, DC. The military record of Japanese Americans who served during and since World War II is well documented and known. However, the role of ...
Introduction To prove their loyalty to Canada, two generations of Nikkei fought in the World Wars to gain rights for their community. The first generation ...
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It took just seconds for U.S. President Ronald Reagan to sign the document. Yet the journey to that moment spanned more than four decades ...
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GARDENA — “The Wall That Heals,” a replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., was displayed from April 4 to 8 in Gardena ...
In the Pacific Northwest, there are a couple of famous sites related to Japanese American history, such as Seattle’s Panama Hotel (made famous by ...
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Kenny Hirata will tell you the most important thing to becoming a great race car driver is to concentrate, concentrate—on winning. “When that light ...
When the word “veterans” comes up in conversations within the Japanese American community, I suspect most of the time the image the word conjures is ...
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Earlier in the year, I had a bit part in Cal State University Dominguez Hills’ program “And Then They Came for Us … ,” held in February ...
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