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Unforgotten Voices—Heart Mountain Holidays
The following are holiday-themed excerpts from our book, Unforgotten Voices: An Oral History of t…

Joanne Oppenheim +1 • Dec. 25, 2023

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Heart Mountain Heart Mountain concentration camp holidays Norman Mineta Stanley Hayami Unforgotten Voices from Heart Mountain (book) United States World War II camps Wyoming
Heart Mountain Heart Mountain concentration camp holidays Norman Mineta Stanley Hayami Unforgotten Voices from Heart Mountain (book) United States World War II camps Wyoming
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Tokita Tales
Rice Krispies for Christmas
Did you ever receive a can of Rice Krispies for Christmas? Or, did you ever think of giving a large…

Shokichi “Shox” Tokita • Dec. 22, 2023

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breakfast cereals Christmas families Vietnam War, 1961-1975
breakfast cereals Christmas families Vietnam War, 1961-1975
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Camp Survivor Recalls Killings at Manzanar
Jim Morita a concentration camp survivor of World War II was old enough at the time to see the im…

John Sammon • Dec. 1, 2023

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California concentration camps Manzanar concentration camp United States World War II camps
California concentration camps Manzanar concentration camp United States World War II camps
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The Kawamoto-Wipala Farm in Leland Washington: A Farm for the Ages — Part 4
Read Part 3 >> The War A PROJECT FARM was being started at the camp, so Joe volunteered to …

Pamela A. Okano • Nov. 26, 2023

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agriculture California concentration camps families farming farm laborers Kawamoto-Wipala farm Leland postwar sugar beets Tule Lake concentration camp United States Washington World War II World War II camps
agriculture California concentration camps families farming farm laborers Kawamoto-Wipala farm Leland postwar sugar beets Tule Lake concentration camp United States Washington World War II World War II camps
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On Nikkei
Episode 40: The story of a Japanese doctor in Australia during wartime
Detention Centers, Institutions for Disease Control, and Wavering Feelings It is well known that at…

Ryusuke Kawai • Nov. 24, 2023

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Australia fiction Japanese World War II camps
Australia fiction Japanese World War II camps
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Relearning our culture
This past May my senior prom was held at the Santa Anita Park race track. I dressed up, took pictur…

Alicia Tsuyako Tan • Nov. 21, 2023

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California family histories genealogy identity racetracks (horse racing) Santa Anita Park United States World War II World War II camps
California family histories genealogy identity racetracks (horse racing) Santa Anita Park United States World War II World War II camps
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Continental Drift: How anti-Japanese sentiment in Australia affected Nikkei Communities in the US and Canada
During World War II, Japanese communities around the Pacific rim and elsewhere were subjected to di…

Jonathan van Harmelen • Nov. 20, 2023

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Australia Canada imprisonment incarceration Loveday internment camp racism Tatura Tatura internment camps United States Victoria (Australia) World War II camps
Australia Canada imprisonment incarceration Loveday internment camp racism Tatura Tatura internment camps United States Victoria (Australia) World War II camps
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The Kawamoto-Wipala Farm in Leland Washington: A Farm for the Ages — Part 3
Read Part 2 >> In a 1933 double wedding, Joe married Jean Nakata, and his sister Paul…

Pamela A. Okano • Nov. 19, 2023

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Bainbridge Island California concentration camps families farms forced removal grocery stores Kawamoto-Wipala farm Leland stores Tule Lake concentration camp United States Washington World War II World War II camps
Bainbridge Island California concentration camps families farms forced removal grocery stores Kawamoto-Wipala farm Leland stores Tule Lake concentration camp United States Washington World War II World War II camps
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A New Look at Nisei Veterans: Lawrence Matsuda and Matt Sasaki’s Fighting for America
In recent years, Chin Music Press has produced a great run of graphic novels on the wartime Japanes…

Jonathan van Harmelen • Nov. 8, 2023

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armed forces Fighting for America (graphic novel) generations Lawrence Matsuda Matt Sasaki Nisei retired military personnel veterans World War II
armed forces Fighting for America (graphic novel) generations Lawrence Matsuda Matt Sasaki Nisei retired military personnel veterans World War II
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The Power of Irei
The Legacy of Resistance: Nimura/Kashiwagi Family at Ireichō
I feel I have paid many times over for the position I took at Tule Lake.Certainly, you don’…

Sharon Yamato • Nov. 1, 2023

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California concentration camps Hiroshi Kashiwagi Ireichō Irei (project) Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) resisters Tule Lake concentration camp Tule Lake Segregation Center United States World War II camps
California concentration camps Hiroshi Kashiwagi Ireichō Irei (project) Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) resisters Tule Lake concentration camp Tule Lake Segregation Center United States World War II camps
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