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Decades ago, when I was studying for my degree in journalism, I had an extremely tough professor. H…

Alden M. Hayashi • Aug. 9, 2023

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Yoshitaro Amano, Canal Zone Resident and Prisoner #203 - Part 7

Part 6 >>Amano and the others stepped off the train at Pennsylvania Station on June 16. Guard…

Esther Newman • Aug. 18, 2010

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Yoshitaro Amano, Canal Zone Resident and Prisoner #203 - Part 6

Part 5 >>Few prisoners spoke directly to the enemy in protest but some were willing to speak …

Esther Newman • Aug. 11, 2010

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Yoshitaro Amano, Canal Zone Resident and Prisoner #203 - Part 5

Part 4 >>Spirits spiked and plummeted throughout the next several months that included the an…

Esther Newman • Aug. 4, 2010

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Yoshitaro Amano, Canal Zone Resident and Prisoner #203 - Part 4

Part 3 >>On the evening of December 7, 1941, Amano recalled ordering his two Panamanian maids…

Esther Newman • July 28, 2010

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Yoshitaro Amano, Canal Zone Resident and Prisoner #203 - Part 3

Part 2 >>Amano confirmed that military personnel did more than mistreat prisoners for enterta…

Esther Newman • July 21, 2010

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Yoshitaro Amano, Canal Zone Resident and Prisoner #203 - Part 2

Part 1 >>In a July 1941 meeting, representatives from both the Department of Justice and the …

Esther Newman • July 14, 2010

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Yoshitaro Amano, Canal Zone Resident and Prisoner #203 - Part 1

My grandfather, Yoshitaro Amano, was one of the more than two thousand Japanese Latin Americans sei…

Esther Newman • July 7, 2010

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日系ペルー人の終わらない戦後　その１

第二次大戦中、日系アメリカ人が敵性外国人として見なされ、アメリカ各地の強制収容所に抑留されていた事実を知る人は多い。しかし、中南米の日系人もまた、米国内の収容所に強制連行されていた。私がそのことを知…

Keiko Fukuda • Feb. 28, 2008

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No More Euphemisms: My Mother Was a Hostage

Yoshitaro Amano, Canal Zone Resident and Prisoner #203 - Part 7

Yoshitaro Amano, Canal Zone Resident and Prisoner #203 - Part 6

Yoshitaro Amano, Canal Zone Resident and Prisoner #203 - Part 5

Yoshitaro Amano, Canal Zone Resident and Prisoner #203 - Part 4

Yoshitaro Amano, Canal Zone Resident and Prisoner #203 - Part 3

Yoshitaro Amano, Canal Zone Resident and Prisoner #203 - Part 2

Yoshitaro Amano, Canal Zone Resident and Prisoner #203 - Part 1

日系ペルー人の終わらない戦後　その１