“When I got married and had kids, I didn’t try to share with them too many Japanese things. And when they were born, I made sure none of them had Japanese first names.” —May K. Sasaki
“They came here to be American.” —Earl Hanson
"Everywhere there is community feeling to be mended, vicious legislation to be defeated, many urgent jobs calling for attention from real friends of the real America." --Letter from Friends of the American Way
They were early pioneers. And especially on farms it was very difficult for them." --Kara Kondo
"The bitterness of the incarceration was there, but they were able to circumvent it somehow and live a pretty decent...community family life." --Mako Nakagawa
“The Nikkei I knew that were involved in the occupation…they were able to work more closely with the Japanese because the Japanese looked upon them as someone that could understand their culture, their history, and their motivation.”—Lucius Horiuchi
“I’m no hero, but I wear it for the guys that didn’t come back.” — George “Joe” Sakato
"I am very happy that the government of America is looking into the past. I think it takes a great country to admit its mistakes and make proper restitution."--Masao Takahashi
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