Kenneth Ringle, "Lt. Cdr. K.D. Ringle: Naval Intelligence Gathered & Disregarded." The Interpreter (various dates). USN Lt. Cdr. Kenneth Duval Ringle, one of the few U.S. military officers who resisted the government's treatment of Japanese Americans during World War II, was profiled by his son, Kenneth, a journalist for the Washington Post, in "What Did You Do Before the War, Daddy?" published originally in the Washington Post Magazine, December 6, 1981. Ringle's article was condensed for serial publication in The Interpreter, the newsletter of the US Navy Japanese/Oriental Language School Archival Project at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Book review: Yuki Ariyoshi Honjo, "Women Warriors". JapanReview.net
Exhibition: "Fighting for Tomorrow: Japanese Americans in America's Wars" (Los Angeles, Japanese American National Museum, November 10, 1995-January 12, 1997)
"'Fighting for Tomorrow' is the story of Japanese Americans in America's wars -- and particularly of their heroic service in World War II. It is the story of two wars-against America's enemies abroad and for equal rights at home. This workstation conveys the story through a digital exhibit of photographs, objects, and films illustrating this dramatic story. Other resources include books, videotapes, photograph albums, maps and artifacts. This interactive workstation was funded by the 100th/442/MIS WW2 Memorial Foundation."
The case of Tomoya Kawakita, a Japanese American convicted of treason following World War II, is notable for extending U.S. criminal jurisdiction to the actions of U.S. civilian citizens abroad, which would have originally been considered unconstitutional.
"Hawai'i War Records Depository is a collection of materials dealing with World War II as it affected Hawai'i and its residents. It was created in 1943, during the first territorial legislature to meet after the Army declared martial law in the islands on 7 Dec. 1941."
The Japanese American Veterans Collection documents the rich heritage of Hawaii's Japanese American veterans and their families. AJA veterans served with distinction during World War II as members of the 100th Infantry Battalion, Hawaii Territorial Guard, Varsity Victory Volunteers, 442nd Regimental Combat Team, 1399th Engineers, and the Military Intelligence Service. Includes descriptions and finding aids for several important collections.
This web site is the result of collaboration between the University of Hawaii and Hawaii nisei veterans. It focuses on the experiences of Hawaii's Americans of Japanese Ancestry, from the early decades of the 20th century, through World War II, the postwar era, and the present. It was decided that Thomas H. Hamilton Library would collect, store, and catalog official papers, letters, photographs, and other materials relating to the veterans’ World War II experiences. To document and place these wartime experiences in socio-historical context, the University of Hawaii would record, process, and make available to the public, life history interviews with Hawaii nisei veterans and selected spouses. This web site features: synopses of each life history interview, video clips, transcript excerpts, and supplemental material. Scholars and researchers wishing to review the question-and-answer exchanges in the interviews may access the full transcripts, available in PDF format on this site. Links to related sites and sources are also available.
"The First Battle is about the networks of people – principally nisei, their acquaintances and allies -- who resisted the pressure for internment. At the heart of the story are two previously unheralded individuals – educator Shigeo Yoshida and YMCA executive Hung Wai Ching. As such, it is a David-and-Goliath story, a reminder that the contest does not always go to the obviously powerful, but to those of humble status who are clear-minded and focused. ... Along the way, The First Battle also puts internment in a new light, as well as the unreliability of constitutions in times of crisis. It will answer the unanswered question: Why was there no mass internment in Hawaii, where the large Japanese community potentially posed a security threat, in contrast to the West Coast, where the tiny Japanese community posed none? It will show that Hawaii not only was shaped by the war but helped shape post-war America. The first battle, that of the homefront in Hawaii, will become known as the seminal story of contemporary multicultural Hawaii."
"CCRH's 2002 James B. Castles Endowment Lecture featured Linda Tamura's presentation of Patriot Voices - a Dramatic Readings Program. The program, based on oral histories Tamura conducted with Japanese American veterans, their families and other community members, presents the experiences of residents of a small Oregon community during World War II."
"The extensive focus on post-war desegregation in some sense overshadows the multiplicity of challenges that the U.S. armed forces has historically faced in managing and attenuating broad socio-cultural differences. While racism against African Americans has been the deepest and most repeated challenge to the U.S. military, we should not underestimate the magnitude of prior struggles and divisions that have created considerable organizational challenges for military leaders."
Chapter IV includes analysis and documentation of the status of Japanese Americans before and during World War II.
"The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor is still painful for one group of Hawaii residents — Japanese Americans, who feel their stories should have been part of the recent blockbuster Disney movie on the attack."
"A glimpse into the intertwining issues of selective service requirements, civil rights, and loyalty as experienced by two Southern California Japanese Americans during World War II."
Southern California public television station KCET commissioned Sojin Kim to guest-produce a feature for its web site titled "Rites of Passage", that piece explores the voices of young men and women who shaped Los Angeles. The Duty of Every Male Citizen contrasts the experiences of two 19-year-old Japanese Americans, Stanley Hayami and Takashi Hoshizaki, and the choices they made when coming of age during World War II. The piece includes an article by Martha Nakagawa, "In Times of War", accompanied by selections from Hayami's and Hoshizaki's diaries, and related multimedia.
Mitsui's speech to the Seattle Rotary Club on November 9, 2005.
Excerpt: "I am here today to tell you about being placed in an American concentration camp after Pearl Harbor, and to honor the Nisei that served in the segregated 100th Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team (RCT) and the Military Intelligence Service (MIS), during World War II and to honor my best friend, Pfc. Tom Haji of the 442nd."