Introduction: "On December 17th, 1944 U.S. Major General Henry C. Pratt announced that beginning January 2nd, 1945, the federal government would officially end the exclusion order that prevented Japanese and Japanese-Americans from returning to the West Coast following their release from World War II internment camps. His announcement contributed to a fiery debate over Japanese and Japanese-American 'resettlement' —an idea that many in Seattle supported, but that also had strong opposition. This essay will look at both sides of the resettlement debate in Seattle — which one historian has called 'Seattle’s greatest racial problem during World War II' — by focusing on which groups took anti- and pro-Japanese-American stands, and how the media portrayed this debate."
Conference: "Japanese American Internment: Women, Family & Children": Rutgers University, New Brunswick NJ, October 1, 2003. Special focus on the community of Seabrook, New Jersey, where more than 2,500 Nikkei relocated following internment.
"Return to the Valley is a documentary and educational project launched by KTEH in 2003. The documentary that premiered on PBS in June 2003, is a one-hour program about the resettlement experiences of Japanese Americans after World War II. The documentary is set in the Santa Clara, Salinas, and Pajaro Valleys and the Central Coast region--areas once well known for strawberry farming and fishing. The themes of strength, perseverance and the resiliency of the human spirit transcend geography and time in this moving reflective historical documentary."