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Washington, D.C.—When World War II began, the U.S. government and many Americans viewed all ethnic Japanese as potentially disloyal and collaborators of Imperial Japan. The …
Imagine being forced from your home by the government, being imprisoned in a detention camp under armed guards and behind barbed wire – and then …
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“Equality and justice, that’s the foundation,” Paul Hosoda says about his beliefs. “[We] all should be given the same chance to be treated equally as …
Fred Shiosaki was a remarkable man who led a remarkable life. We are deeply saddened to learn that he recently passed away — but incredibly …
“[A] Bronze Star doesn’t really mean very much. Every soldier that was overseas got it. This is the Silver Star and this is the Purple …
“I feel lucky; my life was (lucky) all the way from my birth. In Alaska, I was growing up very close to each other (other …
“No, I wasn’t afraid. I saw a lot of dead bodies around me during the war,” said Art Susumi, who became an undertaker at the …
“When my kids ask me what I was doing during the war, I can only say that I was a soldier,” said Robert (Bob) Sato. …
On February 19, 1942, two months after the Japanese Navy attacked Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066. Almost 8,000 Japanese and Japanese Americans …
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Read Part 1 >> So can you describe leaving for Arkansas? That’s where you did your basic training? Right, right. Oh yeah. There were lots …
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