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One of my earliest childhood memories comes from being in what can rightfully be called a “co…

Gary T. Ono • Aug. 21, 2012

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Peculiar Odyssey: Newsman Jimmie Omura’s Removal from and Regeneration within Nikkei Society, History, and Memory - Part 1 of 7

It galled many long-standing Japanese American Citizen League (JACL) members who read the “Mi…

Arthur A. Hansen • Aug. 17, 2012

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2012 Manzanar Pilgrimage/Manzanar At Dusk: Passing Down The Importance

Ever since I returned to San Diego from my first Manzanar Pilgrimage in 2010, I have been waiting t…

Carly Lindley • Aug. 16, 2012

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43rd Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage/2012 Manzanar At Dusk: A Shin-Nisei Perspective

This year marked the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Manzanar National Historic Site, the 4…

Yuta Ebikawa • Aug. 10, 2012

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The Pencil Box

I think most people have a collection of odds and ends they keep as old keepsakes from their parent…

David Toyoshima • Aug. 9, 2012

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Manzanar: A Son's Journey - Part 3

Read Part 2 >> Breathless and exhausted from the hot desert sun, jet lag and bus ride, I…

Keith Uchima • Aug. 1, 2012

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Searching for the Roots of Resistance

Late one evening, early in May 2002, I sat in a hotel room with a colleague, historical archaeologi…

Cherstin M. Lyon • July 26, 2012

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Manzanar: A Son's Journey - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Fast forward. April 28, 6 a.m. In the darkness of the L.A. morning I walk…

Keith Uchima • July 25, 2012

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Book Review -- Imprisoned in Paradise: Japanese Internee Road Workers at the World War II Kooskia Internment Camp by Priscilla Wegars

Imprisoned in Paradise is a magnificent microstudy of the World War II Japanese internment experien…

Arthur A. Hansen • July 20, 2012

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Manzanar: A Son's Journey - Part 1

Please understand…I didn’t want to go to see Manzanar. I NEEDED to go there. Over the…

Keith Uchima • July 18, 2012

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Camp Pets: Doggone It! - Part 1

Peculiar Odyssey: Newsman Jimmie Omura’s Removal from and Regeneration within Nikkei Society, History, and Memory - Part 1 of 7

2012 Manzanar Pilgrimage/Manzanar At Dusk: Passing Down The Importance

43rd Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage/2012 Manzanar At Dusk: A Shin-Nisei Perspective

The Pencil Box

Manzanar: A Son's Journey - Part 3

Searching for the Roots of Resistance

Manzanar: A Son's Journey - Part 2

Book Review -- Imprisoned in Paradise: Japanese Internee Road Workers at the World War II Kooskia Internment Camp by Priscilla Wegars

Manzanar: A Son's Journey - Part 1