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Virgil William Westdale Takes One Last Flight at 104
If you’ve ever found yourself looking for someone you’ve never met in a crowded setting…
Robert M. Horsting • Dec. 21, 2022
Shinji Maeda, One-eyed Pilot, to Fly Around the World
Shinji Maeda, founder of Aero Zypangu Project who calls himself a “one-eyed pilot,” dep…
Misa Murohashi • July 28, 2021
After many twists and turns, Naoya Fujita became a regional airline captain
Studying abroad by air with my family before turning 30 "If I hadn't made that decision th…
Keiko Fukuda • Feb. 9, 2021
Nisei
A little over two years ago, at a cafe in Burbank, CA, I sat down with Richard Allen and Taran Gr…
Eliot John Hagen • May 19, 2017
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442nd Regimental Combat Team
acting
actors
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California
concentration camps
diversity
entertainers
Japanese American National Museum
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Nisei (TV)
postwar
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San Francisco
Tule Lake concentration camp
TV shows
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"Knowing" Multiethnic Identity; Field Notes on Mr. Virgil Westdale
Identity is a fickle concept. When we talk about “ethnicity” and its ties to identity, …
James Ong • Oct. 16, 2013
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Virgil William Westdale
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442nd Regimental Combat Team
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Asian American studies
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hapa
Hawaii
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Japanese Americans
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Nikkei
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Virgil William Westdale
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Virgil Westdale: Farm Boy, Pilot, Soldier, Inventor, Author, and Gentleman
Virgil Westdale’s exceptional life story might never have been published had he not attended …
Esther Newman • Sept. 9, 2010