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Bertram Akira Tsunematsu
Bertram Akira Tsunematsu was born in Waialua, O‘ahu, on Dec. 12, 1915. He was the eldest of…

The Sons and Daughters of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team • May 8, 2023

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442nd Regimental Combat Team armed forces Bertram Akira Tsunematsu France Hawaii retired military personnel United States United States Army veterans World War II
442nd Regimental Combat Team armed forces Bertram Akira Tsunematsu France Hawaii retired military personnel United States United States Army veterans World War II
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80 Years of the 442nd
Some reading this may already know, but for those who don’t, I’m a proud descendent of …

Kristen Nemoto Jay • April 3, 2023

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442nd Regimental Combat Team Bruyères Cannon Company (42nd RCT) France hapa hapa haole Hawaii Honolulu Oahu racially mixed people United States United States Army Wilbert “Sandy” Holck
442nd Regimental Combat Team Bruyères Cannon Company (42nd RCT) France hapa hapa haole Hawaii Honolulu Oahu racially mixed people United States United States Army Wilbert “Sandy” Holck
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Aloha, France — Part 2
Read Part 1 >>  A visit in 1960 by then Army Master Sgt. Wilbert “Sandy” Ho…

Gregg K. Kakesako • March 23, 2023

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100th Infantry Battalion 442nd Regimental Combat Team Aloha (video) Biffontaine Bruyères films France generations Granges-Aumontzey Hawaii Nisei United States United States Army World War II
100th Infantry Battalion 442nd Regimental Combat Team Aloha (video) Biffontaine Bruyères films France generations Granges-Aumontzey Hawaii Nisei United States United States Army World War II
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Aloha, France — Part 1
In October 1944, soldiers of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team liberated the French villages of Bruy…

Gregg K. Kakesako • March 22, 2023

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100th Infantry Battalion 442nd Regimental Combat Team Aloha (video) Biffontaine Bruyères films France generations Granges-Aumontzey Hawaii Nisei United States United States Army World War II
100th Infantry Battalion 442nd Regimental Combat Team Aloha (video) Biffontaine Bruyères films France generations Granges-Aumontzey Hawaii Nisei United States United States Army World War II
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Thomas Takashi Nakahara
Thomas Takashi Nakahara was born on February 16, 1923, in Pa‘auilo on the Big Island. …

The Sons and Daughters of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team • March 15, 2023

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442nd Regimental Combat Team Bruyères France Hawaii military decorations Silver Star (medal) Thomas Takashi Nakahara United States United States Army
442nd Regimental Combat Team Bruyères France Hawaii military decorations Silver Star (medal) Thomas Takashi Nakahara United States United States Army
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Thoughts on Japan's refusal to recognize multiple citizenship: Interviews with people living in the U.S. and France
"If we don't revise it, our descendants will suffer." If one or both parents are Japa…

Keiko Fukuda • June 27, 2022

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citizenship Constitution of the United States constitutions dual citizenship France Japan Japan Nationality Law multinationality United States
citizenship Constitution of the United States constitutions dual citizenship France Japan Japan Nationality Law multinationality United States
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Les Japonais Américains: Recent Discussions of Japanese American History in France
In my previous article for Discover Nikkei, I uncovered the wartime newspaper coverage of the incar…

Jonathan van Harmelen • Dec. 10, 2021

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armed forces France Japanese Americans retired military personnel Shinkichi Tajiri veterans
armed forces France Japanese Americans retired military personnel Shinkichi Tajiri veterans
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The French Connection: What Newspapers in Wartime France Said About Japanese Americans
The story of the wartime incarceration of Japanese Americans is not only a part of U.S. history, bu…

Jonathan van Harmelen • Nov. 8, 2021

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France Japanese Americans World War II
France Japanese Americans World War II
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Foujita Discovers the Americas: An Artist's Tour - Part 2
Read Part 1 >> After his stays in Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, and Cuba, Tsuguharu Fouj…

Greg Robinson +1 • Jan. 8, 2021

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artists France Léonard Foujita Mexico United States
artists France Léonard Foujita Mexico United States
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Foujita Discovers the Americas: An Artist's Tour - Part 1
The name of Léonard Foujita (AKA Tsuguharu Foujita) has lost much of its luster today. How…

Greg Robinson +1 • Jan. 7, 2021

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Argentina artists Bolivia Brazil Cuba France Léonard Foujita Peru São Paulo
Argentina artists Bolivia Brazil Cuba France Léonard Foujita Peru São Paulo
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