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Yukuo Uyehara – An Issei Academic in Wartime - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> The bombing of Pearl Harbor turned Professor Yukuo Uyehara’s life around, as it did to countless other Japanese Americans in Hawaii. …

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Twelve Nisei Sank with USS Royal T. Frank Torpedoed by Japanese Submarine — Eight Nisei Survivors Also Survived Combat with 100th

Eight Nisei were saved and 12 were killed when a Japanese submarine torpedoed a US Army transport near Maui, Hawaii, on January 28, 1942, just …

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Nikkei Chronicles #8—Nikkei Heroes: Trailblazers, Role Models, and Inspirations

2 Presidents, 2 Senators, 2 Moms…and 2 Dads, too

My best friend Brenda and I have often talked about how much change and history our parents witnessed over the course of their lifetimes. We …

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Over 800 Immigrant Japanese and Nisei Served in US Army during World War I. Road to Gain Citizenship was Long and Arduous

Washington, DC. The military record of Japanese Americans who served during and since World War II is well documented and known. However, the role of …

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Ben Furuta, the Air Force Academy’s First Cadet of Color

I was conscious of being different, but only in the sense of looking different. —Ben Furuta Ben Furuta was only four when his family was …

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Nikkei View

A Salute to Our JA Veterans

When the word “veterans” comes up in conversations within the Japanese American community, I suspect most of the time the image the word conjures is …

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Voices of the Volunteers: The Building Blocks of the Japanese American National Museum

James Michiya Yoshinaga

James Yoshinaga was born in 1929 in downtown Los Angeles as the eldest son of a mother from Fukuoka and a father from Kagoshima. His …

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Wartime Wailuku: A Kid's Perspective

It must have been around 1944, because Maui seemed to be overrun by servicemen: soldiers, marines, and sailors of all different sizes, color, and behavior. …

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Nikkei View

RIP George “Joe” Sakato

I was saddened to hear of the passing of George “Joe” Sakato, a Denver resident who was a World War II hero, a veteran of …

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Honoring the Last of the Heroes

It’s not often that one gets to shake hands with a Medal of Honor recipient, especially since there are only 78 in the country still …