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George “Horse” Yoshinaga, a longtime columnist for The Rafu Shimpo and The Kashu Mainichi, passed away peacefully on Monday at his home in Gardena. He …
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Most people, even avid followers of Japanese American history, might ask, “Who are the disciplinary barracks boys?” In the seventy years since the end of …
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“Abunai tokoro niwa ikanaide ne.” (Don’t go any where dangerous.) …
The 100th was Formally Organized When the war started, the Niseis who were drafted were already in two Hawaiian National Guard Regiments, the 299th Infantry …
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My mother, Kinuko Saito, was holding me in her arms as we left Japan. I was six months old when we embarked on a military …
Art Ishii began his judo training in 1954 at Hollywood Judo Dojo in Los Angeles, CA, under the direction of senseis Takashi Kikuchi, Frank Emi, …
Background I will begin with a brief background of my life before camp as I feel it has some bearing on my reaction to the loyalty …
“Give me liberty or give me death!” was the climactic closing statement of a speech given by Patrick Henry, in 1775, as one of the …
Rehoboth, Mass. (Sept. 2, 2012)—Accounts of Japanese American participation in the military in World War II have understandably focused on the men and women of …
As a U.S. Army Lieutenant in 1944, I reported to the 442nd Regimental Combat Team Headquarters at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, where I saw the soldiers …
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