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Broken Promise—A Hawaii World War II Incarceration Story
Back in 2018, I walked the somber halls of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washingto…

Dan Nakasone • Feb. 13, 2024

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Buddhism California clergy concentration camps death education Gyokuei Matsuura Hawaii Hawaii Island imprisonment incarceration Kilauea (Hawaii) Kilauea Military Detention Camp loyalty questionnaire Masuye Matsuura religions Religious leaders shikata ga nai (phrase) suicide teachers teaching Tule Lake concentration camp United States World War II camps
Buddhism California clergy concentration camps death education Gyokuei Matsuura Hawaii Hawaii Island imprisonment incarceration Kilauea (Hawaii) Kilauea Military Detention Camp loyalty questionnaire Masuye Matsuura religions Religious leaders shikata ga nai (phrase) suicide teachers teaching Tule Lake concentration camp United States World War II camps
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Tokita Tales
You’re Kidding — A Military Career?
I can’t believe I did that! A 24-year military career? Me? Someone who purposely scheduled cl…

Shokichi “Shox” Tokita • Dec. 8, 2023

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draft Korean War, 1950-1953 national service
draft Korean War, 1950-1953 national service
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Nikkei Incarceration
Writer’s note: This is part of a series of articles in The Hawai‘i Herald on Hawai&lsqu…

Byrnes Yamashita • Aug. 20, 2023

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Arizona concentration camps Hawaii Military Intelligence Service Poston concentration camp United States World War II World War II camps
Arizona concentration camps Hawaii Military Intelligence Service Poston concentration camp United States World War II World War II camps
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Exposing America’s “Secret Weapon” — Part 2
Read Part 1 >> With their service as linguists no longer classified, the MIS veterans’…

Drusilla Tanaka • Aug. 14, 2023

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Fort Snelling generations Grant Ichikawa Military Intelligence Service Military Intelligence Service Language School Military Intelligence Service Language School (U.S.) Minnesota Nisei Paul Tani Seiki Oshiro The Registry (film) United States World War II
Fort Snelling generations Grant Ichikawa Military Intelligence Service Military Intelligence Service Language School Military Intelligence Service Language School (U.S.) Minnesota Nisei Paul Tani Seiki Oshiro The Registry (film) United States World War II
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Exposing America’s “Secret Weapon” — Part 1
My high school yearbook is a well-worn treasure. After leafing through it all these years, the bind…

Drusilla Tanaka • Aug. 13, 2023

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Fort Snelling generations Grant Ichikawa Military Intelligence Service Military Intelligence Service Language School Military Intelligence Service Language School (U.S.) Minnesota Nisei Paul Tani Seiki Oshiro The Registry (film) United States World War II
Fort Snelling generations Grant Ichikawa Military Intelligence Service Military Intelligence Service Language School Military Intelligence Service Language School (U.S.) Minnesota Nisei Paul Tani Seiki Oshiro The Registry (film) United States World War II
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Tokita Tales
Lessons Realized
Have you ever thought about the lessons you learned from your parents? When did you realize that …

Shokichi “Shox” Tokita • March 5, 2023

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armed forces concentration camps education families military World War II camps
armed forces concentration camps education families military World War II camps
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The Power of Irei
Digging up Ways to Honor Her Ancestors—Kyoko Oda and Ireichō
Sometimes it takes a soft-spoken woman like Kyoko Oda to use her charm to make sure the lives of 12…

Sharon Yamato • Jan. 27, 2023

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California concentration camps Griffith Park internment camp Hawaii Ireichō Irei (project) Kilauea Military Camp Nancy Kyoko Oda Tujunga Tuna Canyon Detention Station United States U.S. Army internment camps World War II World War II camps
California concentration camps Griffith Park internment camp Hawaii Ireichō Irei (project) Kilauea Military Camp Nancy Kyoko Oda Tujunga Tuna Canyon Detention Station United States U.S. Army internment camps World War II World War II camps
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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 aro…

Jonathan van Harmelen • Oct. 27, 2022

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academics (persons) armed forces arts generations Hawaii Honolulu immigrants immigration Issei Japan kabuki migration military Oahu performing arts theater translations United States universities University of Hawaii at Mānoa World War II Yukuo Uyehara
academics (persons) armed forces arts generations Hawaii Honolulu immigrants immigration Issei Japan kabuki migration military Oahu performing arts theater translations United States universities University of Hawaii at Mānoa World War II Yukuo Uyehara
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Revival of the Ryukyu Diplomacy through Uchinanchu Abroad! Alternatives to the Issue of Relocation of the US Military Base to Henoko—Part 2
Thousands of People from Brazil and Hawaii Gather for This Huge Event The next thing I think of af…

Masayuki Fukasawa • Sept. 2, 2022

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Henoko (Okinawa) Japan military bases Okinawa Prefecture
Henoko (Okinawa) Japan military bases Okinawa Prefecture
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Reading Night in the American Village
Author Akemi Johnson is no stranger to the American military presence in Okinawa and its deep imp…

Kimiko Medlock • Jan. 23, 2020

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Akemi Johnson Japan Night in the American Village (book) Okinawa Prefecture U.S. military bases
Akemi Johnson Japan Night in the American Village (book) Okinawa Prefecture U.S. military bases
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