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Fred Shiosaki was a remarkable man who led a remarkable life. We are deeply saddened to learn that he recently passed away — but incredibly …
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“[A] Bronze Star doesn’t really mean very much. Every soldier that was overseas got it. This is the Silver Star and this is the Purple …
“I feel lucky; my life was (lucky) all the way from my birth. In Alaska, I was growing up very close to each other (other …
“No, I wasn’t afraid. I saw a lot of dead bodies around me during the war,” said Art Susumi, who became an undertaker at the …
“When my kids ask me what I was doing during the war, I can only say that I was a soldier,” said Robert (Bob) Sato. …
On February 19, 1942, two months after the Japanese Navy attacked Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066. Almost 8,000 Japanese and Japanese Americans …
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In these uncertain times when there are a global pandemic, nationwide protests, brutal hurricanes back east and fires on the West Coast, and even an …
Collections Management staff at the Japanese American National Museum often provide photographs and scans of items from the museum’s collections to highlight anniversaries, holidays, and …
When I was around 19- to 20-years old in 1959-60 during a family get together, I remember my Uncle Hiro telling me that he and …
Washington, DC. Nobuteru Harry Sumida, a Nisei, and eight Japanese nationals who enlisted in the US Navy as seamen were the first Nikkei to serve …
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