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While other women look forward to getting their nails done or a spa day on the weekends, the high point of my week starts early …
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My Japanese American uncle just turned 90 this weekend, and here is his story about how he fought in World War II. He fought in …
To be drafted by the Government, to serve your country in time of war under such conditions that existed at that time, incarceration of all …
On November 2, 2011, the long awaited Congressional Gold Medal (CGM) presentation to hundreds of Japanese-American veterans who collectively fought bravely during WW II was …
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On a rainy Washington DC day in July 1946, President Harry S. Truman presented the Presidential Unit Citation to members of the segregated 100th Infantry …
I was honored to have lunch with Ted Tsukiyama, retired lawyer and MIS and 442nd historian and James Tanabe, MIS historian. They were both WWII …
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Read Part 1 >>Only a few days after Henry and Helen’s wedding ceremony, Henry left for Korea where he was stationed for eight months before …
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Yamato Damashi translates to “Japanese Spirit.” It’s painted in calligraphy on a scroll that hangs in the home of Henry and Helen Yasuda, a reminder …
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Their families were in concentration camps. They were designated enemy aliens. Their rights as American citizens were denied. “The government did us a big wrong …
R. Buckminster Fuller once wrote, “Dare to be naive.”In these days of non-stop irony, cynicism, and the constant overwhelming evidence that the fix is in, …
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Episode 12 April 11 at 4 p.m. (HST) | 7 p.m. (PDT) Featured Nima: Kristen Nemoto Jay Guest Host: Shari Y. Tamashiro
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