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Have you ever thought about the lessons you learned from your parents? When did you realize that they were lessons? At the time you were …
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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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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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 …
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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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 …
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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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 …
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. …
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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Episode 13 June 20 at 5 p.m. (PDT) | 8 p.m. (EDT) Featured Nima: Alden M. Hayashi Guest Host: Mia Barnett
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