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Part IV—After Pearl Harbor

Read Part 3 >> Ken Nakazawa was arrested by FBI agents on December 7, 1941, in the wake of Japan…

Greg Robinson • June 2, 2024

1940s ABC list biographies California concentration camps Department of Justice camps enemy aliens Fort Missoula internment camp journalism Ken Nakazawa Montana MS Gripsholm (ship) noncitizens Pearl Harbor attack, Hawaii, 1941 persons repatriation Terminal Island United States World War II World War II camps

Memorializing a Shared History Between Native and Japanese American Communities at Fort Lincoln

In September, I had the privilege of attending the ground blessing ceremony for the Snow Country …

Brian Niiya • Jan. 12, 2024

American Indians Bismarck colleges Department of Justice camps Fort Lincoln internment camp historic sites history indigenous peoples Japanese Americans memorials Native Americans North Dakota Snow Country Prison Japanese American Internment Memorial United States United Tribes Technical College World War II World War II camps

Seiichi Higashide — A Man With Three Homelands

In my efforts to learn about Nisei soldier history, I inevitably began to learn more about the inca…

Byrnes Yamashita • March 7, 2023

Adios to Tears (book) Crystal City internment camp Crystal City (Texas) Department of Justice camps Hawai'i Japanese Latin Americans Panama Peru Redress movement Seiichi Higashide Texas United States World War II camps

Memories with history

The book Los desterrados , which recently appeared in Lima, includes a list of the Japanese and Ni…

Enrique Higa Sakuda • Sept. 5, 2022

Crystal City internment camp Department of Justice camps Los desterrados (book) Peru Texas United States World War II World War II camps

Tessaku

Leland Inaba - Part 3

Read Part 2 >> And I meant to ask you before, was your mother working before you left for camp in …

Emiko Tsuchida • Nov. 14, 2021

Crystal City internment camp Crystal City (Texas) Department of Justice camps optometrists postwar Texas United States World War II World War II camps

Tessaku

Leland Inaba - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> So do you remember your parents saying anything about this tension or the war that …

Emiko Tsuchida • Nov. 7, 2021

California concentration camps Crystal City internment camp Crystal City (Texas) Department of Justice camps Lordsburg internment camp Manzanar concentration camp New Mexico Riverside Texas United States World War II World War II camps

The man who collected the records of the first generation: Following in the footsteps of Shinichi Kato

Part 16: Detained and returned home on an exchange ship

Kato Shinichi did not leave a detailed record of what happened to him as a leading figure in the Ja…

Ryusuke Kawai • July 9, 2021

Department of Justice camps exchange ships Fort Missoula internment camp Japan journalism journalists Montana MS Gripsholem (ship) Shinichi Kato ships United States World War II World War II camps

Ikeda, the good family

Approximately 1,800 Japanese immigrants and their Peruvian descendants were deported from Peru to…

Enrique Higa Sakuda • Feb. 11, 2021

business California Crystal City internment camp Department of Justice camps economics management Peru poultry San Fernando Valley Texas United States World War II World War II camps

Power Failure: The Journey of a Utility Bill to Fort Missoula

When a collections representative for Pacific Gas and Electric sent out a regular utility bill to M…

Jonathan van Harmelen • Dec. 9, 2020

California Department of Justice camps forced removal Fort Missoula internment camp generations immigrants immigration imprisonment incarceration Issei Japan migration Montana Pacific Gas & Electric Company San Francisco United States war World War II camps

Internment of Japanese Americans on Angel Island during World War II

Wakijiro Yuki's Detention Because of Kendo

Wakijiro Yahiro was born on April 8, 1885, in Kamisaigo-mura, a little fishing and farming villag…

Marissa Shoji • April 21, 2020

California Crystal City internment camp Department of Justice camps Fukuoka Prefecture generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Los Gatos migration Texas United States World War II camps

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