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Candies Falling from the Sky
I was drafted into the U. S. Army in June 1945 from Kahului, Maui, Hawaii. After basic training i…

Kenichi “Ken” Sato • Jan. 15, 2023

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Allied Occupation of Japan (1945-1952) families Fukushima Prefecture Hawaii Japan Maui postwar Tohoku United States World War II
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Virgil William Westdale Takes One Last Flight at 104
If you’ve ever found yourself looking for someone you’ve never met in a crowded setting…

Robert M. Horsting • Dec. 21, 2022

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100th Infantry Battalion 442nd Regimental Combat Team 522nd Field Artillery Battalion hapa piloting racially mixed people United States Army Virgil William Westdale
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Lilly Krohn: Out of Suffering Have Emerged the Strongest Souls
Part 5—Return to Japan and Final Days
Read Part 4 >> Lilly, upon thinking back, believed she lost at the very least 20 relatives…

Jon Stroud • Aug. 21, 2022

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atomic bomb survivors brides generations hibakusha Hiroshima (city) Hiroshima Prefecture immigrants immigration Issei Japan Lilly Krohn migration postwar Shin-Issei United States Vietnam War, 1961-1975 war brides wives World War II
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Lilly Krohn: Out of Suffering Have Emerged the Strongest Souls
Part 4—U.S. Citizenship, Family, and Brink of Death
Read Part 3 >> Becoming a U.S. citizen is a reality many Americans take on without appreci…

Jon Stroud • Aug. 14, 2022

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atomic bomb survivors brides generations hibakusha Hiroshima (city) Hiroshima Prefecture immigrants immigration Issei Japan Lilly Krohn migration postwar Shin-Issei United States U.S. citizenship Vietnam War, 1961-1975 war brides wives World War II
atomic bomb survivors brides generations hibakusha Hiroshima (city) Hiroshima Prefecture immigrants immigration Issei Japan Lilly Krohn migration postwar Shin-Issei United States U.S. citizenship Vietnam War, 1961-1975 war brides wives World War II
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Lilly Krohn: Out of Suffering Have Emerged the Strongest Souls
Part 3—The Bomb’s Aftermath, U.S. Occupation, and Finding Love
Read Part 2 >> Many treating the wounded in the first few weeks after the blast had not…

Jon Stroud • Aug. 7, 2022

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atomic bomb survivors brides generations hibakusha Hiroshima (city) Hiroshima Prefecture immigrants immigration Issei Japan Lilly Krohn migration postwar Shin-Issei United States war brides wives World War II
atomic bomb survivors brides generations hibakusha Hiroshima (city) Hiroshima Prefecture immigrants immigration Issei Japan Lilly Krohn migration postwar Shin-Issei United States war brides wives World War II
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Lilly Krohn: Out of Suffering Have Emerged the Strongest Souls
Part 2—The Explosion: Rapid Destruction and Loss of Life
Read Part 1 >> The plummeting bomb missed its aiming point, a T-shaped bridge below with pro…

Jon Stroud • July 31, 2022

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atomic bomb survivors brides generations hibakusha Hiroshima (city) Hiroshima Prefecture immigrants immigration Issei Japan Lilly Krohn migration postwar Shin-Issei United States war brides wives World War II
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Lilly Krohn: Out of Suffering Have Emerged the Strongest Souls
Part 1—The Build-Up and Then Late for Work
Lilly Krohn, of Laconia, Indiana on most sunny days could be seen working out in her garden or taki…

Jon Stroud • July 24, 2022

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atomic bomb survivors brides generations hibakusha Hiroshima (city) Hiroshima Prefecture immigrants immigration Issei Japan Lilly Krohn migration postwar Shin-Issei United States war brides wives World War II
atomic bomb survivors brides generations hibakusha Hiroshima (city) Hiroshima Prefecture immigrants immigration Issei Japan Lilly Krohn migration postwar Shin-Issei United States war brides wives World War II
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Sansei Natsukashii
During World War II, my Nisei mother and her family were sent from Honolulu to a concentration camp…

Alden M. Hayashi • July 19, 2022

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families Iwakuni Japan Kintaikyo bridge mothers Yamaguchi Prefecture
families Iwakuni Japan Kintaikyo bridge mothers Yamaguchi Prefecture
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Japanese Canadians: Race, Religion, and Confinement
The current exhibition at the Japanese American National Museum, entitled Sutra and Bible: Fai…

Greg Robinson • June 22, 2022

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Japanese Canadians religion World War II
Japanese Canadians religion World War II
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Eighty Years Ago The World Changed For Japanese Canadians
TORONTO — Imagine! This year, 2022, is the 80th anniversary of when we Japanese Canadians wer…

Frank Moritsugu • June 13, 2022

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British Columbia Canada Japanese Canadians World War II camps Yard Creek road camp
British Columbia Canada Japanese Canadians World War II camps Yard Creek road camp
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