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Exposing America’s “Secret Weapon” — Part 2
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With their service as linguists no longer classified, the MIS veterans’ stories abo…
Drusilla Tanaka • Aug. 14, 2023
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Exposing America’s “Secret Weapon” — Part 1
My high school yearbook is a well-worn treasure. After leafing through it all these years, the bind…
Drusilla Tanaka • Aug. 13, 2023
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Inspire Forward: Nikkei Heroes Under 30
Vini Taguchi, A Civil Engineer for Social Justice—Part 2
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Joining the JACL
The Kakehashi program was Vini’s first experience where all the…
Esther Newman • July 28, 2022
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Daisuke Kitagawa: Civil Rights and Anti-Racism Activist — Part 2
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Throughout the postwar years, Reverend Kitagawa remained in Minneapolis, where he m…
Jonathan van Harmelen • May 9, 2022
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George Shimizu - Part 2
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It’s a long story. Do you want to hear it?
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Emiko Tsuchida • Dec. 7, 2017
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“I could hear a sailor behind me saying, ‘White flag, 2 o’clock, four hundred yards.’ Those were …
Emiko Tsuchida • Dec. 6, 2017
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Into the Next Stage: MIS Stories Spotlighted in Bill Kubota's Next Documentary
If you remember PBS’ 2007 Most Honorable Son—a documentary about Nebraska Nisei farmboy turned B-24…
George Toshio Johnston • April 18, 2017
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Rereading "The Centennial History of Japanese Americans in the United States" - Tracing the Records of the Pioneers
No. 22 Japanese Americans in the Three Central North States
The three central north states are Minnesota, South Dakota, and North Dakota. In the Centennial His…
Ryusuke Kawai • June 12, 2015
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Akio “Lawrence” Nakagawa, a Kibei from the Sacramento Delta region, was interned at the Topaz, Ut…
Martha Nakagawa • June 10, 2015
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I DON’T COMPLAIN – A Profile of Art Morimitsu
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