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Bertram Akira Tsunematsu

Bertram Akira Tsunematsu was born in Waialua, O‘ahu, on Dec. 12, 1915. He was the eldest of three…

The Sons and Daughters of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team • May 8, 2023

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80 Years of the 442nd

Some reading this may already know, but for those who don’t, I’m a proud descendent of a 442nd Regi…

Kristen Nemoto Jay • April 3, 2023

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Aloha, France — Part 2

Read Part 1 >> A visit in 1960 by then Army Master Sgt. Wilbert “Sandy” Holck (442nd’s Cannon Com…

Gregg K. Kakesako • March 23, 2023

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Aloha, France — Part 1

In October 1944, soldiers of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team liberated the French villages of Bruy…

Gregg K. Kakesako • March 22, 2023

100th Infantry Battalion 442nd Regimental Combat Team Aloha (video) Biffontaine Bruyères films France generations Granges-Aumontzey Hawai'i Nisei United States United States Army World War II

Thomas Takashi Nakahara

Thomas Takashi Nakahara was born on February 16, 1923, in Pa‘auilo on the Big Island. His parents…

The Sons and Daughters of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team • March 15, 2023

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Thoughts on Japan's refusal to recognize multiple citizenship: Interviews with people living in the U.S. and France

"If we don't revise it, our descendants will suffer." If one or both parents are Japanese, and a ch…

Keiko Fukuda • June 27, 2022

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Les Japonais Américains: Recent Discussions of Japanese American History in France

In my previous article for Discover Nikkei, I uncovered the wartime newspaper coverage of the incar…

Jonathan van Harmelen • Dec. 10, 2021

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The French Connection: What Newspapers in Wartime France Said About Japanese Americans

The story of the wartime incarceration of Japanese Americans is not only a part of U.S. history, bu…

Jonathan van Harmelen • Nov. 8, 2021

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Foujita Discovers the Americas: An Artist's Tour - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> After his stays in Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, and Cuba, Tsuguharu Foujita re…

Greg Robinson +1 • Jan. 8, 2021

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Foujita Discovers the Americas: An Artist's Tour - Part 1

The name of Léonard Foujita (AKA Tsuguharu Foujita) has lost much of its luster today. However, i…

Greg Robinson +1 • Jan. 7, 2021

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