San Leandro library staff put together documentary on World War II internment - San Jose Mercury News

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San Leandro library staff put together documentary on World War II internment
San Jose Mercury News
By Eric Kurhi SAN LEANDRO -- An oral history documenting the experiences of Japanese-Americans interned during World War II -- as well as members of the famed 100th and 442nd segregated battalions -- will be screened at the San Leandro Main Library ...

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MIS Vet from Downey Donates Medal to Cal - The Rafu Shimpo

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MIS Vet from Downey Donates Medal to Cal
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With the grants, the Bancroft Library is creating an interactive virtual archive of its extensive materials on the Japanese American incarceration experience – which include documents, oral histories, wartime photographs and camp drawings by internees.

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Japanese-American woman who was forced into an internment camp at 16 recalls ... - Chicago Tribune

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Japanese-American woman who was forced into an internment camp at 16 recalls ...
Chicago Tribune
Of all the anti-Japanese hysteria that swept the country following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, one painful memory seems to linger above the rest for Chiye Tomihiro, a Japanese-American who was forced into an internment camp.

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George Takei, Aziz Ansari and More Featured on Nick News 'WHO AM I? Asian ... - Broadway World

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George Takei, Aziz Ansari and More Featured on Nick News 'WHO AM I? Asian ...
Broadway World
"Being American to me is accepting that we all came from somewhere else," says Riki, whose Japanese American grandparents were sent to American internment camps during World War II. "And we all deserve equal opportunity." Nick News, produced by Lucky ...

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Heart Mountain Interpretive Center in Wyo. recognized by the American ... - Washington Post

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Heart Mountain Interpretive Center in Wyo. recognized by the American ...
Washington Post
The Heart Mountain Interpretive Center in Park County has been recognized with an award from the American Association of Museums. The site of a World War II Japanese American internment camp received the association's “Eloquent Presentation of Topic” ...

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OC Muslims Connect With Japanese-American Internment Struggle at Manzanar - OC Weekly (blog)

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OC Muslims Connect With Japanese-American Internment Struggle at Manzanar
OC Weekly (blog)
By Yasmin Nouh Mon., Apr. 30 2012 at 3:00 PM John Asanuma was 11 years old when President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, paving the path for mass imprisonment of Japanese Americans after Pearl Harbor. The Los Angeles native, ...
Muslims from OC see meaning in Manzanar OCRegister

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Photos illustrate effects of WWII internment camps - San Francisco Chronicle

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Photos illustrate effects of WWII internment camps
San Francisco Chronicle
It was not until 1970, when Paul Kitagaki Jr. was 16 years old, that he learned in a high school history class about the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. His own family was among them. Almost a decade later, ...
From the Executive Editor: Photographer creates a living link to history Sacramento Bee

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