Survivor of Japanese internment camp speaks at Asian American Cultural Center
At the event hosted by Yale’s Japanese American Student Union, Sam Mihara spoke about his childhood in the Heart Mountain internment camp during World War II.
80-year anniversary of Japanese Americans released from internment camps
Residents of East Los Angeles marked the 80th anniversary of the day in 1945 when the Japanese Americans incarcerated during World War II were allowed to return to their former hometowns on the West Coast.
U.S. Army veteran remembers his family's history on Japanese American internment anniversary
Every year on February 19, 99-year-old Takashi Hoshizaki shares his family's story of when they were forced into internment in Wyoming.
Internment camp survivor shares his important life story on Japanese American Day of Remembrance
Rina Nakano speaks with Dr. Takashi Hoshizaki, a World War II internment camp survivor who wound up serving in the United States Army after resisting a pervious draft. He tells his important life story on Japanese American Day of Remembrance as a signal to continue fighting in the face of adversity.
Utah historians run exhibit on Japanese-American internment
Today marks the 83rd anniversary of the executive order for Japanese-American internment during World War II. Utah played a role in the dark chapter of American history with the Topaz Internment Camp near Delta.
Feb. 19 marks the anniversary of Japanese internment through Executive Order 9066
Feb. 19 marks the anniversary of an executive order that led to the involuntary detention of thousands of Japanese-Americans in California and the U.S. as a whole.
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Contractors prepare second World War II-era barracks to be moved at Fort McCoy
After moving one barracks building successfully Jan. 22, contractors are set to move a second building from its resting area ...
Descendants of Holocaust survivors mark 76th anniversary of internment camps' closure in Cyprus
Snunith Shoham says she was only a few months old in February 1947 when British authorities permitted her family to leave one ...
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Interview: Directors Diana Wyenn and John Miyasaki on THE CAMP
In 1942 during World War II, 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry - two-thirds of whom were American citizens - were unjustly ...
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South Florida woman walks in her father’s footsteps 80 years after the WWII pilot’s evacuation from Nazi POW camp
The father of a South Florida woman was imprisoned by the Nazis during World War II. Eighty years later, she got to ...
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Arizona honors forgotten WWII POW camp with historical marker
camp that played a significant role in Arizona’s World War II history. The ceremony took place on February 12 at Quail Creek Veterans Municipal Park, just a mile from the original campsite.
Midway Village Museum celebrates opening of Camp Grant Exhibit
Midway Village Museum ushered in the grand opening of a new Camp Grant exhibit Thursday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The ...
VP Vance is visiting the Dachau concentration camp memorial on eve of his big meeting with Zelensky
Vance is in the midst of a five-day visit to France and Germany, his first overseas travel since becoming vice president last ...
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World War II living history event, USO dance planned at Century Village Museum
Century Village Museum in Burton Village will be transformed into a World War II battlefield and camp later this month when it hosts the new Battle of Wardin living history event. The two-day event ...
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Judy: From ship’s mascot to war heroine
Judy, an English Pointer born in 1936 in Shanghai, served as a mascot on HMS Gnat before becoming a World War II hero.
VP Vance is visiting the Dachau concentration camp memorial on eve of his big meeting with Zelenskyy
U.S. Vice President JD Vance will visit the Dachau concentration camp memorial Thursday, making a stop at one of the most ...