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Thu, Mar 29 2012

San Diego Community Honors Gold Medal Recipients

San Diego Community Honors Gold Medal Recipients

Also tagged: 100th Batalion 442nd Infantry Regiment, 442nd rct, Asian Pacific VFW Post 4851, Bob Filner, Brian Bilbray, CGM San Diego Committee, Chaplain Peter Ota, Christine Sato-Yamazaki, congressional gold medal, David Kawamoto, Duncan Hunter, Emiko Ito, EO 9066, Gwen Momita, Japanese American Historical Society of San Diego, Karen Tani, lane nishikawa, Linda Canada, Linda Marumoto McLemore, Maj. Keith Horikawa, March Army Reserve Honor Guard, Marianne Kushi, Martin Lloyd Ito, MARTY BLOCK, Mayor Jerry Sanders, Michio Himaka, military intelligence service, National JACL, NATIONAL VETERANS NETWORK, Rev. Jim Yanagihara, Robert Ito, Ron Krause, Roy and Alice Asaki, San Diego County Board of Supervisors, San Diego JACL, San Diego State University, Sgt. Christopher Arakawa, SMA Beau Tatsumura, Specialist William Lurbe, Stacy Yamamoto, Tag Project, U.S. Mint, Wendy Maruyama, Yasuichi Jim Kimura

MIS veteran Yasuichi Jim Kimura receiving his Congressional Gold Medal from Rep. Bob Filner on March 11 in San Diego. (Photo by Russell Kitagawa) SAN DIEGO — Nisei veterans of the 100th Infantry Battalion,...

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Thu, Mar 29 2012

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Filmmaker Junichi Suzuki Completes Nikkei Trilogy With ‘MIS: Human Secret Weapon’

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Filmmaker Junichi Suzuki Completes Nikkei Trilogy With ‘MIS: Human Secret Weapon’

Also tagged: 442: Live with Honor, 442nd regimental combat team, 99 Years of Love: Japanese Americans, Come See the Paradise, daniel inouye, Die with Dignity, Gaslamp 15, Irene Hirano Inouye, Jake Shimabukuro, James Armstrong Theatre, Junichi Suzuki, Kizuna, Laemmle's Noho 7, lane nishikawa, military intelligence service, MIS: Human Secret Weapon, nishi hongwanji, norman mineta, Paul Terasaki, tamlyn tomita, toyo miyatake, Toyo's Camera, Woodbridge Movies 5

By GEORGE TOSHIO JOHNSTON (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on March 29, 2012.) === Movie director Junichi Suzuki’s final installment of his Japanese American trilogy will arrive in theaters next...

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Wed, Mar 28 2012

CGM Featured in Ship’s Change-of-Command Ceremony

CGM Featured in Ship’s Change-of-Command Ceremony

Also tagged: 442nd rct, Allen Shimada, Bell M. Shimada, Camp Savage, congressional gold medal, Gerald Yamada, Japanese American Veterans Association, military intelligence service, Newport Oregon, NOAA, R-227, Scott sirois, Shimada Seamount, Todd Bridgeman, University of Washington

With the Bell M. Shimada, NOAA R-227, in the background, (from left) CDR Todd Bridgeman. CDR Scott Sirios, and Allen Shimada. Bridgeman and Sirois are holding the framed CGM and PL 111-254. (Photo courtesy...

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Tue, Mar 13 2012

WWII Army Air Corps Gunner Ogata Dies at 92

WWII Army Air Corps Gunner Ogata Dies at 92

Also tagged: 442nd regimental combat team, 451st Bomb Group, 726th Squadron, Army Air Corps, ben kuroki, Camp Brant, Civilian Pilot Training Program, Col. Bob Kan, Congressional Medal of Honor, daniel inouye, herbert ginoza, Japanese Americans in Vietnam War, John Matsumoto, Kenjalin Ogata, Kenje Ogata, Magyarkeszi Hungary, military intelligence service, Strong-Carter Dental Clinic, University of Illinois College of Dentistry, Wilma Reiff, Yukio Kishi

Flight crew of the 726th Squadron, 451st Bomb Group. Kenje Ogata is second from right in the back row. STERLING, Ill. — Kenje Ogata, 92, one of five Nisei known to have served in the U.S. Army Air Corps...

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Thu, Feb 16 2012

Day of Remembrance Presentation Planned at State Capitol; Nisei Cartoonist to Be Honored for Educating Kids About Camp

Day of Remembrance Presentation Planned at State Capitol; Nisei Cartoonist to Be Honored for Educating Kids About Camp

Also tagged: 442nd rct, ACR 104, API Legislative Caucus, Asian American Curriculum Project, bill clinton, California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, California State Assembly, Camp II Block 211, Carol Liu, Civil Liberties Act of 1988, congressional gold medal, Das Williams, Day of Remembrance, Emi Young, executive order 9066, Fiona Ma, fred korematsu, GORDON HIRABAYASHI, hokubei mainichi, Jack Matsuoka, Japanese American Museum of San Jose, Leland Yee, Luis Alejo, Mariko Yamada, Mary Hayashi, medal of honor, Mike Eng, military intelligence service, Min Yasui, obama, poston, Richard Pan, ronald reagan, Speaker John Perez, storyteller Megumi, Ted Lieu, warren furutani, Watsonville

Jack Matsuoka's book for young readers about the camp experience. SACRAMENTO — The California State Assembly is scheduled to declare a Day of Remembrance during its Friday session in order to increase...

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Thu, Dec 22 2011

Insinuations and Innuendo About Internment

Insinuations and Innuendo About Internment

Also tagged: 442nd regimental combat team, Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians, congressional gold medal, Edward Rothstein, FLOYD MORI, Heart Mountain Interpretive Center, jacl, Jill Abramson, military intelligence service, National Defense Authorization Act, New York Times

By FLOYD MORI (The following letter was sent on Dec. 19 to New York Times Executive Editor Jill Abramson by Floyd Mori, national executive director of the JACL.) The Japanese American Citizens League (JACL)...

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Wed, Nov 2 2011

Nisei Veterans Receive Bronze Stars

Nisei Veterans Receive Bronze Stars

Also tagged: 442nd regimental combat team, BRONZE STAR, congressional gold medal, donald rutherford, Eric Shinseki, george joe sakato, Gerald Yamada, Jack Kunitomi, lost battalion, medal of honor, military intelligence service, MIS, nisei soldiers, pearl harbor, raymond t. ordierno, thomas bostick, world war II

U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond T. Odierno presents Bronze Star Medals and the Army Chief of Staff coins to Japanese American World War II veterans at the National Veterans Network tribute to the...

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Wed, Aug 17 2011

Grand Procession

Grand Procession

Also tagged: 442nd, Ai wa Katsu, aiko herzig-yoshinaga, Ajuku Girls, akemi kikumura yano, Akita-Inu Hozonkai, Alpha Takahashi, Amber Akemi Piatt, Aomori Prefecture, Awa Odori Tokushima Ren, Bombu Taiko, Boy Scout Troop 379, Cathy Fujimoto, Centenary United Methodist Church, Chikara Taiko, chogi higa, congressional gold medal, CRA LA, Dave Yamamoto, David Yamahata, Emi Hojoen, Erika Mariko Olsen, Eugene Toshio Murakami, Florence Nagano, Fukushima Prefecture, Fumi Akutagawa, Garfield High School JROTC, Gary Yamauchi, General Public Ondo Dancers, Gina Hiraizumi, Grateful Crane Ensemble, Hawaii Cherry Blossom Queen Jennifer Sur, hayahiko takase, Iwate Prefecture, jaccc, Jane Yamamoto, janm, Jay Birata, JBA, JCCSC, Jessica Makiko Kanai, Karen Yamamoto, Kay A Yamaguchi, kazari, Kazuo Ikeda, Keizo Ray Suio, Ken Miyoshi, Kenjinkai Kyogikai, Kikuta Kai, Kimi Evans, Koichi Kinoshita, LA Kimono Club, LAPD, Leann Fumiko Fujinami, Little Tokyo Cosplayers, Los Angeles Elementary School, Louis K. Ito, LTBA Frances Hashimoto, Martha Estrada, Masako Rodriguez, Melissa Ayumi Nishimura, Michi Renee Lew, Mike Kamimoto, Mikey Hirano Culross, mikoshi, Mimi Mitsuko Yang, Mirai Nagasu, MIS, Miss Kimono LA, Miss Korea Southern California Joanne Ryu, Miss Los Angeles Chinatown Shirley Zhang, Mitsuhiro Bando, Miyagi Prefecture, Miyuki Matsunaga, Montebello-Ashiya Sister City Association, Nagoya City Assembly, Nanka Fukuoka Kenjinkai Taiko Club, Nebuga Festival, nikkei games, Nippon Minyo Kenkyukai, Nippon Minyo Kenkyukai/Hoshun Kai, Nisei Veterans Coordinating Council, nisei week baby show, Nisei Week Car Show, Nisei Week Festival Marching Band, nisei week foundation, nisei week parade, Nisei Week Pioneers, Nisei Week Queen Lani Nishiyama, Nobuyuki Baba, Northern California Cherry Blossom Queen Jeddie Kawahatsu, Pure 02, Rafu Mitsumi Kai, Rev. Mark Nakagawa, Rev. Paul Nagano, Rissho Kosei Kai, rodney kageyama, San Fernando Japanese School, san fernando valley japanese american community center, sandra sakamoto, Seattle Japanese Community Queen Frderica Mackert, SOJI KASHIWAGI, Stan Sakai, tamlyn tomita, Tammie Kanda, Tanabata Festival, terry hara, Tommy Lasorda, toshio handa, Toyota Motors, Tracy Kato-Kiriyama, Tuesday Night Project, Usagi Yojimbo, yoshihito yonezawa, Yoshinori Kawaguchi, Yusuke Shindo

The 2011 Nisei Week Court waves to the crowds on Second Street from atop the American Airlines float on Sunday during the 71st annual Nisei Week Grand Parade. (MARIO G. REYES/Rafu Shimpo) === By J.K. Yamamoto Rafu...

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Fri, Jul 1 2011

Bronze Monument to Nisei Soldiers Gets Boost from City Grant

Bronze Monument to Nisei Soldiers Gets Boost from City Grant

Also tagged: 442nd rct, Bill Santucci Justice Center, E. Ken Tokutomi, Florin JACL, France Borka, frank kageta, Frostad Atelier, lost battalion, Memorial to World War II Soldiers of Japanese Ancestry, Placer County JACL, Ronnie Frostad, Roseville Citizens' Benefit Fund, Roseville Grants Advisory Commission, Sacramento JACL, shig yokote

A maquette of the completed monument depicting a 442nd soldier helping a member of the "Lost Battalion." (Photo by Keith Sutter) ROSEVILLE, Calif. — The Roseville City Council announced grant...

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Thu, Apr 21 2011

Memorial Day Service in Little Tokyo

Memorial Day Service in Little Tokyo

Also tagged: 442nd rct, Asia America Symphony Orchestra, Asia America Youth Orchestra, Boy Scout Troop 379, David Miyoshi, El Rancho HIgh School Marine Corps Jr. ROTC, Gold Star Mothers, jaccc, Japanese American Korean War Veterans, Japanese American National War Memorial Court, Japanese American Vietnam Veterans Memorial Committee, Koyasan Buddhist Temple, memorial day, min tonai, Scott Takahashi, Thomi Yamamoto, vincent okamoto

Vincent Okamoto, vice president of the Japanese American Vietnam Veterans Memorial Committee (JAVVMC) and Thomi Yamamoto, president of the Japanese American Korean War Veterans (JAKWV), jointly announced...

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