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Mon, May 14 2012

Chicago Honors Japanese American WWII Vets

Also tagged: 100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd rct, Army Air Corps, Bruce Mattey, Cheryl Hamada, Chicago Army Recruiting Company Color Guard, Chicago Japanese American Council, Chicago Japanese American Historical Society, Chicago Nisei Post 1183 American Legion, congressional gold medal, Daniel Izui, enoch kanaya, Gail Belmont, Gaman: Portraits of WWII Nisei Veterans, Howard Hieshima, Jan Schakowsky, Japanese American Mutual Aid Society of Chicago, Japanese American Service Committee, Maj. Gen. James Mukoyama Jr., military intelligence service, Na Kupuna Ukulele Club, nikkei world war ii veterans tribute, quilts of honor, Tom Arai Bequest

442nd RCT veteran Enoch Kanaya receives his personalized handmade quilt from Quilts of Honor Director Gail Belmont. CHICAGO — On a crisp, clear Sunday afternoon, 43 Nikkei veterans of the “Good War”...

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Mon, May 7 2012

DVD Release of Resisters Film at JANM on Saturday

Also tagged: CONSCIENCE AND THE CONSTITUTION, FAIR PLAY COMMITTEE, Farewell to Manzanar, FRANK ABE, frank emi, Heart Mountain draft resisters, jacl, JAMES OMURA, janm, KIRO Newsradio, Mako, mike masaoka, MITS KOSHIYAMA, SAM HORINO, Target Free Family Saturday, Transit Media

Mits Koshiyama (center, looking down) was 19 years old when this photo was taken on June 12, 1944, the first day of the trial of the Heart Mountain draft resisters in U.S. District Court in Cheyenne, Wyo. Producer/director...

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Tue, Mar 13 2012

WWII Army Air Corps Gunner Ogata Dies at 92

Also tagged: 100th battalion, 442nd regimental combat team, 451st Bomb Group, 726th Squadron, Army Air Corps, 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, Sep 22 2011

‘Conscience’ DVD Set Full of Valuable Material

Also tagged: Art Emi, ART HANSEN, BARBARA TAKEI, CONSCIENCE AND THE CONSTITUTION, daniel inouye, FAIR PLAY COMMITTEE, FRANK ABE, Heart Mountain draft resisters, jacl, JAMES OMURA, KIYOSHI OKAMOTO, Kozie Sakai, Mako, Martha Nakagawa, MICHI WEGLYN, mike masaoka, President Truman, Roger Daniels, Saburo Kido, SAM HORINO, Sylvia Toshiyuki, Tetsujiro "Tex" Nakamura, Tolan Committee, Tule Lake Segregation Center, Wayne Collins, years of infamy

By MARTHA NAKAGAWA, Rafu Contributor “Conscience and the Constitution,” the documentary on the only organized draft resistance movement to come out of a U.S. concentration camp during World War II,...

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Thu, Jul 21 2011

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Frank Abe Is Back With a Fresh ‘Conscience’

Also tagged: CIVIL LIBERTIES, CIVIL RIGHTS, DOCUMENTARIES, documentary, DVD, FRANK ABE, frank emi, fred korematsu, GORDON HIRABAYASHI, itns, mike masaoka, Minoru Yasui, nisei, pearl harbor

By GEORGE TOSHIO JOHNSTON (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on July 21, 2011.) === When the Sansei transitioned from innocent and acquiescent adolescence into questioning and indignant young adulthood...

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Wed, Jun 29 2011

‘Conscience and the Constitution’ Returns as Two-Disc DVD Set

Also tagged: AAJA, ART HANSEN, Asian American Theater Workshop, Civil Liberties Public Education Fund, Civil Liberties Symposium, College of Southern Idaho, CONSCIENCE AND THE CONSTITUTION, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Days of Remembrance, draft resisters, Farewell to Manzanar, FRANK ABE, frank emi, Friends of Minidoka, HEART MOUNTAIN FAIR PLAY COMMITTEE, Independent Television Service, jacl, JAMES OMURA, King County executive, KIRO, Mako, mike masaoka, Minidoka Internment Naitonal Monument, MITS KOSHIYAMA, Rocky Shimpo, Roger Daniels, Transit Media

The DVD cover includes photos of a young Frank Emi, the mass trial of the Heart Mountain resisters, and journalist James Omura. SEATTLE — A decade after its national debut on public television, the award-winning...

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Tue, Jun 14 2011

Books on JA WWII Experience Win Independent Publisher Awards

Also tagged: A Boy of Heart Mountain, Barbara Bazaldua, Georgic Stories, Hello Maggie, Independent Publisher Book Awards, Jean Lukesh, Lucky Ears, Mariko Nagai, Shigeru Yabu, Willie Ito

NEW YORK — Winners of the 2011 Independent Publisher Book Awards were honored at a gala in New York on May 23. Some 2,000 independent authors and publishers participated in the 15th annual ceremony. •...

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Tue, Nov 3 2009

HORSE’S MOUTH: Homecoming For Heroes

Also tagged: 141st infantry battalion, 442nd regimental combat team, admiral michael mullen, george sakato, go for broke, herbert ginoza, hokubei mainichi, homecoming for heroes, houston, jacl, jim wright, john hideo matsumoto, kenji ogata, lost battalion, medal of honor, norman mineta, purple heart

By George Yoshinaga === HOUSTON, Texas—As mentioned in my previous column I’m here in Houston to attend a dinner titled, “Homecoming for Heroes.” The 65th anniversary of the event is special in...

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Tue, Oct 20 2009

HORSE’S MOUTH: How About Some Natto for Kuroda?

Also tagged: dodgers, george yoshinaga, grateful crane, halloween, horse's mouth, iku kiriyama, internment, japanese chamber of commerce of southern california, las vegas, nikkei hit parade, sukiyaki, tule lake

By George Yoshinaga === This past weekend was an enjoyable one made possible by invitations I received to attend a couple of events. First, I want to thank Toshio Handa, President of the Japanese Chamber...

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Tag Archives: ben kuroki

Chicago Honors Japanese American WWII Vets

DVD Release of Resisters Film at JANM on Saturday

WWII Army Air Corps Gunner Ogata Dies at 92

‘Conscience’ DVD Set Full of Valuable Material

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Frank Abe Is Back With a Fresh ‘Conscience’

‘Conscience and the Constitution’ Returns as Two-Disc DVD Set

Books on JA WWII Experience Win Independent Publisher Awards

HORSE’S MOUTH: Homecoming For Heroes

HORSE’S MOUTH: How About Some Natto for Kuroda?

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