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Account of arriving at Manzanar Relocation Center

Posted on August 17, 2018 by Historical Snapshots

“When we got to Manzanar, it was getting dark and we were given numbers first. We went down to the mess hall, and I remember the first meal we were given in tho...

Biography/Story

Kazuo Otani earns the Medal of Honor

Posted on July 30, 2018 by Historical Snapshots

Kazuo Otani was born in Visalia, a small town of a few thousand in California, to parents who were immigrants from Japan. He was living in the Gila River War Re...

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Portrait of a boy during the war, London, 1945

Posted on July 27, 2018 by Historical Snapshots

“I was told he had come back from playing and found his house a shambles—his mother, father and brother dead under the rubble…he was looking up at the sky, his ...

Quote

June Wandrey: “I wept uncontrollably, my tears falling on poor Sammy’s bandaged remains.”

Posted on July 22, 2018 by Historical Snapshots

Dearest family,   Despite Sammy’s desperate battle to live, he slipped away just as morning broke. It broke my heart. Desperately tired, hungry, and sick of the...

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