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Our Interpretive Center shares the legacy of Heart Mountain, where 14,000 people of Japanese descent were incarcerated during World War II.

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Vrijeme pridruživanja: veljača 2012.

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  1. In November, Mitch Maki of traveled to Japan with as part of the Japan Up Close program. "This visit reminded me of how American I am," he said. He'll speak more about the trip on Feb. 12.

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  2. Richard Sakakida was one of the few Japanese American soldiers held prisoner by the Japanese during World War II. Read more about his fascinating story here.

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  3. Wednesday, Feb. 19 is the 78th anniversary of the signing of Executive Order 9066, which opened the way for the Japanese American incarceration. See how will honor the lost Japantown of

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  4. As incarcerees prepared to leave camp administrators began to prepare the collection of historical documents that would show its history. in 1945 they asked incarcerees to help provide historical documentation.

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  5. War Relocation Authorities knew that incarcerees in the nine remaining camps were wary of any report about violent responses to their return to the West Coast. That's why in 1945 the WRA made a point to share the "facts" about an attack on the Doi family of Auburn, CA.

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  6. But the Arimas would return home alone. in 1944, the Sentinel printed this story that announced Tokikuni Arima's death in custody in Santa Fe. He was 56. 4/4

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  7. The three members of the Arima family, including his wife and two children, were sent to where they remained until October 1945. They were allowed to return to San Francisco. 3/4

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  8. Records from show that Arima was taken into custody on April 13, 1942 and sent to a series of camps throughout the country until he was sent to the camp in Santa Fe, NM. 2/4

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  9. On Dec. 7, 1941, Tokikuni Arima was running the Bochow Hotel on 1721 Buchanan St. in . That's where the knew where to find him when it began to round up Japanese American community leaders in the hours after Pearl Harbor. 1/4

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    Not long after it was announced that Nisei men in camps were subject to the draft, the Fair Play Committee in gained momentum. This column in the Sentinel in 1944 shows how the authorities wanted to limit protest.

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    The Eagle and Palace cafes fed the hundreds of Japanese American farm workers at nearby sugar farms, on the railroad and at defense plants in the Scottsbluff area. 2/2

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    The Sentinel column about incarcerees relocating across the country featured a snippet about George Taneda taking a job at the Eagle Cafe in Scottsbluff, NE. It was one of two Japanese American-owned restaurants in the city. 1/2

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    in 1944, Sentinel got the news that the War Relocation Authority planned to close of its 10 camps. That turned out to be the camp in Jerome, Ark., which became a camp for prisoners of war from Germany and Italy.

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    The previous summer, four incarcerees at Amache were stricken with polio, so in 1944, the camp paper published an appeal for help avoiding a similar outbreak that year.

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    Baritone Christopheren Nomura takes listeners on a healing journey through songs.

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    Closing of building in Seattle and moving records to KC and Riverside, CA, raises concerns among researchers who fear loss of access to vital records about Asian American history.

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    invites 5th-12th grade teachers across the country to spend a week this summer learning about the JA incarceration during WWII. A $1,200 stipend will be awarded to help defray transportation costs. Applications are due 3/1. Learn more:

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    "These Japanese are American citizens, just as are the young men of German and Italian descent who are loyal members of our fighting services," the wrote. Eventually, their "eagerness now to bear arms in the nation's battle may ameliorate their rather lonesome lot." 3/3

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    The Amache newspaper highlighted an editorial from the that welcomed Japanese Americans into the Amache had the lowest rate of incarcerees who were segregated to because of "disloyalty." Only 125 were sent away. 2/3

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    Incarcerees at Amache were more welcoming to recruiters than those at other camps. 953 men from the camp eventually served, including 31 who were killed in action. in 1943 the camp got word of the impending visit by recruiters. 1/3

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