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drawing by George Hoshida Japanese Americans in Hawaii. They’re often forgotten in regards to World War II. Although there were over one hundred thousand Japanese Americans living during World War II, some were put into camps. Now the sites will become taken care of. (KHON – JA)
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Paul Kitagaki Jr, photographer unearthed some Dorothea Lange photos from the Internment experience and coupled them with some more recent photos and stories that are now hanging at the San Bruno Bart station which is where Tanforan Race Track, an assembly center for Japanese American was located and 70 years ago. A great concept, history, and the station will probably get more visitors than a gallery show. Take a look at the photos and read the stories. They never get old. SF Gate.
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From 60 years ago, you hardly hear of the good in Japanese American concentration camps. Yes, there are pockets of smiles here and there. A way of life had to get established since they were behind fences and guns. Gardens, farming, making crafts, baseball, you hear of it all. The legacy sort of lives via the art and the photographs. This article points out Ralph L Carr, the Governor of Colorado who fought for the Japanese Americans. Yes, they still got imprisoned. He served only one term perhaps for his opinions. (American Thinker – Ralph L Carr) Ralph Carr has a memorial in a spot that look super barren.
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7 brothers all in World War II, and they fought against each other! In World War II Japanese Americans were often sent home, and some were sent home before war broke out just so they could grow up Japanese. In a large family, this happened. In the case of the Oka family, the kids joined the armed forces. Some of the US and some for the Japan Imperialist Army. Here’s their story. (CNN – Oka)
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Everyone knows the photo above. It’s the flag planting at Iwo Jima by US soldiers. But did you know that it wasn’t the first planted that day? It was definitely the best photo taken. It’s practically orchestrated and staged. It’s that good compositionally. But Louis Charles Charlo, an American Indian was part of the first planting earlier that day and is pretty much written out of it’s history. How can that be? Ira Hayes, another American Indian was part of the photo above but why not give credits to Charlo? Well, today is November 7th, I doubt it has a huge significance, but why not, it’s Louis Charles Charlo Day. (Indian Country Today – Louis Charlo)
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