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Japanese American’s frozen sperm works after 40 years. The man produced twins. He allegedly spent 8000 to have the sperm continued to be frozen and hopefully the satisfaction of having children that he won’t know is fine. It’s either the magic of science or his sperm is magical. (Bioedge – 40 Years)
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It’s rare to see photos of Japanese Americans in Concentration Camps in color. It’s an eye opener and you get a different sense of life when you see it in color. Photos by Bill Manbo in color collected in a single book, Colors of Confinement: Rare Kodachrome Photographs of Japanese American Incarceration in World War II.
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Pilgrimage to Tule Lake reported in the NY Times. Cool. The best part though might be the comments. The NY Times actually gets some decent dialog going. (NY Times – Tule)
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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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The Internment vote was rescinded, which for some is a big deal. Of course it does nothing to pay back additional sums for losses, etc. Yes imagine, houses, cars, possessions were all lost and taken by others… For 110,000 folks, you just can’t pay that back correctly – even for those who are still alive. Yet, this is righting a wrong even if it’s 70 years later. “In January 1942, the then-supervisors unanimously approved a resolution to urge President Franklin D. Roosevelt to proceed with the internment, saying it was difficult “if not impossible to distinguish between loyal and disloyal Japanese aliens.”” (LA Times – Rescinded)
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