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Susan H. Kamei

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Held captive in their own country during World War II, Japanese Americans used nature to cope with their unjustified imprisonment

Incarcerated in rough barracks surrounded by barbed wire and armed soldiers, Japanese Americans made functional and beautiful items to ease their...

10.02.2026 20

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Susan H. Kamei

Baseball returns to a Japanese American detention camp after a historic ball field was restored

80 years after Japanese Americans were imprisoned at the Manzanar Relocation Center, descendants are returning to play the sport that gave prisoners...

17.10.2025 5

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Susan H. Kamei

Righting a wrong, name by name − the Irei monument honors Japanese Americans imprisoned by the US government during World War II

June Aochi Berk, now 92 years old, remembers the trepidation and fear she felt 80 years ago on Jan. 2, 1945. On that date, Berk and her family...

02.01.2025 6

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Susan H. Kamei