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A Japanese-American's personal account of growing up in Seattle in the 1930s and of being subjected to relocation during World War II.

Schuler's wrote the screenplay In Time of War and veterans from WWII read the script to check for accuracy.

A letter writer to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Violet Yokoyama, said farewell to Seattle and would leave without bitterness, knowing they could count on American justice and fair play. She also expressed thanks for all the kindness and sympathy…

Jimmy Sakamoto, the publisher of the Japanese American Courier, expressed gratitude and appreciation to the American public for their kindness and said that since it was war, he and others were willing to make the sacrifices the government asked for.

Wally Kaname Yonamine, a Japanese American, played professional baseball in Japan. He is being inducted into Japan's Hall of Fame

Bill Hosokawa, secretary of the Japanese American Citizens League, asked cartoonist Ham Fisher to include a Japanese American in the Joe Palooka cartoon attesting to the loyalty of Japanese Americans and to remind Americans that Japanese Americans…

Offers an account of two second-generation Japanese Americans who were demonized as threats to national security during World War II. This book follows their lives before, during, and after the war. It leads through the half century of uncertainty…

Columnist wonders what the Japanese people thought of Nisei who served in the shin-chu-gun, occupation forces, in Japan following World War II.