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Heart Mountain memories

A panoramic photo of Heart Mountain, taken by George S. Iwanaga brings back memories. Includes list of staff of the Heart Mountain Sentinel, the camp newspaper.

Japanese, Filipino on Same Boat, Explains Hosokawa in Letter

Bill Hosokawa, wrote an article published in the Philippines News Letter asking that there be no violence between Japanese in Filipinos on the West Coast and that Japanese Americans should not be made scapegoats for the actions of fascist Japan. He…

Japanese Evacuee Tells His Own Story

Bill Hosokawa, Seattle Japanese American journalist, expressed the thoughts and feelings of an internee incarcerated at the Puyallup Assembly Center for one of Seattle's metropolitan dailies.

From the Frying Pan: "Sushi and Sourdough" Worth the Wait

Review of the book Sushi and Sourdough by Tooru J. Kanazawa. The book deals with the experiences of the Issei in the Alaska gold rush.

Nisei: The Quiet Americans

A history of the Japanese-Americans by a journalist

A Thousand Splendid Suns

A Thousand Splendid Suns is a breathtaking story set against the volatile events of Afghanistan's last thirty years-from the Soviet invasion to the reign of the Taliban to post-Taliban rebuilding-that puts the violence, fear, hope and faith of this…