442nd RCT
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‘Kintsukuroi,’ feature film about JA experience, coming to Sacramento June 30
June 20, 2024 by Soji Kashiwagi, Nichi Bei News
Of all the films Nikkei writer/director Kerwin Berk has made, he says his latest film, “Kintsukuroi,” is by far his most rewarding due to the participation of an almost all-Nikkei […] READ MORE
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Nisei Legacy Tour 2023: A Journey of Remembrance
January 4, 2024 by Nichi Bei News
My wife, Donna Kotake, had wanted to visit Bruyères, France where her father, Kingo Kotake, fought during World War II with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team for quite some time. […] READ MORE
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A digestible telling of familiar snippets of JA WWII history
July 22, 2021 by Nichi Bei News
FACING THE MOUNTAIN: A TRUE STORY OF JAPANESE AMERICAN HEROES IN WORLD WAR II By Daniel James Brown (New York: Viking Books, 2021, 560 pp., $30, hard cover) Daniel James Brown’s “Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II” recounts the narrative of the Japanese American wartime experience by […] READ MORE
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A ‘family-themed inquiry’ into the ‘wages of war’
January 1, 2019 by Nichi Bei News
WHEN THE AKIMOTOS WENT TO WAR: AN UNTOLD STORY OF FAMILY, PATRIOTISM, AND SACRIFICE DURING WORLD WAR IIBy Matthew Elms (Arlington, Va.: American Battle Monuments Commission, 2015, 146 pp., $15, […] READ MORE
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A Nisei’s path to pacifism
July 19, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
MY LIFE’S JOURNEY By Ted T. Tsukiyama (Honolulu, Watermark Publishing, 2017, 160 pp., $17.95, paperback) Ted Tsukiyama is a charter member of the Nisei, “the Greatest Generation.” Born in Hawai‘i […] READ MORE
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Film examines little-known origins of famed 442nd unit
April 26, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
For Yonsei Stacey Hayashi, the effort to preserve the story of the famed all-Nisei 442nd Regimental Combat Team is not only a labor of love, but it’s also a part […] READ MORE
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100th Infantry Battalion and 442nd RCT monument in France refurbished
January 18, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
Nestled in an undergrowth clearing near Bruyères, France is a monument dedicated to the members of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and the 100th Infantry Battalion, who were instrumental in […] READ MORE
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Digital exhibit to tell Nisei veterans’ stories
December 18, 2014 by Nichi Bei News
The stories of the World War II Nisei soldiers, including heroes like Kazuo Masuda, Takejiro Higa and the late Sen. Daniel Inouye, will be highlighted in the upcoming Congressional Gold Medal Digital […] READ MORE
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A social and operational — though somewhat lacking — history of the 110th and 442nd
July 24, 2014 by Nichi Bei News
Going for Broke: Japanese American Soldiers in the War against Nazi Germany By James M. McCaffrey (Norman, Okla.: University of Oklahoma Press, 2013, 424 pp., $34.95, hard cover) With another book […] READ MORE
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JA Nat’l Museum hosts ‘Go For Broke’ exhibit in Los Angeles
January 9, 2014 by Nichi Bei News
LOS ANGELES — The Japanese American National Museum’s “Go For Broke: Japanese American Soldiers Fighting on Two Fronts” exhibit chronicles the history of Nisei soldiers from the 100th Infantry Battalion, […] READ MORE
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