442nd Regimental Combat Team
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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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‘Defining Courage’ brings the story of Nisei soldiers of WWII powerfully to life
October 12, 2023 by Gil Asakawa, Nichi Bei News
LOS ANGELES — “Defining Courage,” a unique multi-platform, immersive live performance about the Nisei soldiers who served during World War II, is a work that’s ever-evolving. When David Ono, ABC7 […] 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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‘Kikan — The Homecoming’ retraces a San Francisco Nikkei tale
August 15, 2019 by Nichi Bei News
Japanese American filmmaker Kerwin Berk plans to premiere his latest film “Kikan – the Homecoming” Aug. 18 in San Francisco’s Japantown. Set in the 1940s, Berk tells the story of Jimmy Ibata (Ryan Takemiya), a Japanese American soldier returning to America after fighting in Europe with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. “Kikan” features a multi-generational… 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 visual depiction of the 100th and 442nd’s sacrifice
July 24, 2014 by Nichi Bei News
JOURNEY OF HEROES: The Story of the 100th Infantry Battalion and 442nd Regimental Combat Team By Stacey T. Hayashi, Illustrated by Damon Wong (Self published, 2012, 45 pp., $10, paperback) […] READ MORE
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