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Japanese American WWII soldier exhibition launches in SF

San Francisco Examiner 24 Feb 2026
I Am An American. The Nisei Soldier Experience” highlights the lives of more than 30,000 citizens during a time of racial tension ....
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‘Wrong in 1942. Wrong now.’ Local Japanese Americans tie WWII incarceration to Trump’s immigration crackdown

Chicago Tribune 22 Feb 2026
Eighty-four years later, “Japanese Americans reflect upon the continued consequences of unchecked power and witness parallels to the experiences of forced mass removal, detention, deportation, family ...
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WA Japanese Americans rally against ICE on Day of Remembrance

The Spokesman-Review 21 Feb 2026
For the more than 30 protesters, many of them Japanese Americans, who gathered at the airport, the past appeared to be repeating itself ... Japanese American residents on Bainbridge Island were the first to be rounded up in 1942.
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MATSUI STATEMENT ON JAPANESE AMERICAN DAY OF REMEMBRANCE (Doris O Matsui)

Public Technologies 20 Feb 2026
... of Japanese Americans during World War II. "Today, on Japanese American Day of Remembrance, we reflect on the injustice that incarcerated over 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II.
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Today in History: February 19, FDR signs order authorizing Japanese-American internment

The Sun Chronicle 19 Feb 2026
Today is Thursday, Feb. 19, the 50th day of 2026. There are 315 days left in the year ... .
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San Francisco exhibit highlights service of Japanese American soldiers in WWII

NBC Bay Area 19 Feb 2026
In those same days, thousands of Japanese Americans enlisted in the U.S ... Half of the Japanese Americans who answered the nation’s call immediately after Pearl Harbor were from Hawaii, with the other half from the mainland.
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Japanese Americans used nature to cope with WW II imprisonment

Asiatimes 19 Feb 2026
As I describe in my book “When Can We Go Back to America? Voices of Japanese American Incarceration during World War II,” they boarded livestock trucks and World War I-era trains guarded by armed U.S.
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For survivors of Japanese American prison camps, Trump’s deportation campaign has disturbing echoes

CNN 16 Feb 2026
There are clear differences between the Trump administration’s current immigration blitz and the incarceration of Japanese Americans ... Japanese Americans were sent home with just a train ticket and $25 each.
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Held captive in their own country during World War II, Japanese Americans used nature to ...

Daily Advance 11 Feb 2026
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) ... .
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Rearview Mirror: Local Japanese Americans and their amazing stories

Star Advertiser 06 Feb 2026
I spoke to the Hawaii Japanese Heritage Group this past weekend about noteworthy Americans of Japanese ancestry and their interesting stories ... .
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Japanese American soldiers once branded 'enemy aliens' promoted posthumously

Henry Herald 27 Jan 2026
Seven Japanese American soldiers have been promoted to officer ranks in a solemn ceremony that comes eight decades after they died fighting for the U.S. during World War II. The men were students at the University of Hawaii and cadets ... .
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Japanese American Solider World War 2

Citrus County Chronicle 27 Jan 2026
Framed photos and certificates of seven former University of Hawaii Army ROTC cadets are displayed during a posthumous commissioning ceremony at Ke'ehi Lagoon Memorial Park, Monday, Jan. 26, 2026, in Honolulu ... .
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Japanese American soldiers once branded 'enemy aliens' to be promoted posthumously

La Porte County Herald-Dispatch 27 Jan 2026
Seven Japanese American soldiers are being promoted to officer ranks in a solemn ceremony that comes eight decades after they died fighting for the U.S. during World War II. The men were students at the University of Hawaii and cadets ... .
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