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July 24, 2011

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Photos Illustrate Effects of WWII Internment Camps
A photo journalist captures images of 19 former internees for "then and now" photography collection.

May 14, 2012 SFGate

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A Letter to Dad – By Robert Ito
A Tribute to the San Diego Japanese American Veterans of the 100th/442nd/MIS

March 25, 2012

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Colorado Receives Federal Funds for Japanese Internment Camp Preservation
Colorado Preservation Inc. received nearly $250,000 dollars from a fund established by the Federal Government to preserve the Granada Relocation Center

March 23, 2012 Denver Business Journal

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Wendy Maruyama’s ‘Tag Project’ opens Friday, Feb. 10, at SDSU
An art exhibit examining FDR's Executive 9066 will open this week at San Diego State University. The project will serve the community at large and raise awareness about the Japanese-American internment - helping to ensure it will never happen again.

February 8, 2012 The Art of Gaman Heart Mountain internment photos donated to WSU San Diego City Beat

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State Schools Chief Urges Public to Observe Korematsu Day
Fred Korematsu was arrested after refusing to comply with Executive Order 9066, in the wake of the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson is doing his part to ensure that we, as a nation, never repeat this great wrong.

January 20, 2012 Japanese American Internment Gordon Hirabayashi, WWII Internment Opponent, Dies at 93 Rafu Shimpo

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Gordon Hirabayashi, WWII Internment Opponent, Dies at 93
Gordon Hirabayashi, who was imprisoned for defying the federal government’s internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II but was vindicated four decades later when his conviction was overturned, died on Monday in Edmonton, Alberta. He was 93.

January 4, 2012 George Takei New York Times

Image of For local Japanese-American artist, time spent in internment camps fueled a lifetime of work

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For local Japanese-American artist, time spent in internment camps fueled a lifetime of work
“There is no doubt that bitterness fuels my work, but it allows me to put together a lot of pieces of life in a way that makes me understand that this has been a part of my life, and will continue to be a part of my life until I die."

December 7, 2011 The Art of Gaman Japanese American Internment LJWorld.com

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Japanese return to Canada’s WWII internment camps
Seven decades after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Japanese are returning to the camps in Canada where they were interned during World War II.

December 4, 2011 WWII veteran receives nation’s top civilian honor Internment specter raises ugly head in forgetful U.S. Senate The AFP

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WWII veteran receives nation’s top civilian honor
The medal — one of the two highest civilian awards in the United States — went to 100 WWII veterans not only for their individual actions during the war, but to recognize the patriotism of Japanese Americans at a time of rabid prejudice at home.

November 30, 2011 Japanese American Soldiers will receive Congressional gold medal Attack on Pearl Harbor Napa Valley Register

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Internment specter raises ugly head in forgetful U.S. Senate
The US Senate must avoid repeating the mistakes of the past and protect American values before they are compromised.

November 29, 2011 The Japanese American Internment Mercury News

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Wrapping Up: “The Art of Living”
The exhibition of artwork and objects made by Japanese American internees at the Rohwer camp during World War II is in its last week in the Concordia Gallery of the Arkansas Studies Institute.

November 23, 2011 The Japanese American Internment The Art of Gaman Arkansas Times

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Inspiring True Story of Nisei Soldiers (KABC-LA)
An incredible group of Japanese-American soldiers in World War II changed the world and touched many lives with their dignity and honor.

November 21, 2011 The Japanese American Internment The 442nd

Courage. Service. Honor.

An incredible group of Japanese-American soldiers in World War II changed the world and touched many lives with their dignity and honor.Courage. Service. Honor.

The 100th and 442nd Regimental Combat Teams were some of the greatest units in U.S. military history, yet so few in America have ever heard of them.

While they were on the battlefield, their families were incarcerated in internment camps simply because of prejudice.

The bravery and patriotism of the Nisei soldiers earned them the Congressional Gold Medal.

Image of Japanese American Soldiers will receive Congressional gold medal

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Japanese American Soldiers will receive Congressional gold medal
More than 1,500 Japanese American Soldiers, widows and family members associated with the 100th and the 442nd regimental units will receive the Congressional Gold Medal

October 6, 2011 The 442nd Menafn.com

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The Art of Gaman
Arts and crafts made by Japanese Americans imprisoned in camps during World War II will be on display beginning Sept. 25 at the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center in Skokie.

September 19, 2011 The Japan Tsunami: Gaman Gaman Chicago Sun-Times

Image of Heart Mountain internment photos donated to WSU

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Heart Mountain internment photos donated to WSU
Patti Hirahara donated the photos, taken by her father and grandfather, who were among the residents of Yakima Valley incarcerated at Heart Mountain. ( Photo courtesy of the George and Frank C. Hirahara Collection, WSU Libraries )

September 19, 2011 A new musical set in Heart Mountain The Mountain's Heart San Jose Mercury News

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A Japanese Internment Camp – Revisited
Hundreds of Japanese Americans interned during World War II at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center in Wyoming return — many for the first time — for a reunion and museum opening.

August 22, 2011 Los Angeles Times

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The Tag Project
An educator and artist from San Diego State University is the author of the Tag Project, a compilation of 120,000 tags replicated and assembled in ten separate camps.

August 11, 2011 Executive Order 9066

Wendy Maruyama, an artist and educator from San Diego, is the author of “Executive Order 9066″ - a reference to the internment of Japanese Americans due to the proclamation of Executive Order 9066 in 1942, ordering all Japanese American citizens to vacate an area designated as the “exclusion zone” along the West Coast. Wendy’s work is influenced by personal and family history and addresses the internment of 120,000 Japanese Americans in 1942.

Image of Bainbridge Island to Mark Japanese-American Wartime Internment

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Bainbridge Island to Mark Japanese-American Wartime Internment
A Wall to Remember an Era’s First Exiles

August 6, 2011 New York Times

Image of Oldest Bainbridge Island internee recalls life as memorial wall is completed

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Oldest Bainbridge Island internee recalls life as memorial wall is completed
Fumiko Hayashida, at 100 the oldest living Japanese internee from Bainbridge, refuses to gnaw on the negative.

July 24, 2011 R. Pritchett, Kitsap Sun

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A Preservation Discovery at Colorado’s Granada Relocation Center
Hidden underneath old farming equipment and dirt, were the original nuts, bolts, and other parts of a water tower that once stood at Amache.

July 19, 2011 J. Daniels, for PreservationNation

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