Ono was commended for keeping the stories and records of the Nisei soldiers in our minds and hearts for generations to come.

Hoffstot writes how she was nervous to meet the man who was there in the cockpit with her father.Most remarkable is his willingness to open his heart and home to others.

We never thought of Richard as disabled because that was never the way he saw himself.He went through eight reconstructive operations before making the decision to have his left leg was amputated as well.Uyehara (center) after flight training as a bombardier/navigator at Mather Air Force Base.

in an airplane falling out of the sky.But for those like Uncle Richard.

Bloodied and grievously wounded.

Hed jump in and out of his wheelchair and when we were going someplace he would put on his prosthetic legs and just go.The ceremonys location at the Terasaki Budokan was meaningful.

Photo by KATHEE YAMAMOTOBill Watanabe.LTSC became a leader in community-based housing and economic development.

including current UCLA faculty members.UCLA Luskin Department of Social Welfare professor emeritus.