Giving the students the opportunity to get a start on life is important but giving them the opportunity to create everlasting memories is priceless.

Their involvement helped preserve the rich legacy of Japanese American baseball players and their incredible stories.On the day he won his handmade wooden trophy.

passed away peacefully at his home in Westminster on June 6 at the remarkable age of 102.1999 JA exhibit at Japan Baseball Hall of Fame in Tokyo.Masao received the devastating news that his youngest brother.

He participated in tributes to these Nisei legends with major league teams such as the San Francisco Giants.a semi-pro team that became champions in the prewar era and during the internment camps at Gila River in Arizona and Tule Lake in California.

this achievement was bittersweet.

One of Masaos signed baseballs from the Gila River camp serves as a powerful symbol.He completed one year at Fowler High School before Executive Order 9066 incarcerated the family in the Gila Relocation Center in Arizona.

a local neighborhood coffee shop.Japangeles merchandise can only be purchased in their shop.

yes to two loyalty questions and entered military service in March 1945.They will be feted at the Nisei Week Awards Dinner to be held Monday.