not to mention the hardships experienced during the peak years of the pandemic.

and Black Juans gave us identity.Our Asian faces marked us as enemy surrogates before we ever deployed.

to thank them for their service to community and country.The pioneering spirit of our forefathers.That defiance carried a price: shame.

But mistrust lingered — of movements that didnt understand us.and returned without acknowledgment.

and upheld the honor of our families and our nation.

instead of parades and a heroes welcome.but that smile is as disarming as ever.

She worked three days a week at the office.She came of age during World War II.

Former Rafu staff member Maggie Ishino celebrates her 100th birthday.as her family was incarcerated at the Poston Internment Camp in Arizona.