Turnout was strong — the large room was filled with alums and parents from the Bay Area and beyond.

Ono is working alongside JANM to present the program on a seven-city tour.000 to cover the cost of bringing busloads of school children to experience JANMs artifacts.

He stated that he devoted himself to the project to keep people (from being put into) detention sites.JANM President and CEO Ann Burroughs looks on as 442nd Regimental Combat Team veteran Yoshio Nakamura (seated) addresses the gathering.000 names of Americans of Japanese ancestry unjustly imprisoned during the war.

The award was presented by World War II veteran Yosh Nakamura.director and creative director.

This award is dedicated to all camp survivors.

Williams explained his reasons for embarking on the multi-year project.her case was legally significant because in a unanimous decision.

Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento) sent a letter along with 14 other CAPAC members to President Biden expressing their support for the posthumous nomination of Mitsuye Endo Tsutsumi for the Presidential Medal of Freedom.forcing the government to close the internment camps and allowing thousands of Japanese Americans to return to the West Coast.

knowing her release would end her legal challenge.and Yasui have received the Presidential Medal of Freedom.