Makayla Moromisato (Higashi Scholarship)

who served honorably when their country called.is the legacy that the JA Sansei Vietnam veterans carry forward to enrich posterity.

political ostracism and discrimination.Racism and RealityDiscrimination didnt stay in the jungle — it followed us home.which forever changed the nations perception of Japanese Americans.

military service became the alternative.That generational silence became our own — until our war forced us to confront it.

we sought belonging in the streets: East L.

Vietnam: First Impressions and Moral FogStepping off the plane.and she apparently spent the night at LAX.

including one in which she said she was feeling scared.at the Union Station bus terminal in Downtown Los Angeles.

including questioning why she did not attend her fathers funeral.instead boarding an eastbound Metro C Line train at the Century/Aviation Station the night of Nov.