Nisei women served in the Womens Army Corps.

even at a time when his country herded his family and other Japanese American families into detention camps.Its hard to imagine what his sacrifice meant to his family and his community.

A sign designating the Sadao S.at a reception following the dedication.Munemori was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor in 1946.

Glendale Mayor Daniel Brotman said little is known about what kind of kid Munemori was growing up.he gave and he sacrificed for his community.

which was made up of mostly Japanese American soldiers.

who had owned a vegetable farm in Glendale.People are invited to place hanko stamps beside their own names as well as names of deceased loved ones — in Nishios case.

a remake by British novelist Kazuo Ishiguro of the 1952 Akira Kurosawa classic Ikiru.LTPRO and Japanese Community Progressive Alliance in San Francisco teamed up to produce a newspaper.

said Chris Komai of the Little Tokyo Community Council and Little Tokyo Public Safety Association.Nishio played an instrumental role in the fight for Japanese Americans to attain redress and an apology from the government for their wartime incarceration as founder and co-chair of the National Coalition for Redress/Reparations (NCRR).