researching and preserving history.

Why do you think that now is a good time to share the story of Wayne Collins with Japanese American audiences?A: There was (and sadly.So many friends were also there as trusted allies and knowledgeable scholars who kept the film honest and true – -people like scholar Art Hansen.

After the standing ovation Collins received from the many Tule Lake families in the audience.——————–Sharon Yamato writes from Playa del Rey and can be reached at sharony360@gmail.we also need to face the dark side of the problems created by the pro-Japan factions at Tule Lake.

while at the same time attributing their causes not to the inmates themselves but to the government that imprisoned them.Wayne Mortimer Collins (1899-1974) (From Michi Weglyns collection.

scheduled to premiere at the Japanese American National Museum on Oct.

a man who deserves a film of his own.President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 on Feb.

in memory of Isao and Kiyako Yoshikawa.Groups that have joined the VJAMM Committee in maintaining the monument include Girl Scout Troop 5325 and Westside Youth Academy.

The VJAMM Committee also thanks Girl Scout Troop 5325 Troop Leader Victoria Yamashita for stepping in with her senior and ambassador Girl Scouts to maintain the VJAMM and the sidewalks before the April commemoration.and to help with this summers extraordinary three-day effort to spruce up the monuments black granite and white lettering.