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The San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center (SFWMPAC) is located in San Francisco, California. It is one of the largest performing arts centers in the United States. It covers 7.5 acres (3 hectares) in the Civic Center Historic District, and totals 7,500 seats among its venues.
Mongolian cavalry in the Khalkhin Gol (1939) Mongolian troops fight against a Japanese counterattack on the western beach of the river Khalkhin Gol, 1939 Japanese soldiers cross the Khalkhin Gol. The battles began on 11 May 1939. A Mongolian cavalry unit of some 70 to 90 men had entered the disputed area in search of grazing for their horses.
[38] [39] By nightfall the Yuan invasion force had forced the Japanese off the beach with a third of the defending forces dead, driving them several kilometres inland, and burning Hakata. [40] The Japanese were preparing to make a last stand at Mizuki (water castle), an earthwork moat fort dating back to 664. [41] However the Yuan attack never ...
The National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) is an American 501(c) 3 non-profit organization based in Japantown in San Francisco, California. The organization is dedicated to collecting, preserving and sharing historical information and authentic interpretation about the experience of Japanese Americans .
The head physician at Tanforan was Dr. Kay Kitagawa, who prior to his detention had practiced medicine in San Francisco. [12] Dr. Kazue Togasaki was detained for a month at the Tanforan Assembly Center, and while there she delivered fifty babies and led an all-Japanese-American medical team.
Yangon Japanese cemetery: For Karayuki-san and Pacific War casualties. Monument of Peace, Burma (ビルマ平和記念碑, Biruma heiwa kinen hi), a peace memorial to the approximately 190,000 Japanese who died during war. It was constructed by the Japanese government in March 1981 before being moved and expanded in size by the Myanmar ...
The San Francisco Comfort Women memorial is a monument dedicated to comfort women before and during World War II.It is built in remembrance of the girls and women that were sexually enslaved by the Imperial Japanese Army through deceit, coercion, and brutal force. [1]
San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center: 401 Van Ness Avenue January 9, 1977 Van Ness Avenue, between Grove and McAllister Streets NHL 85 San Francisco Art Institute: 800 Chestnut Street July 9, 1977 SFDL 86