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The isolated location in a deep gulch led Japanese American internees to nickname it jigoku dani (地獄谷, "hell valley"). [17] Of the seventeen sites that were associated with the history of internment in Hawaiʻi during World War II, the camp was the only one built specifically for prolonged detention. [8] [9] [10] [11]
1815: Japanese castaway Oguri Jukichi was among the first Japanese citizens known to have reached present day California. [3]1834: Three castaways Iwakichi, Kyukichi, and Otokichi, were the sole survivors of a Japanese rice transport ship that had been caught in a typhoon, damaged, and blown far off course before beaching on the northwest corner of the Olympic Peninsula in present-day ...
There is an "Honor Wall" central within the memorial which lists the names of the 800-plus Japanese Americans in the U.S. Armed Forces who died in service during World War II. [12] According to the National Japanese American Memorial Foundation, the memorial:
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The Nisei Veterans Memorial Center (Japanese: 二世退役軍人記念センター, [1] Nisei Taiekigunjin Kinen Sentā) is a non-profit organization, memorial, and community center, dedicated to Japanese American nisei veterans. [2] It is located on Kahului, Hawaii and features educational exhibits, a preschool, and an adult daycare. The main ...
President Joe Biden speaks during a ceremony honoring American veterans on the eve of the 83rd Anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor at the White House on Dec. 6, 2024. Pool/ABACA/Shutterstock
Sailors walk amongst the wreckage of the American destroyers USS Cassin and USS Downes after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941. The battleship USS Pennsylvania is ...
Milton Atsushi Murayama (Japanese: 村山 篤, [1] April 10, 1923 – July 27, 2016) was an American novelist and playwright. A Nisei, he wrote the 1975 novel All I Asking for Is My Body, which is considered a classic novel of the experiences of Japanese Americans in Hawaii before and during World War II.