Stamp Campaign Meeting Remembers JA WWII Vets
Interviewer Robert Horsting talks with stamp campaign founders Fusa Takahashi (center) and Aiko O. King in Los Angeles on Dec. 20. They...
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Rafu Shimpo
Dec 10, 20151 min read
Hawaii Governor Commemorates Pearl Harbor Anniversary
Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam service members, National Park Service officials, local government officials and Pearl Harbor survivors...
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Rafu Shimpo
Dec 10, 20152 min read
Go For Broke Mourns Sakato’s Passing
Col. Joseph Campbell pins the Distinguished Service Cross on Pvt. George Sakato in June 1945. Go For Broke National Education Center...
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Rafu Shimpo
Dec 6, 20153 min read
Medal of Honor Recipient George Sakato Passes
George Sakato (left) and fellow Medal of Honor recipient Sen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii. DENVER — George “Joe” Taro Sakato, Medal of Honor...
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Rafu Shimpo
Nov 23, 20152 min read
Website Launched to Support Campaign for Stamp Honoring Nisei Soldiers
Image from the “They Deserve a Stamp” video. Advocates for a U.S. postage stamp commemorating the Nisei soldiers of World War II have...
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Rafu Shimpo
Nov 19, 20154 min read
THROUGH THE FIRE: Honoring the Last of the Heroes
It’s not often that one gets to shake hands with a Medal of Honor recipient, especially since there are only 78 in the country still...
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Rafu Shimpo
Nov 9, 20153 min read
NPR Posts List of Vets Exposed to Mustard Gas During WWII
National Public Radio has compiled the first database of U.S. veterans who were exposed to mustard gas in military experiments during...
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Rafu Shimpo
Nov 6, 20152 min read
Board of Supervisors Honors GFB President Don Nose
Front row, from left: Garrett Nose, Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, Don Nose, Lisa Sugimoto. Middle row, from left: Bev Iba, Sets Asano,...
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Rafu Shimpo
Nov 5, 20151 min read
AARP Salutes Veterans for Their Service
WASHINGTON — AARP is saying thank you to the countless veterans and military men and women who have done so much to serve and protect...
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Rafu Shimpo
Oct 5, 20157 min read
Sus Ito, 522nd Veteran and Harvard Professor, Dies at 96
Sus Ito and other Nisei veterans met with President Obama at the White House during Congressional Gold Medal celebrations in November...
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Rafu Shimpo
Sep 29, 20151 min read
JANM Talk on 100th/442nd Campaign in Vosges, France
Sylvie and Hervé Claudon will share their extensive research into the World War II liberation of their native Vosges Mountains region in...
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Rafu Shimpo
Sep 25, 20153 min read
Go For Broke Student Essay/Video Contest Winners Named
Essay/video contest winners with veterans Yoshio Nakamura and Toke Yoshihashi at Evening of Aloha on Sept. 19 at the Bonaventure Hotel....
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Rafu Shimpo
Sep 23, 20152 min read
Seeing the Nisei Soldier Through French Eyes: The 100th/442nd in the Vosges
As a young boy growing up in the Vosges region of France, Herve Claudon was fascinated by the stories of courage and strength of the...
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Rafu Shimpo
Sep 12, 20151 min read
GFBNEC Mourns Passing of Kuroki
The Go For Broke National Education Center issued the following statement on Sept. 4 about Ben Kuroki, the only Japanese American air war...
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Rafu Shimpo
Sep 11, 20152 min read
Nakase to Keynote 14th Annual Evening of Aloha Gala
Go For Broke National Education Center (GFBNEC) will present its 14th annual Evening of Aloha Gala Dinner on Saturday, Sept. 19,...
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Rafu Shimpo
Sep 8, 20152 min read
Go For Broke Hosts Lecture on Barrack Boys of WWII
Some of the Discipline Barrack Boys gathered in 1982 with Charles Edmund Zane and Paul Minerich, back row, third and fourth from left....
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Rafu Shimpo
Sep 6, 20158 min read
Air War Hero Ben Kuroki Dies at 98
Between assignments in Europe and the Pacific, Ben Kuroki promoted the war effort in the U.S. Rafu Staff Report Ben Kuroki, the only...
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Rafu Shimpo
Sep 4, 20157 min read
Nisei Soldiers’ Daily Lives Brought into Focus
Sus Ito looks at film strips made from his negatives, part of the “Before They Were Heroes” exhibition at JANM. (J.K. YAMAMOTO/Rafu...
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Rafu Shimpo
Sep 2, 20152 min read
Go For Broke Names Hawaii Regional Manager
Go For Broke National Education Center (GFBNEC) has appointed Gwen Fujie as its new Hawaii regional manager. Fujie, a long-time supporter...
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Rafu Shimpo
Aug 23, 20152 min read
Nose to Step Down as President of Go For Broke
Don Nose in the future home of the Go For Broke National Education Center, the historic Nishi Hongwanji Buddhist Temple building in...
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