Memorial Day Services Set for Evergreen Cemetery
There will be no guest speaker. The honor roll reading by date of death will be given in its place. The chronological reading will follow...
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Rafu Shimpo
May 25, 20181 min read
Memorial Day Service at Gardena Valley JCI
GARDENA — The Gardena Nisei Memorial VFW Post 1961 will hold its annual Memorial Day service honoring all deceased post members who...
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Rafu Shimpo
May 15, 20183 min read
Go For Broke Displays Portraits of Nisei Vets
“Portraits of Courage,” featuring 12 large prints of Japanese American World War II veterans, is on display through June 10 at Go For...
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Rafu Shimpo
May 14, 20181 min read
Munemori Post 321 Awards Scholarship to ROTC Cadet
From left: Sadao Munemori Post 321 Adjutant Carl Miyagishima, Ashley Tran, Post 321 Past Commander Keith Kawamoto. The American Legion...
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Rafu Shimpo
May 11, 20182 min read
National Veterans Network Awarded JA Confinement Sites Grant
The National Veterans Network visited the Montgomery Alabama Civil Rights Memorial. From left: Rosalyn Tonai, National Japanese American...
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Rafu Shimpo
May 3, 20182 min read
‘Portraits of Courage’ to Celebrate JA WWII Vets
Hit Ohara Go For Broke National Education Center (GFBNEC) has announced the launching of “Portraits of Courage: Photographs by Shane...
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Rafu Shimpo
Apr 17, 20187 min read
Wall’s Message to Vietnam Vets: ‘Welcome Home’
The three-quarter-scale wall includes the names of more than 58,000 service members killed or missing in action, including several...
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Rafu Shimpo
Apr 10, 20184 min read
Obama: Akaka ‘Embodied the Aloha Spirit’
Former Sen. Daniel Akaka, who died on Friday at the age of 93, is being eulogized by his friends and colleagues, including former...
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Rafu Shimpo
Apr 6, 20185 min read
Daniel Akaka Dies at 93; First Native Hawaiian in Senate
HONOLULU — Daniel Kahikina Akaka, the first Native Hawaiian to serve in the U.S. Senate, died Friday due to organ failure, Hawaii News...
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Rafu Shimpo
Apr 5, 20182 min read
‘Wall That Heals’ to Be Displayed in Gardena
A “welcome home” ceremony will be held on Saturday, April 7, at 10 a.m. with Vincent Okamoto — Los Angeles Superior Court judge, former...
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Rafu Shimpo
Mar 27, 20181 min read
Documentary Tells the Kazuo Yamane Story
Kazuo Yamane at Camp Savage in Minnesota in 1943. “Proof of Loyalty” will be screened on Saturday, March 31, at 2 p.m. at the Japanese...
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Rafu Shimpo
Mar 26, 20188 min read
Campaign to Name School After 442nd Soldier Hits a Snag
Fred Yamamoto was a member of the Page Mill Church Epworth League in 1934. Rafu Staff Report PALO ALTO — Fred Yamamoto, a Japanese...
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Rafu Shimpo
Feb 21, 20182 min read
Go For Broke Sponsors Essay, Performance, Visual Arts Contest
Go For Broke National Education Center (GFBNEC) on Feb. 5 announced its annual contest for high school and college students, which...
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Rafu Shimpo
Feb 9, 20182 min read
Trump Urged to Nominate Ambassador to South Korea
WASHINGTON — Sen. Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement Jan. 31...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jan 26, 20182 min read
JANM Mourns Passing of Ike Hatchimonji
JANM volunteer Ike Hatchimonji revisits a barrack from the Heart Mountain Concentration camp that he used to live right next door to...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jan 25, 20182 min read
MIS Veteran’s Story Told in New Book
“Masao: A Nisei Soldier’s Secret and Heroic Role in World War II” by Sandra Vea is now available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. This book...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jan 21, 20182 min read
OBITUARY: Jim Yamashita, 93; 442nd Veteran Chronicled Lives of KIA Soldiers
Junwo “Jim” Yamashita, a 442nd Regimental Combat Team veteran who worked to ensure the public remembered the sacrifices of Nisei...
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Rafu Shimpo
Dec 29, 20171 min read
GO FOR BROKE HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE ESSAY, POETRY AND VIDEO CONTEST: What They Need to Know …
First Prize, Poem, College Miya Eberlein UCLA Sophomore (2016-17 Academic School Year) Growing up Japanese American, I knew camp did not...
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Rafu Shimpo
Dec 29, 20172 min read
JAKWV to Host New Year’s Luncheon on Jan. 20
GARDENA — The Japanese American Korean War Veterans will again welcome the new year with a lunch at the Sea Empress Seafood Restaurant,...
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Rafu Shimpo
Dec 28, 20176 min read
Mas Masuda: A Hero’s Century in Orange County
A photo in the Dec. 9, 1945 edition of The Los Angeles Times. The caption reads: “POSTHUMOUS TRIBUTE — Gen. Joseph W. Stillwell, left,...
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