and deployed to Afghanistan with the Armys 25th Infantry Division.

opening a hole in the scrimmage line so that we can help the Nikkei members of Congress score legislative touchdowns.After I accepted the appointment as the Washington representative.

Little did I know at the age of 30 that Karl had given me the opportunity to have the most rewarding and consequential job that I was to ever have in my life.Karl promised me that if I accepted the position.and it was at this meeting that the first steps toward redress began with the consensus to push for congressional legislation for the creation of a commission to study the wartime relocation and internment of Americans of Japanese ancestry.

includes Karl Nobuyuki when he was serving as JACLs national executive director.who was not yet a member of Congress in July 1978.

Department of Transporation; Hideki Hamamoto.

and we paid courtesy calls to Congressman Norman Mineta and Sens.possibly in recognition of the 17-year friendship between the two cities … or could it represent something else?Photo by ELLEN ENDOLocal officials gathered to welcome Mayor Shinichi Nakashige of Kirishima.

Photo by ELLEN ENDOKirishima Mayor Shinichi Nakashige receives a gift from the City of Alhambra.former Alhambra Mayor Gary Yamauchi.

Photo by ELLEN ENDOAlhambra Mayor Adele Andrade-Stadler and City Councilmember Jeff Maloney present Kirishima Mayor Shinichi Nakashige with a personalized L.the sister-city connection between Alhambra and Kirishima.