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‘Celebrating the 50th’ at Nishi Hongwanji

board president from 1994-1998 and 2003-2014.

was a resister who was thrown into the stockade by the authorities.an oral history project and journal series dedicated to preserving and sharing stories of the Japanese American incarceration and World War II experience.

‘Celebrating the 50th’ at Nishi Hongwanji

Salt Lake City and Chicago and at the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn.The program will feature four distinguished members of our community who will share their insights on resistance in the camps.and educators so that we can broaden our views on the overall effects of the incarceration on the community.

‘Celebrating the 50th’ at Nishi Hongwanji

Because of his principled stance.where many felt compelled to bury those stories that they considered negative.

‘Celebrating the 50th’ at Nishi Hongwanji

he believed that his constitutional rights as an American citizen were being violated while incarcerated at Heart Mountain.

The DOR Committee wishes to bring out these acts of resistance so that the community can learn about them and thus broaden their views on the overall effects of the incarceration experience on the community.These are just some of the stories conveyed honestly and in stark detail.

Masayuki succeeded in turning his ambition into a reality.Masayuki was envious of the wealthy American lifestyle depicted on television programs and in the films that were flooding into post-war Japan.

things did not go smoothly for Masayuki.Maasayuki OhkuboIn this book you will learn the unusual job he did to earn money to come to the U.