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Anyone who wants a variety of personal memoirs with many different points of View and locations will enjoy these stories from the World War II period. Editor Janine Shinkosky Brodine has assembled sixty-seven reminiscences from both men and women telling their experiences during the years 1940-45. A few bloody war stories are balanced by love stories and tales of family life at home in the States. Readers will find both excitement and peaceful delight...

Details the events surrounding the shelling of Fort Stevens, on the Oregon coast, by the I-25 Japanese Submarine, June 12, 1942.

Washington Remembers World War II features a dozen gripping personal stories from the global conflict that changed who we are. The book is a tribute to the veterans and citizens who lived through horrors most of us cannot imagine and to the Rosie the riveters on the homefront who helped win the war. Six-thousand Washingtonians gave their lives to defeat tyranny. They're more than names on a wall. These are stories to remember.

Examines the history of Japanese in the United States, focusing on their treatment during World War II, including the mass relocation to internment camps and the distinguished service of Japanese Americans in the American military.

Discusses the course of Japanese immigration into the United States, events leading to the relocation of Japanese Americans during World War II, and the conditions they faced in the internment camps.

Poems address jazz music, the Sand Creek Massacre, the internment of Japanese Americans, and other subjects.

Nisei Soldiers Break Their Silence is a compelling story of courage, community endurance, and reparation. It shares the experience of Japanese Americans (Nisei) who served in the U.S. Army during World War II, fighting on the front lines in Italy and France, serving as linguists in the South Pacific, and working as cooks and medics. The soldiers were from Hood River, Oregon, where their families were landowners and fruit growers. Town leaders, including...

Essays and anecdotes by author and artist Yukio Tazuma, following his early life in Seattle to his experience as a Japanese American in forced imprisonment during World War II.

A documentary about the Japanese American men who were incarcerated in concentration camps, enlisted in the U.S. military, and volunteered to become linguists in the Military Intelligence Service in the Pacific Theater of WWII. The film focuses on the experience of Roy Matsumoto and his personal journey -- from being born an American, raised in Japan, sent to the Jerome, Arkansas concentration camp as a young man, to enlisting in the U.S. Army and...