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Portland exhibit honors Bob Shimabukuro, activist for Northwest's Japanese American redress movement (www.opb.org)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The way USA citizens of Japanese descent were treated was shameful. Check out podcast Order 9066 for some truly heartbreaking stories. It's only eight eps. Made me cry.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

I read a book about interned Japanese-American boys who fought for the U.S. in Europe against the Nazis. Fascinating read