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Rafu.com - Bronze Monument to Nisei Soldiers Gets Boost from City Grant

Auburn Journal - National Award for Effort to Honor Japanese-American WWII Soldiers

Auburn Journal - Gold and Bronze Tributes to Honor Area Japanese-American World War II Veterans

Pacific Citizen - Film Boosts ‘Lost Battalion’ Memorial Project

Nikkei West - Film Premiere Brings Fundraising Boost to JACL Project

Pacific Citizen - Placer County JACL to Hold Fundraiser:  Proceeds will go toward the building of a Nisei veterans memorial

Auburn Journal - Japanese American Soldier Statue Drive Battling Price Hike for Bronze

Auburn Journal - Editorical Cartoon

Auburn Journal - Tokutomi: "Let’s Memorialize Contributions of Japanese Americans"

Pacific Citizen - Placer County Dedicates 442nd Memorial

Rafu.com - Memorial to 442nd Dedicated in Placer

Nikkei West - Placer County Salutes Its Nisei Veterans

Hokubei.com - Placer County Memorial

Hokubei.com - Placer JACL Fundraising

Hokubei.com - Presentation by Placer County Supervisor Jim Holmes

Loomis News - Appreciation of the 442nd

Loomis News - Loomis War Heroes Honored by County

Roseville Press-Tribune - World War II Soldiers Honored

Placer County Memorial Press Release

Capital Public Radio (NPR) - Placer Memorial


Recent articles:

Matching Grant Challenge for Nisei WWII Monument

Bronze Monument to Nisei Soldiers Gets Boost from City Grant

Nisei Vets Among API Heritage Award Winners at State Capitol

National Award for Effort to Honor Japanese-American WWII Soldiers

Auburn Journal - National Award for Effort to Honor Japanese-American WWII Soldiers

Auburn Journal - Gold and Bronze Tributes to Honor Area Japanese-American World War II Veterans

Pacific Citizen - Film Boosts ‘Lost Battalion’ Memorial Project

Nikkei West - Film Premiere Brings Fundraising Boost to JACL Project

Pacific Citizen - Placer County JACL to Hold Fundraiser:  Proceeds will go toward the building of a Nisei veterans memorial

Auburn Journal - Japanese American Soldier Statue Drive Battling Price Hike for Bronze

Auburn Journal - Editorical Cartoon

Auburn Journal - Tokutomi: "Let’s Memorialize Contributions of Japanese Americans"

 

Honoring World War II Japanese American Veterans


Join Facebook Group: Honor Japanese American WW II Heroes with a Memorial

Rafu.com - Nisei Vets Among API Heritage Award Winners at State Capitol

Commentary by George Will: "Japanese American Heroes, Bereft of Bitterness"

Listen: NPR story broadcast Veterans Day 2009 from PRI's "The World"

View: Photos of the broadcast participants 

Listen: NPR story about veterans includes 442nd

News: Congress Authorizes Construction Funds for "Go For Broke" National Education Center

View: Photo show salutes the celebrated military service of sons of internees who fought during WWII

Visit: Smithsonian - A More Perfect Union

Read: A Nisei World War II Veteran’s Journey Into History

Documentary Film: "Valor With Honor"

Watch: KABC (Los Angeles Video) - The 442nd Regimental Combat Team's famous rescue of the lost Texas battalion in France during World War II

Watch: KCRA Video - Japanese Americans Receive Honorary Degree

Loomis News - “Go for Broke” 442nd Veterans Honored on Memorial Day, 2009

Read: JAVA Newsletter "The Advocate" (Oct. 2007 article) - Veteran went "Go for Broke" to serve country

 

Organizations & Media


Go For Broke National Education Center

Japanese American Veterans Association

Discover Nikkei - Japanese American Military Database

Densho - The Japanese American Legacy Project

Preserving Californa's Japantowns

Japanese American National Museum

Nikkei West

Pacific Citizen

Calisphere - online educational resources about the 442nd RCT

 

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