Grade Range: 6-12Resource Type(s): Interactives & Media, Primary SourceDate Posted: 2/15/2012
In this episode of the History Explorer podcast series, curatorial assistant Noriko Sanefuji interviews Grant Ichikawa, a US veteran who enlisted after being relocated to a Japanese American internment camp with his family in 1942.Allowed to join the army after a need for interpreters, Mr. Ichikawa served proudly and in 2011, he and other veterans were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal for his service.
Discussions, Multimedia instruction
The individual identified in Japanese characters, here is, Michibiku Ozamoto, or, in Englis...
World War II, military, civil rights, war, Second World War, Asian, WWII, culture, Asian American, Asian Pacific American Heritage month, APA, world war 2, battle, May, Asian American Heritage Month, Asian Pacific American, APA Heritage Month, military history, soldier, WW2
Told by a Japanese American boy, this story shows how baseball made life in the internment camps ...
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