The first traveling exhibit of the National Museum of the United States Army, in partnership with the National Veterans Network and The Army Historical Foundation.
Higashioka’s grandfather served in famed WWII unit for Soldiers of Japanese ancestry while family confined in wartime relocation center
The National Veterans Network (NVN) has been awarded a $348,867 grant from the Department of Interior National Park Service Japanese American Confinement Sites (NPS JACS) grant program that will help fund the “I Am An American: the Nisei Soldier Experience,” an 11-city traveling exhibition about the Japanese American World War II soldiers. “We are grateful to… Read more »
Invited by the National Veterans Network to view the recently unveiled Nisei Soldier Experience exhibit at the National Museum of the U.S. Army at Fort Belvoir, VA, Japanese American WWII Nisei veterans Colonel (ret) Charles Moriyama, 96, of Honolulu, and Ralph Matsumoto, 100, of Paramount, Calif., traveled across the United States to visit the Museum… Read more »
Starting today, the Go for Broke Japanese American Soldiers of World War II forever stamp can be purchased at U.S. Postal Service (USPS) offices nationwide or online at usps.com. The stamp features the image of a Japanese American World War II soldier to represent the more than 30,000 American soldiers of Japanese ancestry who served… Read more »
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