The principle on which this country was founded and by which it has always been governed is that Americanism is a matter of mind and heart; Americanism is not, and never was, a matter of race or ancestry.
Nisei Related Stories
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Sugar Cane Production
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Early Diplomacy (US and Japan)
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Restrictions on Immigration; Private-Contract Immigration; Free Immigration
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Hawaiian Monarchy Overthrown; Territory of Hawaii
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Limits to Japanese Immigration; US Enters WWI
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U.S. Exclusion Act; Questions of Japanese Loyalty, Japanese Aggression
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US Prepares for Involvement in World War II
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Hawaii Takes Action to Prepare for War
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Pearl Harbor — December 7, 1941
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Distrust and Prejudice Toward AJAs as the Nation Goes to War
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Mass Internment of AJAs on Mainland, Varsity Victory Volunteers and Women’s Army Corps
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Formation of 100th Infantry Battalion and 442nd Regimental Combat Team
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Nisei Allowed to Serve
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Cairo Conference & Tehran Conference
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Nisei at war in the Pacific and with the MIS
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Nisei at war in Europe with the 100th and 442nd
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1399th Engineering Construction Battalion Activated
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D-Day; Martial Law Ends in Hawaii; Yalta Conference
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522 Liberates Dachau Prisoners
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Truman Becomes President, VE Day
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Atomic bombs dropped on Japan
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Japan Surrenders, VJ Day
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Veteran Clubs and Clubhouses Open in Hawaii
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442nd Awards, Return to Hawaii
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Desegregation of US Army, Developments in Hawaii
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AJA Political Advancements — Inouye, Matsunaga, Mink and Ariyoshi
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US Admits Injustice of AJAs, Reparations
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AJAs Make History; More Awards to Nisei Veterans
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Preserving Legacy of Internment Camps
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President Franklin Delano RooseveltUpon signing the Executive Order in February 1943 that created the 442nd Regimental Combat Team
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Over the years, many have asked us, ‘Why? Why were you willing and ready to give up your life?’ I told my son it was a matter of honor…To have done any less than we did in battle would have dishonored our families and our country.
Daniel K. InouyeFrom March 24, 1993 speech celebrating 50th anniversary of the Regimental Combat Team in Hawaii -
Rarely has a nation been so well-served by a people it has so ill-treated.
President William J. ClintonAt the Medal of Honor Ceremony, July 15, 2000