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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