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NISEI VETERANS MEMORIAL SERVICE 2020
The Nisei Veterans Legacy (NVL) is proud to bring you a 30 minute video of the 15th Annual Nisei Veterans Memorial Service (formerly called the Joint Memorial Service). For the past 14 years the Service has been held at Punchbowl Cemetery (National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific). However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic the Punchbowl Cemetery was closed for ceremonies. Not to be deterred in honoring our Nisei Veterans, the NVL has re-invented the memorial service as the video presented here, so that viewers nation-wide can attend virtually.
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Undying Devotion
07/15/2019
Undying Devotion is a video created by 15 year old Mathew Oh, son of COL (USA) Paul and Sarah Oh, for the National History Day Contest. Matthew won 1st place in the State of Pennsylvania. He did the research and interviews; wrote and narrated the script; produced the graphics; arranged, played and recorded the music in the background. An amazing piece of history on the Japanese internment and the Nisei who served in World War II. Mathew starts high school in the fall of 2019. His great grandfather, Takeo Fujii, worked at Pearl Harbor during WWII under armed guard.
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Hawaii Tourism Japan (HTJ) Recognizes NVL
05/03/2019
On May 3, 2019 Hawaii Tourism Japan made a donation to the Nisei Veterans Legacy as part of their Aloha Program educational program. The donations are made to non-profit organizations in Hawaii involved with educational, cultural and sustainability efforts. NVL reps receiving the award were Byrnes Yamashita, Education Committee Chair (left) and Lynn Heirakuji, Vice President (second from left). HTJ Vice President Mitsue Varley is on the right.
The NVL has worked closely with the HTJ over the past two years to promote Hawaii's Japanese culture in Japan. NVL's "Hawaii Nikkei Legacy" Exhibit is...
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Airport Exhibit
Honolulu Airport Nisei Veterans Exhibit
The exhibit is located at the International Terminal, within the Ewa Concourse. The freestanding display is comprised of four panels. The exhibit features the 100th-442nd-MIS on separate panels, with a brief history of each unit. In addition, each panel has a distinguished individual served in...
NVLC Traveling Exhibit
April 23, 2017 -April 23, 2017
Unlikely Liberators at Schofield Barracks
Yano Library, Schofield Barracks Army Post, Wahiawa, Hawaii
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October 05, 2015 -October 24, 2015
Unlikely Liberators (Kahala Mall)
A photo exhibit curated by military historian, Eric Saul, documents the encounters between Nazi concentration camp prisoners and Nisei soldiers of the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion.
August 20, 2015 -September 06, 2015
Unlikely Liberators (Temple Emanu-El)
A photo exhibit curated by military historian, Eric Saul, documents the encounters between Nazi concentration camp prisoners and Nisei soldiers of the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion.