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Day of Affirmation
07/15/2020
On July 15, 1946, at 12 noon, the Nation paid tribute to the Nisei soldiers of the 100/442 Regimental Combat Team. President Harry Truman, at a ceremony on the Ellipse, the south lawn of the White House, presented the Regiment with its seventh Presidential Unit Citation. He praised them for fighting and winning both the battle against the enemy in Europe and the battle at home against racial prejudice, urging them to keep up the fight for racial equality.
NVMC hosts “An Afternoon with the Author”
07/18/2020
The Nisei Veterans Memorial Center (NVMC) in Maui announced its “An Afternoon with the Author” series. The series will be conducted monthly via ZOOM teleconferencing starting July 18, 2020, at 1:30 pm, with award-winning author Julie Checkoway wh
Graphic Novel Honors Dan Inouye
05/29/2020
The Association of the United States Army (AUSA) is proud to announce the publication of a new graphic novel, Medal of Honor: Daniel Inouye. Daniel Inouye personally witnessed the attack on Pearl Harbor and subsequently volunteered for the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, which became the most decorated unit for its size and time of service in the history of the U.S. Army. In April 1945, Second Lieutenant Inouye led an assault on German defenses in Italy, during which he was shot several times and had his arm blown off by a rifle grenade, but continued fighting and leading his unit to win the...
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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.