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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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2018 Joint Memorial Service

08/12/2018
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Telling the Nisei Soldier Story

06/26/2018
  June 26, 2018   U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, Honolulu The US Coast Guard District 14 invited the NVL to speak about the WWII Nisei soldier story as part of its leadership and diversity initiative.  Lynn Heirakuji, VP and Board Member, gave a presentation at an All Hands meeting on June 26, 2018, to a mostly military member audience.  For many, it was their first time to hear about the Nisei soldiers.  Lynn’s presentation covered the initial immigration of Japanese to Hawaii in the late 1800s, the impact of WWII on the US Japanese community, the creation of the various Nisei soldier...
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JCCH Gala Honors NVL

06/16/2018
  The Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii (JCCH) held its annual fundraising gala event at the Hilton Hawaiian Village on June 16, 2018. Over 900 friends of the JCCH attended and were treated to a  
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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...

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300 Rodgers Blvd
Honolulu, HI 96819

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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.

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4211 Waialae Ave
Honolulu, HI 96816

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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.

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2550 Pali Highway
Honolulu, HI 96817

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