Sugar Cane Production
Early Diplomacy (US and Japan)
Restrictions on Immigration; Private-Contract Immigration; Free Immigration
Hawaiian Monarchy Overthrown; Territory of Hawaii
Limits to Japanese Immigration; US Enters WWI
U.S. Exclusion Act; Questions of Japanese Loyalty, Japanese Aggression
US Prepares for Involvement in World War II
Hawaii Takes Action to Prepare for War
Pearl Harbor — December 7, 1941
Distrust and Prejudice Toward AJAs as the Nation Goes to War
Mass Internment of AJAs on Mainland, Varsity Victory Volunteers and Women’s Army Corps
Formation of 100th Infantry Battalion and 442nd Regimental Combat Team
Nisei Allowed to Serve
Cairo Conference & Tehran Conference
Nisei at war in the Pacific and with the MIS
Nisei at war in Europe with the 100th and 442nd
1399th Engineering Construction Battalion Activated
D-Day; Martial Law Ends in Hawaii; Yalta Conference
522 Liberates Dachau Prisoners
Truman Becomes President, VE Day
Atomic bombs dropped on Japan
Japan Surrenders, VJ Day
Veteran Clubs and Clubhouses Open in Hawaii
442nd Awards, Return to Hawaii
Desegregation of US Army, Developments in Hawaii
AJA Political Advancements — Inouye, Matsunaga, Mink and Ariyoshi
US Admits Injustice of AJAs, Reparations
AJAs Make History; More Awards to Nisei Veterans
Preserving Legacy of Internment Camps
