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The 100th Infantry Battalion Education Center's mission is to serve as a digital library of stories, photographs, and documents related to the men of the 100th Infantry Battalion so that their contributions to their country and communities can be shared and preserved for future generations. Its online archive includes military records, letters, photo collections, interviews, memoirs, and journals.
Resources include:
Photos, letters and narrative of Col. Young Oak Kim, Jack Mizuha, Sadao Munemori and Sakae Takahashi.
This website explores a period of US history when racial prejudice and fear upset the delicate
A Tradition of Honor is an 82-minute documentary that follows the story of the legendary Japanese American World War II units: the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, the 100th Battalion, and the Military Intelligence Service. It provides first hand accounts from Takejiro Higa, Senator Daniel Inouye, Susumu Ito and Sakae Takahashi. Footage of the Medal of Honor ceremony and Sadao Munemori are featured.
The Amache Preservation Society's resources include a museum, tours of the site, and photographs.
The Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial is located in France and is sited on a plateau 100 feet above the Moselle River in the foothills of the Vosges Mountains. It contains the graves of 5,255 of the United States' military dead, most of whom lost their lives in the campaigns across northeastern France to the Rhine River and beyond into Germany. The grave site of Private First Class Ted Teruo Fujioka, 442nd RCT, is located at Epinal Cemetery.
Confinement and Ethnicity documents in detail the assembly centers, concentration camps, and penitentiaries that imprisoned Japanese Americans during World War II. Based on archival research, field visits, and interviews with former residents, Confinement and Ethnicity provides an overview of the architectural remnants, archeological features, and artifacts remaining at the various sites. Included are numerous maps, diagrams, charts, and photographs. Camps include: Gila River, Granada (Amache), Heart Mountain, Jerome, Manzanar, Minidoka, Poston, Rowher, Topaz and Tule Lake.
The Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation seeks to educate the public about the Medal of Honor through educational outreach, webinars, interviews, and programs.
The Congressional Medal of Honor Society offers relevant news and history regarding the Medal of Honor and its recipients.
The Daniel K. Inouye Institute website offers an extensive history of the life and legacy of Daniel K. Inouye. Resources include photographs, transcripts of key speeches, and news articles.
Densho offers the experiences of Japanese Americans through irreplaceable firsthand accounts, coupled with historical images and teacher resources, to explore principles of democracy, and promote equal justice for all.
Resources include:
- Digital archive of 825 interviews, including George Hara, Daniel K. Inouye, Susumu Ito and Kan Tagami.
- Digital repositories of images and documents
- Digital Encyclopedia
Discover Nikkei is a community website about Nikkei identity, history and experiences. Their goal is to provide an inviting space for the community to share, explore, and connect with each other through diverse Nikkei experiences, culture, and history. Resources include articles, interviews, military database, photographs and oral histories.
Confinement and Ethnicity's chapter on Gila River contains a detailed description of both Butte and Canal camps, archaelogical details, maps, and photographs.