Author Archives: kenjammin1

In Remembrance of Noboru Taguma

“Sonny Boy” – Noboru Taguma   By CHERSTIN M. LYON   Noboru Taguma was a farm boy. He grew up understanding the meaning of hard work, responsibility, and respect for his elders. At the age of nine, he already understood … Continue reading →

A lifelong relationship: Citizens and the state January 1, 2012 By ART HANSEN, Nichi Bei Weekly Contributor http://www.nichibei.org/2012/01/a-lifelong-relationship-citizens-and-the-state/ PRISONS AND PATRIOTS: Japanese American Wartime Citizenship, Civil Disobedience, and Historical Memory By Cherstin M. Lyon (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2011, 233 pp., … Continue reading →

October 20, 2011 By Nichi Bei Weekly Staff CHICAGO — A new book being published by Temple University Press in November is re-examining wartime definitions of citizenship, patriotism, prisons, and civil disobedience through the lives of Gordon Hirabayashi and a … Continue reading →

Dad, it’s been three months since you’ve passed, and we all miss you so much, especially mom, who had been by your side for 53 years. We will do our best to look after her in your physical absence. I … Continue reading →

Noboru Taguma Remembrance Speech By Midori Tanaka, niece April 9, 2011 Noboru-ojisan, I still cannot believe that you have passed away.  You have always been by my side, joking and laughing; I thought I could always rely on you. When … Continue reading →

Noboru Taguma Eulogy By Andy Noguchi Saturday, April 9, 2011 I offer my deepest condolences to the Taguma family and thank you for allowing me to share a few thoughts about Mr. Taguma for myself, my wife Twila, and daughter … Continue reading →

Ellen Levine’s 1995 book “A Fence Away From Freedom” features oral histories of Noboru Taguma and others such as activist Dr. Clifford Uyeda, Heart Mountain Fair Play Committee leader Frank Emi, Heart Mountain resisters Mits Koshiyama and Yosh Kuromiya, Granada … Continue reading →

Many Ex-Internees Shunned Nisei Who Fought Draft; Now, a Revisionist Push ‘Is That a Time to Resist?’ by NORIHIKO SHIROUZU Staff Reporter The Wall Street Journal, June 25, 1999 In 1944, as America’s war with Japan raged in the Pacific, … Continue reading →

By Marcos Breton mbreton@sacbee.com The Sacramento Bee Published: Sunday, Mar. 20, 2011 – 12:00 am | Page 1B Slurs have a history, even if we forget them with the passage of time. Then suddenly, there it is – ancient invective … Continue reading →