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- Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
- JAM_090323_009.JPG: The lessons learned
must remain as a grave reminder
of what we must not allow
to happen again to any group
Daniel K Inouye -- US Congressman -- US Senator
Captain -- 442nd Regimental Combat Team
- JAM_090323_013.JPG: You fought not only the enemy
but you fought prejudice -- and you won
Keep up that fight
and we will continue to win
to make this great republic stand for
what the Constitution says it stands for
The welfare of all of the people
all of the time
President Harry S Truman -- 1946 White House ceremony for the
100th Infantry Battalion and 442nd Regimental Combat Team
- JAM_090323_024.JPG: We believe a threat
to this nation's democracy
was a threat
to the American dream
and to all free peoples
of the world
Spark M Matsunaga -- US Congressman -- US Senator
Captain -- 100th Infantry Battalion
- JAM_090323_030.JPG: Japanese by blood
hearts and minds American
with honor unbowed
bore the sting of injustice
for future generations
The Legacy:
Akemi Matsumoto Ehrlich
- JAM_090323_039.JPG: The park service is caulking up the water display for the new season
- JAM_090323_050.JPG: May this memorial be a tribute
to the indomitable spirit
of a citizenry in World War II
who remained steadfast in their faith
in our democratic system
Norman Y Mineta -- US Congressman
Internee -- Heart Mountain
- JAM_090323_056.JPG: I am proud that I am an American
of Japanese ancestry
I believe in this nation's
institutions, ideals and traditions
I glory in her heritage
I boast of her history
I trust in her future
Mike M Masoaka -- Civil Rights Advocate
Staff Sergeant -- 442nd Regimental Combat Team
- JAM_090323_063.JPG: Our actions in passing
the Civil Liberties Act of 1988
are essential for giving credibility
to our constitutional system
and reinforcing our tradition of justice
Robert T Matsui -- US Congressman
Internee -- Tule Lake
- JAM_090323_074.JPG: On February 19, 1942, 73 days after the United States
entered World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued
Executive Order 9066 which resulted in the removal of
120,000 Japanese American men, women and children
from their homes in the western states and Hawaii.
Allowed only what they could carry,
families were forced to abandon homes, friends, farms and
businesses to live in ten remote relocation centers guarded
by armed troops and surrounded by barbed wire fences.
Some remained in the relocation centers until March 1946.
- JAM_090323_081.JPG: In addition, 4,500 were arrested by the Justice Department
and held in internment camps, such as at Santa Fe, New Mexico.
2,500 were also held at the family camp in Crystal City, Texas.
Answering the call to duty, young Japanese Americans
entered into military service, joining many pre-war draftees.
The 100th Infantry Battalion and 442nd Regimental Combat Team,
fighting in Europe, became the most highly decorated Army unit
for its size and length of service in American military history.
Japanese Americans in the military intelligence service
used their bilingual skills to help shorten the war
in the Pacific and thus saved countless American lives.
The 1399th Engineer Construction Battalion
helped fortify the infrastructure essential for victory.
- JAM_090323_082.JPG: In 1983, almost forty years after the war ended,
the Federal Commission on Wartime Relocation
and Internment of Civilians found that there had been
no military necessity for the mass imprisonment of
Japanese Americans and that a grave injustice had been done.
In 1988 President Ronald W. Reagan signed
the Civil Liberties Act which made an apology for the injustice,
provided minimal compensation and
reaffirmed the nation's commitment
to equal justice under the law for all Americans.
- Wikipedia Description: National Japanese American Memorial To Patriotism During World War II
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The National Japanese American Memorial To Patriotism During World War II is national memorial in Washington, DC honoring the loyalty and courage of Japanese Americans during World War II and commemorating the heroism and sacrifice of Japanese Americans who fought and died for their country. It was authorized by federal statute (PL 102-502) and signed into law by President George H. W. Bush on October 24, 1992. The 0.76 acre site was transferred from the Architect of the Capitol to the Park Service in 1996. The Memorial was dedicated in 2000 and ownership of the Memorial was transferred to the United States Government in 2002. The National Park Service has the responsibility to maintain the Memorial. The project for the Memorial was initiated in 1988 by the "Go For Broke" National Veterans Association Foundation. The name of this organization was later changed to the National Japanese American Memorial Foundation (NJAMF).
The memorial is centered around a bronze sculpture of a crane with barbed wire by Nina Akamu. It also contains a bell modeled after a Japanese temple bell and a Zen garden-like pool of water with boulders representing the islands of Japan.
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