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Event:

GALLERY EXHIBIT: JAPANESE AMERICANS IN THE MILITARY: 1900 TO THE PRESENT

Description:

The exhibition covers the period from 1900 to the present, and addresses the concepts of giri (duty ) and gaman (to endure) as they apply to Japanese nationals and Japanese American men and women as they served in the US armed services. Also included are photographs, artifacts and materials on the Internment of Japanese Americans 1942-45 on the homefront while their sons and brothers were serving on the battlefields of North Africa, Germany and France. Runs from Nov 10, 2009 - May 31, 2010 Contact: Japanese American Historical Society of San Diego. (619) 660-0174 jahssd@sbcglobal.net