nisei

Welcome to Season 3, Episode 31. We were so excited to connect with Dr. Mitchell T. Maki, the President and CEO of the Go For Broke National Education Center. Dr. Maki is lifetime educator, author, and a leading scholar on the Japanese American redress movement. The Go For Broke National Education Center is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the legacy and lessons of the Nisei World War II veterans. “Go For Broke” was the motto of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, an Army unit composed of Japanese Americans from Hawai’i and the mainland United States. We’ve talked about the 100th and 442nd previously on our podcast, but we’re always happy to continue to raise awareness around their bravery and dedication to this country despite the mass incarceration of over 120,000 Japanese Americans during the war. In our conversation, Dr. Maki shares some keys to making history relevant, why continuing to talk about this time is essential, the importance of intersectionality, and so much more. You can learn a lot and help the Go For Broke National Education Center by visiting their YouTube channel and website as well as making a donation. The funds help spread awareness and education through virtual and physical exhibits. We especially love the Hanashi Oral History Collection! For previous episodes and information, please visit our site at https://asianamericanhistory101.libsyn.com or social media links at http://castpie.com/AAHistory101. If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, email us at info@aahistory101.com.

During World War II, the Nisei, first generation Americans whose parents were immigrants from Japan, fought in the Pacific theater. Their language skills and other intelligence contributions saved lives and shortened the war. And yet, as they served with great distinction, their families back home in America were held in government internment camps under U.S. Executive Order 9066. To discuss the Nisei and the war against Japan, the MacArthur Memorial Podcast hosted Bruce Henderson, author of Bridge to the Sun: The Secret Role of the Japanese Americans Who Fought in the Pacific in World War II.

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Filmmaker and broadcast journalist David Ono has created something that defies well-known descriptions. His "Defining Courage" is a tribute to the courage and patriotism of the Japanese American soldiers who fought and died during World War II, even as many of their family members were unjustly imprisoned in desolate prison camps. Combining his live narration with cinematic drone footage of five storied battlefields, accompanied by a choir and musicians, Ono humanizes the stories of those who served in the 100th Infantry Battalion, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, and the Military Intelligence Service (MIS), while taking us all on an emotional journey to the places where so many lost their lives. 

In this episode, David Wolf talks with Nick Sakarada about his family's history here in the North Platte Valley.  Nick is a second-generation, Nisei, Japanese American.  His father came over to work the railroads, and the family eventually settled in Colorado.  They moved up to the Scottsbluff, Nebraska area to farm.  He has been here ever since and shares his stories about farming, his and his family's service during World War 2, and his work in the sugar beet industry.  

This episode is brought to you by the Museum’s Jenny Craig Institute for the Study of War and Democracy at The National WWII Museum.

On February 22, 2021, Dr. Rob Citino, the Museum’s Samuel Zemurray Stone Senior Historian, had a conversation with Shirley Ann Higuchi, the Chair of the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation.

Shirley’s American-born parents were children when they were incarcerated at the Heart Mountain War Relocation Center during World War II. Her mother inspired her to author “Setsuko's Secret: Heart Mountain and the Legacy of the Japanese American Incarceration.”

Jan Yanehiro defied familial pressures to follow her dream.

In this podcast, Jan traces her story back to Hawaii, where she grew up a third-generation Japanese-American. She braved upsetting her parents to go to college in California, and after a short stint as a flight attendant following graduation, she came to San Francisco and got a job at a local radio station.

We recorded this podcast at the Urban Knights Studio in South of Market in March 2020.

Photo by Jeff Hunt

Mulder og Scully bytter roller i afsnittet 'Revelations', hvor Mulder pludselig er skeptikeren, og Scully er den troende. Det sker, da de skal beskytte en ung dreng, der jages af en religiøs fanatiker.

Vi har interviewet X-files-forfatter Kim Newton omkring inspirationer til afsnittet.

0:00:00 - Intro
0:04:36 - Trivia om 'Revelations'
0:11:44 - Forfatter Kim Newton om 'Revelations'
0:21:29 - Gennemgang af 'Revelations'
1:38:55 - Foxy Moment
1:30:02 - Bedømmelse af 'Revelations'

Der er en bombe om bord på toget! For ikke at tale om den mulige alien i lasten - men er det nu også sandheden!?

Alt sammen i vores diskussion af 3. sæsons afsnit '731', der er anden del af to afsnit i 731-mytologien.

Indhold:
0:00:00 - Intro
0:02:56 - Trivia om '731'
0:10:30 - Gennemgang af '731'
1:07:22 - Foxy Moment
1:08:51 - Bedømmelse af '731'

Denne gang skal vi tale om alien-obduktioner, hemmelige fragtskibe, japanske diplomater, uhyggelige læger fra 2. verdenskrig og Mulder der giver den som Tintin.

Alt sammen i vores diskussion af 3. sæsons afsnit 'Nisei', der er første del af to afsnit i 731-mytologien.

Indhold:
0:00:00 - Intro
0:04:28 - Trivia om 'Nisei'
0:09:23 - Gennemgang af 'Nisei'
1:07:57 - Foxy Moment
1:09:26 - Bedømmelse af 'Nisei'

Denne gang skal vi tale om alien-obduktioner, hemmelige fragtskibe, japanske diplomater, uhyggelige læger fra 2. verdenskrig og Mulder der giver den som Tintin.

Alt sammen i vores diskussion af 3. sæsons afsnit 'Nisei', der er første del af to afsnit i 731-mytologien.

Indhold:
0:00:00 - Intro
0:04:28 - Trivia om 'Nisei'
0:09:23 - Gennemgang af 'Nisei'
1:07:57 - Foxy Moment
1:09:26 - Bedømmelse af 'Nisei'

Denne gang skal vi tale om alien-obduktioner, hemmelige fragtskibe, japanske diplomater, uhyggelige læger fra 2. verdenskrig og Mulder der giver den som Tintin.

Alt sammen i vores diskussion af 3. sæsons afsnit 'Nisei', der er første del af to afsnit i 731-mytologien.

Indhold:
0:00:00 - Intro
0:04:28 - Trivia om 'Nisei'
0:09:23 - Gennemgang af 'Nisei'
1:07:57 - Foxy Moment
1:09:26 - Bedømmelse af 'Nisei'

This week, we take a closer look at early communities of Nikkeijin -- people of Japanese descent -- in the United States and Hawaii.

In this episode we move forward in time to World War Two and talk about the documentary screening we attended, MIS - Human Secret Weapon. MIS is a documentary about the US Military Intelligence Service, a top-secret program created by the US government to prepare for war with Japan, comprised of Japanese Americans who acted as translators, interrogators, spies, soldiers, and negotiators in the war against Japan during WWII. Their contribution to the war effort is immeasurable, and were credited by General MacArthur with shortening the war by two years.

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The MIS documentary website: http://mis-film.com/

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