Tule Lake renunciants and the postwar fight for fair treatment
The fate of Japanese Americans who renounced citizenship at Tule Lake ran through this eight-page issue. The front page reported…
Print Issue: 1945
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The 1945 holiday issue: coming home from the camps
The end of the war and the closing of the camps ran through this 40-page holiday issue. The War Relocation…
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The closing months of the WRA program and a DSC for Kazuo Masuda
The end of the War Relocation Authority was the thread running through this eight-page issue. WRA Director Dillon Myer said…
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Returning home in 1945: reunions, resistance and the aftermath of camp
Nisei soldiers, returning families and the first postwar backlash filled this eight-page issue. On the front page, Second Lieutenant Fukuhara,…
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Returning home in late 1945: housing, hostility and Nisei veterans
The return of Japanese Americans to the West Coast ran through this eight-page issue. Trailers and barracks were readied for…
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The Navy opens enlistments to Nisei, and Tule Lake renunciants sue
The Navy’s decision to accept Japanese Americans was the lead story. The Navy Department announced it was taking enlistments in…
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November 1945: Nisei service and the closing of the camps
Nisei in uniform and the wind-down of the wartime camps filled this eight-page issue. Thirteen Japanese American women of the…
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Nisei soldiers, the Oyama land law case and closing the camps
The Oyama case led the news: the National JACL announced it would file an amicus curiae brief in Fred Oyama’s…
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The secret Nisei language school at Fort Snelling, and the camps closing
The story of the Military Intelligence Service Language School at Fort Snelling led this issue. The War Department revealed that…
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Nisei intelligence work revealed, and camps begin to close
The Army’s disclosure of the Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) led this issue. The secret unit of mostly Japanese…
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Tule Lake renunciants, the 442nd’s toll, and attacks on returning families
Two stories ran across the top of the front page. A Justice Department official said some Tule Lake segregees who…
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October 1945: the 100th Battalion’s second citation and returning evacuees
The 100th Battalion of the 442nd Combat Team earned a second Presidential Unit Citation for its fighting in the Vosges…
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Violence against returning Japanese Americans and a proposed WRA budget cut
Returning Japanese Americans faced threats and violence in California, and the paper reported it closely. Stories covered the burning of…
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Nisei veterans and the return of evacuees, September 1945
Nisei soldiers of the 442nd Combat Team and the Japanese Americans coming home from camp shared the front page. Four…
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Returning home in 1945: families, soldiers and the end of the camps
The autumn of 1945 was a time of return, and this eight-page issue followed it from several sides. Families came…
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The end of coast exclusion and Nisei soldiers in Japan, 1945
The Army’s revocation of all wartime exclusion orders against Japanese Americans on the West Coast, announced Sept. 4, 1945, led…