California’s Alien Land Law fight and the 1946 Hawaii sugar strike
California’s Alien Land Law ran through much of this eight-page issue. A Fresno judge dismissed the state’s suit to take…
Print Issue: 1946
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Fighting a loyalty charge: a Nisei veteran barred from a federal job
A Nisei veteran’s fight to clear his name led this August 1946 issue. Seichi Maeshima, honorably discharged after five years…
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The 442nd Combat Team’s colors, and Nisei stranded in Japan
The final ceremony for the 442nd Combat Team led this eight-page issue. The unit was deactivated at Kapiolani Park in…
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A Nisei veteran’s letter to Texas and the 442nd’s return home
A letter from a Nisei veteran led the news. Ex-Sergeant George Otsuka of the 442nd Combat Team wrote to the…
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Issei first papers accepted, and the fight against Proposition 15
Citizenship and discrimination ran through the August 10, 1946 issue. The Immigration and Naturalization Service said it would accept applications…
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Evacuation claims stall in the House as a court rules on troop enforcement
The fight over paying evacuees for their wartime losses ran through this eight-page issue. The Senate passed the Evacuation Claims…
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1946: Honoring the 442nd and the fight over Issei naturalization
The 442nd Regimental Combat Team was the thread through this 8-page issue. Hawaii prepared a Veterans Week to welcome its…
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President Truman honors the 442nd, and a court turns away the renunciants
The 442nd Regimental Combat Team’s homecoming in Washington filled this eight-page issue. John Kitasako reported that President Truman presented the…
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The 442nd comes home: a presidential review and a pictorial section
The 442nd Regimental Combat Team’s homecoming filled this 12-page issue. President Truman was to review the Nisei troops in full…
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Welcome home for the 442nd Regimental Combat Team
The return of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team filled this eight-page issue. Larry Tajiri described how thousands greeted the troopship…
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Home denied to a Nisei soldier’s family, and the 442nd’s welcome home
A Los Angeles family of Japanese ancestry was denied the right to live in its own home when the State…
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The 442nd’s return home and the fight against anti-Nisei laws
The coming home of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team led the news. The War Department announced that the “Go for…
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The 442nd’s last parade, and the fight over Issei rights in 1946
The 442nd Regimental Combat Team paraded in Leghorn, Italy, for the last time on June 5, 1946, and the front…
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Racial covenants and deportation fights, June 1946
Two legal fights ran through the front page of this eight-page issue. In Los Angeles, Shinobu Saito, a Nisei soldier,…
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Deportation fears for Japanese aliens who served the U.S. in the war
Fear of deportation ran through this eight-page issue. The New York Times reported that many Japanese alien residents who served…
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Veterans, Dillon Myer and the end of the Air Forces ban
Japanese American soldiers and veterans ran through much of this eight-page issue. Enlistment in the Army Air Forces was opened…