War Department counts 33,330 Japanese Americans who served in the Army
The War Department’s count of Japanese Americans who served in the Army in World War II led this eight-page issue:…
Print Issue: 1947
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1947: Naturalization rights, the Alien Land Law and Nisei returning from Japan
Equal rights in law and citizenship ran through this eight-page issue. Mike Masaoka asked the President’s Committee on Civil Rights…
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Alien land law fights, stranded Nisei and a veteran’s last flight
William R. Ogie, a Japanese American former Army Air Forces bomber pilot, stayed with his falling plane to steer it…
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April 1947: Issei naturalization, evacuee claims and anti-discrimination law
Legislation affecting Japanese Americans filled this eight-page issue. Mike Masaoka was named a consultant to President Truman’s civil rights committee,…
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Nisei names on the Hood River honor roll, and postwar rights
The Rev. W. Sherman Burgoyne of Hood River received the Thomas Jefferson award in New York for his fight to…
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Winona trailer project, housing limits and the Oyama land law case
The future of the Winona trailer project in Burbank led the news. The Federal Public Housing Authority’s lease ended June…
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Ending race bans in naturalization law, April 1947
The push to remove race restrictions from the naturalization law led the issue. A newly organized Committee for Equality in…
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Winona trailer camp, Issei citizenship and the 100th Battalion story
The closing of the Winona FPHA trailer camp in Los Angeles led the March 29, 1947 issue. About 840 returned…
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Evacuee claims, citizenship for Issei and land law repeal in 1947
Payment for wartime property losses led the news in this eight-page issue. Interior Secretary Julius Krug wrote to Senate and…
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Hawaii’s Nisei loyalty, Utah’s land law repeal and the fight over Issei citizenship
Loyalty and the law ran through this eight-page issue of March 15, 1947. Admiral Nimitz told a House committee he…
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1947: Nisei in Japan seek to return, and land law cases advance
More than 12,000 Japanese Americans stranded in Japan had applied to return to the United States, U.S. Consul Alexis Johnson…
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Alien Land Law and Evacuation Claims, March 1947
The fight over California’s Alien Land Law ran through this eight-page issue. A state-wide legislative conference in Sacramento, with more…
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Utah votes to repeal its Alien Land law, and the fight over Oyama
Utah’s State Senate voted 20 to 0 to repeal the 1943 Utah Alien Land law, and the bill now goes…
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Stranded Nisei in Japan and the WRA’s final report, February 1947
The return of Issei and Nisei stranded in Japan during the war led the front page. Mike Masaoka, JACL’s Washington…
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Myer’s final report calls the 1942 evacuation unjustified
Dillon Myer’s final report as director of the War Relocation Authority led this 8-page issue. It called the 1942 mass…
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Canada’s Chinese immigration ban and Japanese American claims, 1947
Immigration and the aftermath of wartime incarceration shared the front page. Canada’s Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced plans to repeal…