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THE WATSONVILLE-SANTA CRUZ JACL Newsletter July 2018 THE WATSONVILLE-SANTA CRUZ JACL Newsletter July 2018 CELEBRATING THE CIVIL LIBERTIES ACT We hope you and your family will be able to attend. OF AUGUST 10, 1988 There is no admission fee, and light refreshments will be served. As seating is limited, please RSVP Marcia Hashimoto at (831) 722-6859 or email at [email protected]. Sincerely, Marcia Hashimoto, President “WHAT IF . .” Editor “What If” not one Japanese American served in the United States military during World War II, and the war was won? Where would we of the Nikkei nation be today? We thank the 30,000 Nisei who did serve and honor and remember the 811 who were killed in action. “Liberty Lost …” logo created by Andy Fukutome; Our W-SC JACL members are grateful to all those who served with our 201 local heroes in the European and Pacific poster designed by Phil Shima. theaters during WW II: The Watsonville-Santa Cruz chapter of the National Women’s Army Corps Women’s Nurse Corps Japanese American Citizens League was privileged to have Florence Uyeda Toshiko Etow purchased Howard Ikemoto’s magnificent painting of the Iris A. Watanabe WWII incarceration camp guard tower. We cordially invite you and your family to join us for the presentation of Howard’s painting on Saturday, August 11, 2018 at 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm at the Watsonville- Santa Cruz JACL Tokushige Kizuka Hall, 150 Blackburn Street, Watsonville, CA 95076. This celebration is in conjunction with the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Civil Liberties Act of August 10, 1988 by President Ronald W. Reagan which provided redress (an apology) and reparations for those 59 from Watsonville-Santa Cruz who served with the who, incarcerated in camp, were still alive on that date. Military Intelligence Service during WW II and/or the W-SC JACLer Sandy Lydon, Historian Emeritus, a post war period in Japan highly regarded friend of our community and a colleague Bill Doi Dave S. Fujita of Howard’s at Cabrillo College, will speak on the Hideo Hashimoto Tadashi Hashimoto contributions Howard has made to a better understanding Tsuyoshi Hashimoto James Ichikawa of the unjust wartime incarceration of 120,000 innocent Masaki Inouye Takeo Isobe persons of Japanese ancestry. Minoru Iwami Nobuyuki Iwanaga Suama Iwanaga Tsugio Iwanaga As an introductory story of our imprisonment, “Days Kaz Jofuku John Kado of Waiting,” a 28-minute video on the life of Estelle Peck Mike Kado Masato Kajioka Ishigo by Steven Okazaki will be shown. In 1991, Okazaki Joe Kamitani Hideyuki Tom Kawano won an Academy Award (“Oscar”) for this film in the Toshi Kimoto Burt Kitahara category of Short Documentary. Paul Kiyotoki Sho Kobara Suyeo Manabe Jack Matsuoka The program will also highlight the struggles of those Kasuto Mayeda Bill Mine who secured redress and reparations for the Japanese Enge Mita Perry Mori American incarcerees. Roy Mori Harry Morimune Tom Murakami Satoshi Nagase For our newsletter in full living color, log onto http://watsonvillesantacruzjacl.org, Newsletters, then the month. 1 Fred Nakagawa Nick Nakamori Andy Hashimoto Tom Hashimoto George I. Nakamura KIA William Nishimura Walt Hashimoto Henry Hayashida Katashi Oita Jack Itsumi Oita Tak Higuchi Paul Horiuchi Sam Ono Isao Sakai Henry Ikeda Tamaki Iwanaga Frank Shimamoto Min Takata Asaji Jotsuya Tom Kaita James Takehana Satoru Takemoto Jim Kamita Yas Kamitani George Tani Hiroshi Tanouye Jerry S. Kato Yutaka Kimoto Bill Tao James Toda Franklin Kitahara Sam Kiyotoki Tats Tominaga Ben Umeda Jack Mametsuka Tom Masamori George Wada Bill Waki Sully Matsui Frank Matsumoto Mark Watanabe George Yamamoto Shinichi Misumi Joe Morimune Robert Yamamoto John Yamauchi Chick Nakahara Mike Nomi Henry Yoshii Jack Yoshino Yamato Nishihara William Nishimura Haruki Yoshizume Kongo Nitta KIA Noboru Nitta John Oda Terry Ogami 74 from Watsonville-Santa Cruz in the 100th/442nd Zen Ota Thomas Otsuki Regimental Combat Team Tommy Sakata Shiro Sato Kaz Sera Charles Shikuma Haruji Akimoto Henry Arao DSC Enji Shikuma Mas Tachibana Tom Doi Mate Eto Kay Takata Katsumi Takemoto Walt Eto Charles Fujiki Charles Tanimura John Tanimura Tom Fujiki Nagatoshi R. Fujita Howard Tao Makoto Tsuchiyama Yoshio Fujita Sam Goto Tomio Tsuda Jim Uyematsu Tom Goto Katsu Hada KIA Tami Yagi Bob M. Yamamoto Eiji Hama Mark Hashimoto James Yamamoto Kango Yamamoto Louie Hayashida Shig Hirano James Yoshimura Kenji Hirokawa Bob Hiura Paul Horiuchi KIA Buster Ichikawa KIA Killed in Action Frank Inmaru Yutaka Inouye DSC Distinguished Service Cross Harvie Iyama Arthur Izumizaki ** Designer of the famed 442nd shoulder patch Henry Izumizaki KIA James Izumizaki Mitsugi Kawaguchi Yoshimi Kawaguchi And, “What if” many young adult Nikkei members in Art Kitahara Shig Kizuka early 1942 protested the forced removal with Robert S. Kobayashi Tommy Kokka demonstrations that led to violence and injuries to our Harry Madokoro KIA DSC Larry Mametsuka elderly Issei, pregnant women, teenagers, young children Bob Manabe Irvin Matsuda Nobu George Matsumoto Pat Matsushita and infants? Where would the Nikkei nation be today? Ray Matsushita Mitchie Miyamoto ** The National JACL’s wartime leadership correctly Shig Morimune George Morita advised caution and cooperation as a show of unity and Sunao Murakami Aido Nakamichi loyalty. It proved the proper policy to follow because we Paul Nakamura Mas Nakamoto had no support from civil rights organizations, press, and Harry Nakao Mas Nitta Mas “Buzz” Noda Yoshio Ogawa community organizations. Only the Quakers supported us. Mas Okamoto Mas Okamura Wataru Okino William Ono GRANDPARENTS, ATTENTION! George Otsuki Issei Otsuki Have you written your life story for the children and Sam Sakamoto George Sera grandchildren? They may not ask for it now, and they will Hiroshi Shikuma Ichiro Sam Sugidono regret not having asked. That’s the untold story unto Jiro Sugidono Kazuo C. Sukekane Shige Takemoto Ken M. Tashiro itself in our Nikkei community. They must not be without Kenji Torigoe Mas Tsuda the tangible history of your “clan.” Your story and that John Tsukiji Archie Uchiyama of your parents and grandparents must be available to the George Ura Tom Tsunomiya future generations. You’ve made a lasting contribution to Roy Uyematsu Yoshi Wada our Nikkei nation, and it must be told (recorded). Saburo Yamashita Jim Yoshida Today, we have many instruments used in recording— 65 Watsonville-Santa Cruz Nisei who served in video and digital recordings, filmmaking, written books, other US Army units during WW II and others—at our disposal. The older grandchildren can George Aihara Hideo Akiyama help you with the newest technology. Shig Akiyoshi Aki Arao Start first with an outline. Look for family photos Tetsuo Arao Tom Asada and put them in order of your outline. Work on an Sadao Baishiki Jim Etow appropriate title that is eye catching and explanatory. Joe Fujimoto Frank Fujita Peter Goya Susumu Hada Start today. Involve the members of your family. Yon Hamai Aki Hashimoto Make it a family project for the summer. Don’t delay. 2 NHK-JAPAN TV INTERVIEWED KIMIKO MARR Recording the testimonies of Japanese Americans about their time in the incarceration camps is a lifetime mission for documentary producer Kimiko Marr. The Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii President and CEO, Carole Hayashino, joined Kimiko Marr and NHK World's Miki Ebara to discuss their experiences. Among those interviewed were: Bryan Urakawa, "I was born at Camp Harmony, Puyallup, Washington, July 22,1942." Frank Kaoru Inami, "US Army soldiers came with rifles with bayonets fixed, they were courteous but said, 'You gotta No child should be put in a cage. No parent should be go'." forcibly separated from their children. This new U.S. policy Teiko Saito, "Coming here (to ‘camp’) began the healing of “zero tolerance” is inhumane. process. Being able to let my mother go...’cause I finally feel This event was sponsored by the Immigration Task her spirits around me...that was all I needed." Force, Rapid Response Network of Monterey County. California is home to one of the largest populations of Event organizer Jenny Sarmiento spoke of separating people of Japanese descent. World War II changed many of immigrant families seeking asylum is traumatizing the whole their lives. nation. Sarmiento, a naturalized citizen, came to this country Kimiko Marr volunteers at the W-SC JACL Senior at age 14 from Bolivia. Center where many who were incarcerated enjoy a weekly activity. During the war, the US Government confined as many as 120,000 Japanese Americans in concentration camps. It's an experience Kimiko's grandmother went through. But Kimiko never asked her about it, and she has regretted it. "I was going through our photo albums and I'd say, 'Oh grandma, who's this?' And it was her as a child, and she couldn't recognize herself. Then I realized in that instant, I waited too long," she says. So, she started visiting camps with former internees and their descendants. Last April, Kimiko organized a trip to Arkansas. Over 8,000 people were confined in the Rohwer and Jerome camps. For many, this was their first time back. "I was born here 75 years ago, I don't remember anything but it's good to be back for the first time," says Jerry Ishii. "Sometimes we tend not to pay a lot of attention to seniors but when they are on tour, we are, like, 'Tell me more! tell me more!' They are rock stars," says Kimiko. On another trip, Kimiko took two university students to a site in California. Manzanar sits in the remote desert. It was the first camp established in 1942. It's a chance for people to come together and remember. It's also an opportunity for the younger generations to learn from the past and see for themselves what life was like for their ancestors.
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