Japanese Americans in the Military: 1900 to Present May 11, 2010

The exhibition covers the period from 1900 to the present, and addresses the concepts of giri (duty ) and gaman (to endure) as they apply to Japanese nationals and Japanese American men and women as they served in the US armed services. Also included are photographs, artifacts and materials on the Internment of Japanese Americans 1942-45 on the homefront while their sons and brothers were serving on the battlefields of North Africa, Germany and France.