Executive Order 9066 — All Stories — More Than A Headstone

A Question of Loyalty: From Incarceration to Service

Joseph Katayama was born in 1926, in Salinas, Monterey County California to his father Moichi and his mother Sayo.

Know Your Enemy, Obstacles & OpportunitiesEsteban GomezOctober 6, 2021Japanese, Japanese Americans, Salinas, second-generation, internment, incarceration, Executive Order 9066, Salinas Assembly Center, Poston Incarceration Camp, No-No Boy, loyalty questionnaire, 442nd, World War II, Korean War

Bridge, Business, and a Bronze Star

Battles have always been fought with weapons, but a modern war is fought with intelligence. Successful strategic planning requires trustworthy intelligence that can either reveal or predict the enemy’s actions.

Know Your Enemy, Obstacles & OpportunitiesEsteban GomezOctober 3, 2021Japanese Americans, internment, Executive Order 9066, Poston War Relocation Center, Jerome War Relocation Center, Nisei, Military Intelligence Service, MIS; Camp Savage, 43rd Infantry Division, Guadalcanal, Bronze Star, Japanese American Citizens League, Denver JACL, Walter-McCarran Immigration Bill, Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952

American at Heart

The actions of Bert and the 442nd proved to the United States that Roosevelt, the man who interned thousands of Japanese Americans, was right. That being American is not a matter of race or creed, but of heart.