80 years ago, most of the 10 camps that held some 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II were closed — two months ...

The Japanese army forced some 200,000 women into sexual slavery during World War II. They were known as "comfort women." This special report tells... PHOTOS: Why These World War II Sex Slaves Are ...

The National WWII Museum has opened an exhibit honoring second-generation Japanese Americans who served in the Allied effort of World War II. Featuring photographer Shane Sato’s portraits of Japanese ...

Japanese-American Alice Tetsuko Kono served a country that considered her an “enemy alien” and enlisted with the Women’s Army Corps during WWII Katherine Fecteau Alice Tetsuko Kono in her Women's Army ...

Wakako Kondoh Burk at bride school in Yokosuka, Japan in 1957. The American Red Cross created “Bride Schools” to teach Japanese women how to be an “American” wife and mother. (Photo courtesy of ...

Masako and Irvine McConney Sr. drove from California to New York in 1955. Along the way several hotels and restaurants denied Irvine entry, so they slept and ate in the car. Courtesy of the McConney ...

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