Memorial to Japanese American Patriotism in World War II (2000) in Washington, D.C. by Nina Akumu, Davis Buckley located in James M. Goode's Capitol Hill area

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POSTON 17,814 ARIZONA
HEART MOUNTAIN 10,767 WYOMING
TOPAZ 8,130 UTAH
JEROME 8,497 ARKANSAS
MANZANAR CALIFORNIA 10,046

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ROHWER 8,475 ARKANSAS
TULE LAKE 18,789 CALIFORNIA
MINIDORA 9,397 IDAHO
GILA RIVER 13,348 ARIZONA
[??AMACHE?? ??,??? ?????]

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0000001/00070_0000000620 (added ca. 2006)

THE LESSONS LEARNED MUST REMAIN A GRAVE REMINDER OF WHAT WE MUST NOT ALLOW TO HAPPEN AGAIN TO ANY GROUP

DANIEL K INOUYE U.S. CONGRESSMAN U.S. SENATOR
CAPTAIN 442ND REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM

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0000001/00070_0000000630 (added ca. 2006)

YOU FOUGHT NOT ONLY THE ENEMY BUT YOU FOUGHT PREJUDICE -- AND YOU WON.KEEP UP THE FIGHT AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO WIN TO MAKE THIS GREAT REPUBLICSTAND FOR WHAT THE CONSTITUTION SAYS IT STANDS FOR THE WELFARE OF ALL OF THE PEOPLE ALL OF THE TIME

PRESIDENT HARRY S TRUMAN 1945 WHITE HOUSE CEREMONY FOR THE 100TH INFANTRY BATTALION AND 442ND REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM

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HERE WE HONOR THOSE WHO DIED IN SERVICE DURING WORLD WAR II

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WE BELIEVED A THREAT TO THIS NATION'S DEMOCRACY
WAS A THREAT TO THE AMERICAN DREAM
AND TO ALL FREE PEOPLES OF THE WORLD.

SPARK M MATSUNAGA
U.S. CONGRESSMAN U.S. SENATOR
CAPTAIN 100TH INFANTRY BATTALION

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JAPANESE BY BLOOD
HEARTS AND MINDS AMERICAN
WITH HONOR UNBOWED
BORE THE STING OF INJUSTICE
FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS

THE LEGACY
AKEMI MATSUMOTO EHRLICH

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MAY THIS MEMORIAL BE A TRIBUTE TO THE INDOMITABLE SPIRIT OF A CITIZENRY IN WORLD WAR II WHO REMAINED STEADFAST IN THEIR FAITH IN OUR DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM

NORMAN Y MINETA U.S. CONGRESSMAN
INTERNEE HEART MOUNTAIN

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OUR ACTIONS IN PASSING THE CIVIL LIBERTIES ACT OF 1988 ARE ESSENTIAL FOR GIVING CREDIBILITY TO OUR CONSTITUTIONAL SYSTEM AND REINFORCING OUR TRADITION OF JUSTICE

ROBERT T MATSUI U.S. CONGRESSMAN
INTERNEE TULE LAKE

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I AM PROUD THAT I AM AN AMERICAN OF JAPANESE ANCESTRY
I BELIEVE IN THIS NATION'S INSTITUTIONS, IDEALS AND TRADITIONS
I GLORY IN HER HERITAGE
I BOAST IN HER HISTORY
I TRUST IN HER FUTURE

MIKE M MASAOKA CIVIL RIGHTS ADVOCATE
STAFF SERGEANT 442ND REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM

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ON FEBRUARY 19, 1942, 73 DAYS AFTER THE UNITED STATES ENTERED WORLD WAR II, PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT ISSUED EXECUTIVE ORDER 9066 WHICH RESULTED IN THE REMOVAL OF 120,000 JAPANESE AMERICAN MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN FROM THEIR HOMES IN THE WESTERN STATES AND HAWAII

ALLOWED ONLY WHAT THEY COULD CARRY, FAMILIES WERE FORCED TO ABANDON HOMES, FRIENDS, FARMS AND BUSINESSES TO LIVE IN TEN REMOTE RELOCATION CENTERS GUARDED BY ARMED TROOPS AND SURROUNDED BY BARBED WIRE FENCES. SOME REMAINED IN THE RELOCATION CENTERS UNTIL MARCH 1946.

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IN ADDITION, 4,500 WERE ARRESTED BY THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AND HELD IN INTERNMENT CAMPS SUCH AS AT SANTE FE, NEW MEXICO. 2,500 WERE ALSO HELD AT THE FAMILY CAMP IN CRYSTAL CITY, TEXAS

ANSWERING THE CALL TO DUTY YOUNG JAPANESE AMERICANS ENTERED INTO MILITARY SERVICE, JOINING MANY PRE-WAR DRAFTEES. THE 100TH INFANTRY BATTALION AND 442ND REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM, FIGHTING IN EUROPE, BECAME THE MOST HIGHLY DECORATED ARMY UNIT FOR ITS SIZE AND LENGTH OF SERVICE IN AMERICAN MILITARY HISTORY. JAPANESE AMERICANS IN THE MILITARY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE USED THEIR BILINGUAL SKILLS TO HELP SHORTEN THE WAR IN THE PACIFIC AND THUS SAVED COUNTLESS AMERICAN LIVES. THE 1399TH ENGINEER CONSTRUCTION BATTALION HELPED FORTIFY THE INFRASTRUCTURE ESSENTIAL FOR VICTORY.

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IN 1983, ALMOST FORTY YEARS AFTER THE WAR ENDED, THE FEDERAL COMMISSION ON WARTIME RELOCATION AND INTERNMENT OF CIVILIANS FOUND THAT THERE HAD BEEN NO MILITARY NECESSITY FOR THE MASS IMPRISONMENT OF JAPANESE AMERICANS AND THAT A GRAVE INJUSTICE HAD BEEN DONE

IN 1988 PRESIDENT RONALD W. REAGAN SIGNED THE CIVIL LIBERTIES ACT WHICH MADE AN APOLOGY FOR THE INJUSTICE, PROVIDED MINIMAL COMPENSATION AND REAFFIRMED THE NATION'S COMMITMENT TO EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER THE LAW FOR ALL AMERICANS.

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More Info
See James M. Goode's
'Washington Sculpture'(hardcover p 16 Item #1.03; Capitol Hill area)
Medium: Bronze
Artist: Nina Akumu, Davis Buckley
Related subjects: Nationalities; World War II
Location: Triangular park formed by Louisiana Ave, New Jersey Ave, & D St NW Washington, D.C.
See Capitol Hill areain James Goode's Washington Sculpture
Nearest Metro: Union Station(Red) (click station name for all sculptures nearby)
Smithsonian American Art Museum's Art Inventories Catalog: Control number 71500500 (dcMem ID #70 )

Links & other sources
ADC Greater Washington, DC Street Map Book (180)
Japanese American Memorial website
Wikipedia article on the Japanese Memorial
NPS.gov List of Classified Structures Japanese American memorial

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