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Edward Shinichi Koizumi is a shin-issei born in 1950 in Nambu, Yamanashi, Japan. Edward’s maternal grandmother and grandfather were separated during World War II, as Edward’s grandmother was traveling with her children to visit family in Japan at the…

Wade Kojima, a Sansei with roots in Hawaii, describes his involvement in the JACL's redress efforts in Minnesota and Ohio. First via involvement with a Japanese American youth organization, and later as a board member of the Twin Cities JACL Chapter…

Eigo Kudo, a Peruvian of Japanese descent, describes his family's experience of expulsion from Peru and incarceration at Crystal City. He recalls with remarkable clarity the details of the journey by ship from Peru, through the Panama Canal, to the…

Elsa Kudo, a Peruvian of Japanese descent, describes her experience testifying at the Chicago CWRIC hearings about her family's experience of expulsion from Peru and incarceration at Crystal City. She recalls the difficulty Japanese Latin Americans…

Cori Nakamura Lin, a yonsei born and raised in Chicago, discusses her evolving knowledge and understanding of Japanese American incarceration and redress history. She describes how her work on JASC's Uprooted and Reckoning projects deepened her…