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Armed with Language Toolkit

Host your own Armed With Language community screening with this toolkit that includes ways to watch the film, discussion prompts, and resources to go deeper with this unique Minnesota history.

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Council of Asian American Minnesotans

The Council works toward economic, social, legal, and political equality for Minnesotans of Asian and Pacific Islander (API) heritage.

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The Coalition of Asian American Leaders

The Coalition of Asian American Leaders (CAAL) envisions a State where all Minnesotans, regardless of background, are actively engaged in shaping solutions, and can achieve prosperity.

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Japanese American Citizens League

The TCJACL Education Committee offers a variety of services and resources useful for learning about Japanese American history.

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Densho

Densho strives to preserve and share history of the WWII incarceration of Japanese Americans to promote equity and justice today.

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Executive Order 9066

Meet Norman Mineta, the statesman who served as cabinet secretary for Presidents Clinton and George W. Bush. Imprisoned by the U.S. during World War II for his Japanese ancestry, Mineta rose to become the first Asian American to serve in a presidential cabinet.

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Aftermath of Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

After the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, it was another year before first-hand accounts emerged. Journalist John Hersey helped expose the bomb’s lasting damage, which the U.S. government tried to downplay. In a new book, “Fallout,” which coincides with the 75th anniversary of Hiroshima, author Lesley Blume examines Hersey’s critical work. Jeffrey Brown reports.

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Satsuki Ina was Born American but Looked Like the Enemy

What is the meaning of loyalty when you look like the enemy? Satsuki Ina was born in a prison camp during World War II. Her family was among 120,000 Japanese Americans, most of whom were U.S. citizens, who were forced from their homes on the west coast and incarcerated without due process or a trial. When her parent’s loyalty was questioned, the family was torn apart.

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The St. Paul Resettlement Committee

The St. Paul Resettlement Committee formed in October of 1942 to assist with the relocation of Japanese Americans from the concentration camps established by the US government in March of 1942. It was one of thirty-five such committees that operated across the country during World War II.

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Digital exhibit – The Nisei Soldier Congressional Gold Medal

Honoring the Japanese American World War II soldiers who fought in the service of the United States.

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442nd – Densho

The 442nd Regimental Combat Team (RCT) was organized on March 23, 1943, after more than a year during which Americans of Japanese descent were declared enemy aliens, 4-C, by the U.S. War Department.

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442nd – National WWII Museum

The 442nd Regimental Combat Team, a segregated Japanese American unit, is remembered today for its brave actions in World War II. Despite the odds, the 442nd’s actions distinguished them as the most decorated unit for its size and length of service in the history of the US military.

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Tule Lake Concentration Camp – Densho

Tule Lake was one of the ten concentration camps built to imprison Japanese Americans forcibly removed from the West Coast states during World War II. Following the ill-conceived loyalty questionnaire that was administered in early 1943 to the imprisoned population, inmates who refused to give unqualified “yes” responses were segregated to Tule Lake and unjustly labeled as “disloyal.”

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History of the DLIFLC

The military has played a vital role on the Monterey Peninsula since the area was “discovered” and claimed for Spain by Sebastian Vizcaino in 1602. Vizcaino named the Monterey Bay, in honor of his benefactor, Gaspar de Zuniga y Acevedo, Conde de (count of) Monterrey, then viceroy of New Spain (Mexico).

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