In the next year, survivors and their descendants will make a pilgrimage to the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo to stamp the names of their loved ones.
A number of Los Angeles history-minded institutions are exploring the use of new technologies like augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) to reconstruct Southern California’s past. Here are projects that make the past feel present through the use of AR and VR.
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Members of the Army’s 100th Infantry Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team make their way toward the Gothic Line, Germany’s final, main defensive line in northern Italy during World War II. The line had sheer cliffs, some of which towered over 3,000 feet.
Medal of Honor Monday: Army Pfc. Sadao Munemori
MAY 3, 2021 | BY KATIE LANGE, DOD NEWS
During World War II, everyone who identified as American wanted to fight for the U.S. including Japanese-Americans, who were initially denied entry into the military due to wartime prejudice. Eventually, they were allowed to enlist, and many fought in a unit that became one of the most decorated in history. Army Pfc. Sadao Munemori was one of them.
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“As we care for our senior citizens who are entering the golden years … Pacifica needs to be held accountable for its non-compliance in the last five years (with conditions) that were stipulated by then attorney general and now our vice president Kamala Harris to maintain the … bicultural and bilingual care of its senior citizens.
Actor-activist Tamlyn Tomita
“At the Kei-Ai/Sakura Gardens facilities they have failed to do so in the name of green, in the name of pushing out our residents at Sakura Gardens toward the Kei-Ai facilities, where they’re noticing the highest level of COVID-19 infections and deaths in the county.