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Justice Radhabinod Pal and the Tokyo Tribunal
Learn MoreAt the Tokyo Tribunal, Justice Radhabinod Pal voted for the acquittal of all the defendants on all counts.
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Wages and Working Conditions: The Railroad Strike of 1946
Learn MoreWith the end of the wartime no-strike pledge, workers across America expressed their frustration with wages and working conditions through a series of strikes that involved over 5 million people from the end of 1945 and into 1946.
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Rabbi Alexander Goode: Faith and Service in Wartime
Learn MoreWhen the troop ship he was aboard in the North Atlantic began sinking, Rabbi Alexander Goode and his fellow chaplains sacrificed themselves so that others could live.
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Pride and Peril: Jewish American POWs in Europe
Learn MoreAn estimated 9,000 American Jews were held as POWs by the Germans. Their Jewish identity was a source of both pride and peril.
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Women Airforce Service Pilot Hazel Ying Lee
Learn MoreHazel Ah Ying Lee was the first Chinese American woman to join the WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) during World War II.
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Sugamo Prison and the Tokyo Trials
Learn MoreOne young American's experience during post-war occupation duty in Japan.
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Sergeant Jose Calugas Medal of Honor
Learn MoreMedal of Honor recipient, native son and hero of the Philippines, Jose Calugas went “beyond the call of duty” during the Battle of Bataan.
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Curator’s Choice: The Words of God Will Be Upon Your Doorpost
Learn MoreStaff Sergeant Robert Wolf served with the 343rd Infantry Regiment, 86th Infantry Division, in both the European and Pacific theaters. On his dog tags he added a mezuzah.
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The Lost Company: Three Days on Ishimmi Ridge
Learn MoreEasy Company, 307th Infantry, assaulted Okinawa’s Ishimmi Ridge on May 17, 1945, beginning days of isolation and nightmarish suffering.
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S. Neil Fujita: An Illustrative Life
Learn MorePrimarily remembered as one of the titans of mid-century graphic design, S. Neil Fujita’s life was disrupted and marred by World War II and the ramifications of Executive Order 9066.
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Music at Heart Mountain—The “GI” Band That Crossed Borders
Learn MoreMusic as a powerful expression of a sense of self and community was essential and uplifting for many incarcerees—as expressions that spread beyond the confines of the Japanese American confinement centers.
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Sending Hope to Europe: The First CARE Packages Arrive in 1946
Learn MoreA surplus of Army rations and goodwill helped improve the lives of many Europeans impoverished by World War II.