MANZANAR, Calif. — Swinging at the first pitch on a hallowed baseball field was 23-year-old Logan Morita. As the crowd fell quiet, he thought of a great-uncle, Jimmy Masatoshi Morita, who 80 years ...
Dan Kwong stands on the pitcher's mound at the restored baseball field at Manzanar National Historic Site, where Japanese Americans were imprisoned during World War II. As millions cheered Shohei ...
A new project is now putting the finishing touches on something that the site's managers hope will bring more healing: the rebuilding of Manzanar's baseball field. “The baseball field was a part of ...
In 1942, the mother of a toddler was given a shocking order: She was told that her child must be sent to a detention facility without her. That was the real-life dilemma faced by the main character of ...
In February, 1942, President Franklin Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 that led to the forced removal of some 120,000 Japanese Americans from their homes. They were sent to live in rural ...
About 1,000 people converged on Manzanar National Historic Site in California last weekend for the 54th annual pilgrimage to honor the Japanese Americans who were held here during World War II. “The ...
Every year during this weekend, Japanese Americans lead a day trip to the high desert. KPCC’s Cheryl Devall says the focus of this not-so-sentimental journey is the former Manzanar internment camp ...
Although many members of the Greatest Generation are no longer with us, Americans always will remember the sacrifice that began Dec. 7, 1941. That’s when Imperial Japan attacked United States bases at ...
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