From TexAgs Sponsor, George Bush Presidential Library & Museum:

Sam Mihara: A Detailed Look at Japanese-American Internment Camps
Date: May 3, 2024
Times: 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Hosted By: George Bush Presidential Library & Museum's Education Department
Location: Malek Theater, George Bush Presidential Library & Museum

Join us for two intimate discussions with Japanese Internment Camp survivor Sam Mihara as he shares a detailed look at life in an Japanese-American internment camps and talks about the importance of civic duties. This event will take place on Friday, May 3, at the theater located in the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum. Our first program complies with all Texas educational standards and is high encouraged from 4th grade up. The evening program is open to the public as Sam shares stories and artifacts from his time in an American Concentration Camp.

Seating is limited so reservations are strongly recommended.
RSVP HERE




If you have any questions, please contact the Education Department at (979) 691-4006 or at bush.education@nara.gov

I am going on a tangent. Irony is the 442nd Infantry Regiment comprised of Japanese-American Niseis would become the most decorated unit in US military history. It was given some of the most difficult missions. For example, the 442nd was ordered to rescue a unit from Texas and would lose more men than they rescued.

It is said the Division Commander wanted to want to see the 442nd formed up. He angrily said he wanted to see the whole unit to which the Regimental Commander replied this is all that is left. Then he refused to shake hands with the DC.

Despite the discrimination and racism, the Niseis would give Uncle Sam blank checks which were often cashed. They would be loyal to the US to the end.