Born in San Germán, Puerto Rico, Colonel Virgil R. Miller led the all-Japanese American 442nd Regimental Combat Team through some of the toughest battles of World War II. Respected for his courage and compassion, he stayed with his Nisei soldiers even when offered promotion elsewhere — and spent the rest of his life honoring their sacrifice.
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At Gila River, Kenichi “Zeni” Zenimura built a real ballpark from desert sand, with bleachers, grandstand, box seats, even uniforms sewn from bedsheets. For thousands of incarcerated Japanese Americans, his field turned confinement into community, and despair into America’s favorite pastime.
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Dedicated in Washington, D.C., the National Japanese American Memorial stands as both remembrance and warning — honoring loyalty forged in injustice and lives forever shaped by incarceration and war.
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To stand in solidarity with his friends, he incarcerated himself.
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The government imprisoned people for teaching Japanese, while secretly teaching it themselves.
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When cameras were banned in the camps, Toyo Miyatake built one himself. His secret photos of Manzanar became powerful evidence of Japanese American incarceration and resilience.
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Behind barbed wire, baseball gave Japanese Americans strength, pride, and unity. The Manzanar Baseball Project honors the game that helped them endure injustice and rebuild community.
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The Lost Battalion rescue remains one of the most extraordinary acts of courage in U.S. military history, carried out by soldiers whose own families were imprisoned back home.
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Were they “internment camps” or “concentration camps?” Let’s ask the man who signed the Executive Order.
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