Quiet Americans is a digital storytelling project about Japanese American history — stories of injustice, resilience, and resistance. We explore the lessons we’ve learned and the ones we failed to, from the past.

This project is inspired by the life of one Nisei (a second-generation Japanese American) who went from incarceration camps to volunteering for the U.S. Army. He served in the Pacific, worked in post-war Japan as a Military Intelligence Service officer, and later fought in the Korean War. Yet, like so many in his generation, he rarely spoke about it. He carried his story quietly. We’re here to tell these stories, so we never forget.

Some members of Company D of MIS Language School, Camp Savage, Minnesota, 1944, credit George Matsunaga

Camp Savage

Executive Order 9066 didn’t just remove 120,000 civilians. It also removed America’s human secret weapons.

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