The Honolulu Advertiser March 21, 1955 In 1955, Pan Am hired an initial class of 20 “Nisei” or second generation Japanese Americans to service flights between San Francisco, Honolulu and Tokyo ...

Descendants of the second-generation “Nisei” soldiers traveled to Italy from around the United States – California, Hawaii and Colorado – to tour the sites where their relatives fought and ...

Born in Lahaina, he was one of thousands of Japanese-American, or Nisei, soldiers who volunteered to fight in World War II. “I had a older brother. He wanted to join, but he already had a job ...

Maui’s Sons and Daughters of the Nisei Veterans member Floyd Nagoshi salutes the United States flag during Saturday’s blessing and grand opening of the Stanley Izumigawa Resource Center at ...

“Nisei” tells the story of second-generation Japanese World War II veterans through a ballet conceived by Hilo-born New York-based choreographer Marla Hirokawa, who dedicated it to her late ...

Members of Zenshin Daiko perform an energetic piece titled “Yodan Uchi” during Saturday morning’s ceremony for the enclosure of the Stanley Izumigawa Pavilion (in background) at the Nisei ...