More than 125,000 Japanese Americans interned during World War II are now being recognized in the Ireichō, or the Sacred Book of Names. (via NPR)
Frances and Ford Kuramoto visiting the Ireichō at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles. The book collects the names of those interned at camps during the war.
Ford and Frances Kuramoto stand in front of pieces of wood, each representing a location where people of Japanese ancestry were detained. The Ireichō is the centerpiece of the exhibit. It’s surrounded on the walls by pieces of wood listing the 10 U.S. internment camps and dozens of other relocation areas around the country. A small glass vial is attached to each piece, containing topsoil from that location.An American soldier guards a Japanese internment camp at Manzanar, Calif., May 23, 1943.
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