Univ of No. Carolina-Chapel Hill website

Taeko Joanne (Ono) Iritani

     Professor Heidi Kim, Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill recently wrote to us to report a very large and successful public event, which featured Taeko Joanne (Ono) Iritani, (Poston 19-9-C ), was held to open an exhibit created by Professor Heidi Kim's Spring 2012 English 88 seminar students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  

      Each student wrote an essay around a particular historical document from the World War II documents from the Sally Lucas Jean Collection in the southern Historical Location of the University's Wilson Library.  The papers focuses on the health care at Poston, using documents from Sally Lucas Jean, a Health Education Consultant to the Poston camp for 1.5 years.  Professor Kim reported that her papers provided " valuable insight into the public health issues and hazards of an overcrowded camp, as well as the daily life and experience of incarcerees and government workers there."

Click here to view the exhibit is here: http://poston.web.unc.edu

UpDate: 2011 Poston Legacy Reunion

Tak Kohatsu 59-5-C

Good news and finally --  The 2011 Poston Legacy Reunion books are completed.

It's in the mail!

As for the DVD, we're still encountering some technical difficulties.

Thanks for your patience.

Tak Kohatsu & committee

More progress....

                                  Photo courtesy of Jon Villalobos 8/22/2012

VINTAGE PHOTO

Edna Ishikawa (211-13-G) and Sherry

Photo courtesy of Troy Ishikawa circa 1944

Look at what's happening now at Poston

                           Photo courtesy of Jon Villalobos 

Does this look familiar?  Starting to look like the old tar--papered barrack!  The restoration work continues......

Saving Our Stories: Oral Histories

PROJECT COMPLETED!

 

"Saving Our Stories: Oral Histories and Digitization of Former Poston Detainees and Staff"

A total of 62 oral history interviews were conducted, videotaped and digitized and transcribed with partial funding by the National Park Service's Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant program.

Our Interviewers: Wayne & Heather Koga, Carolina Kondo, and Caitlin Hawks.

The locations: Albany,  Alhambra, Arroyo Grande, Boise, IL, Bonita, Carmel, Chicago, IL, Dana Point, Davis, Dinuba, Fresno, Fullerton, Hacienda Heights, Jamul, La Mesa, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Los Gatos, Montebello, Napa, Parlier, Pleasanton, Riverwoods,IL, Rosemead, Sacramento, Salinas, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Ana, Santa Clara, Saratoga, Spring Valley, Temecula, Torrance, Visalia, and Watsonville.

Former Poston detainees interviewed:

Paul Nagano

Clara Obayashi

Lillian Morizono

Seichi "Sam" Yamakawa

Misako Shigekawa

Robert Wada

Lloyd Mori

Fred Hatashita

Thomas Kurihara

Yukio Kawamoto

Tosh Sadahiro

Louise Sadahiro

James Goishi

Aiko Takeda

Carolyn Tanaka

Satosi "Fibber" Hirayama

Fujie Yamakawa-Robesky

John Kashiki

Craig Yama

Frank Oshita

Mas Hashimoto

James Tajiri

Takeshi Kohatsu

George Yoshida

Howard Okamoto

Lloyd Wake

Masami Iwasa

Ronald Sato

Ted Kobata

 Miyo Yamada

Bernice Ouye

Ben Segawa

Junichi Yamamoto

Its Endo

Tats Kuwahara

Michio Himaka

Hideko (Tsuida) Shimasaki

William Hamada

Tats Kuwahara

Jack Matsuoka

Sus Ikeda

Emi Yamate

Bob Oka

Aki Okuno

Marion (Nakamura) Masada

Sam Katano

Keigo Obata

Miriam and Shuki Hayashi

Kei Kurihara

Julie Downey

Roy Kakuda

Ken Kimura

Nellie Taniguchi

Pat Nagano

Ralph Fujimoto

Kay (Yoshida) Murakami

John Miyata

Henry Sasaki

Hanako Manaka

Mary Hino

Ken Maruyama

George Taniguchi

     ~DOMO ARIGATO~

PLANNED GIVING TO THE POSTON RESTORATION PROJECT

If you are thinking of making a charitable gift by will, please think it through carefully.

Then when you are ready, meet with an attorney to discuss and make changes to your will.

Be as clear as possible and describe exactly what you want given to whom.

“I, (name), of (city, state, ZIP), give, devise and bequeath to the Poston Community Alliance, Inc, a non-profit organization and their Poston Restoration Project  (written amount or percentage of the estate or description of property)  to be used for the furtherance of its charitable purposes in the discretion and at the direction of its Board of Directors for its unrestricted use and purpose.”

Please let us know when you have named the Poston Community Alliance, Inc. in your will.

 We would like the opportunity to thank you for your generosity.