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Saturday’s formal dedication of a Japanese cherry tree grove at the West Circle marked the culmination of an idea planted, and cultivated, by the California Japanese American Alumni Association.
Tag: Japanese-American
Alumnus and Japanese-American WWII vet Kenji Sayama donates Congressional Gold Medal to Bancroft
April 25, 2012:
Kenji Sayama, who attended UC Berkeley in wartime and after, donated to Bancroft Library the Congressional Gold Medal awarded to him and other Japanese-American soldiers from World War II.
Bancroft Library to expand documentation of Japanese Americans’ World War II experiences
June 29, 2011:
The Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley, has received two grants from the U.S. National Park Service to expand its efforts documenting the World War II era experiences of Japanese Americans.
Decades late, a diploma – and an ovation – for Cal Nisei
May 20, 2010:
For 92-year-old Saburo Hori and 87-year-old Sachi Kajiwara, graduation day came on Thursday, May 20 — more than 60 years late. With pride and a dash of humility, the two survivors of Topaz internment camp in central Utah received honorary degrees at the Department of Ethnic Studies graduation ceremony.
