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December 7, 1941; the day Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Six months later, the United States engaged the Japanese Imperial fleet in the Battle of Midway. The analysis of the events leading up to the Battle of Midway, the Battle itself, and its Aftermath, all represent just how influential Midway was in the Pacific War. By explaining some of the decisions and discoveries made by the American and Japanese forces, along with showing…

On December 7th, 1971, Japanese government launched a sneak attack on United States at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. As a result of this attack, President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared war on Japan the very next day which caused the life of over 100,000 Japanese to alter in the United States. FDR’s Executive Order of 9066 led to the immediate evacuation of all people of Japanese descents into internment camps and forced them to live in the most isolated parts of United States. The aftermath of the…

Throughout the centuries, America has been through multiple wars, slavery, discrimination, racism, segregation, and trying to unite as a patriotic county. When America was first discovered, it a was new uncharted land and White settlers wanted to show England that they could live by themselves, without help from Parliament. As time progressed, colonies came closer and closer to their freedom, but made a few enemies on their road to patriotism and freedom. Although, America gained its…

An Encounter with Quaid-e-Azam Excerpt from Baba Sahiba by Ashfaq Ahmed Amongst all the refugee camps, there was such an enormous extent of filth that no person could stay there for more than five minutes. Whenever Mumtaz Mufti and Khawaja Muhammad Shafi Dehlavi felt like eating lunch, they would come to my office. My announcing booth was completely air tight and I had used craft paper to seal the windows and doors. One of the windows had a twofold quilt crammed into it and a door had been…

U.S. prisoners of war in Japan and Japanese- American citizens in the United States during WWII undergo efforts to make them “invisible”. Laura Hillenbrand’s Unbroken hero, Louie Zamperini, like so many other POW’S is imprisoned, beaten, and denied basic human right in POW camps throughout Japan. Miné Okubo, a U.S. citizen by birth, is removed from society and interned in a “protective custody” camp for Japanese-American citizens. She is one of the many Japanese- Americans who were interned for…

aspect throughout history, physically, when it was lacquered in gold to be included in the tea ceremony, and when it was relocated from Japan to England; but also socially when it became a ritual object and later on a museum object and ambassador of Japanese culture.21 Writing a biography of the Jomon pot is therefore historically useful, as we get to understand the relevance of this object. However, there are many limitations to using object biography as an art historical methodology in the…

The Cats of Mirikitani is a Linda Hattendorf documentary that tells the story of an elderly Japanese American street artist that lives near Washington Square in SoHo district of New York City. The documentary begins in 2001, detailing how “Jimmy” Mirikitani lived on the street and made money by selling his drawings. Jimmy kept his belongings in a shopping cart and set up a makeshift table beside a storefront. In the aftermath of the Twin Towers collapse, the documentary maker invited Jimmy into…

major impacts on the lives of Japanese Americans. Relocation as well as the incarceration of people with any trace of Japanese ancestry, also referred to as “Nikkei” by many Japanese American organizations in reference to second generation Japanese Americans and “Issei” for those of which were first generation Japanese Americans,…

Journal 1: Are we the same? Do they belong here? After listening to the podcast about Why do conservatives need liberals and vice versa? and How can tourism promote peace in the Middle East? I believed that both perspectives of the podcast had a good standing in their position; however, it seems that there was a lack in understanding in the opposing side. In Why do conservatives need liberals and vice versa? it starts out by having Donald Trump express how there should a total and complete…

Many cultures in the history of the world for many centuries had social class issues. Many had slaves and had people as servants who could do what they wanted at any whim. Some of the people where from foreign lands brought to complete a task for a master that owned them like African slaves brought to the Americas. There where also some Cultures that enslaved people of there own nation like tribes in Africa abducting children from rival tribes. But Just as is was in Almost every culture…