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• Ancestry.com - Search Military Records

  Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.

  • Japanese Americans Relocated During World War II

    Original source: Japanese-American Internee Data File, 1942-1946 [Archival Database]; Records About Japanese Americans Relocated During World War II, 1988-1989; Records of the War Relocation Authority, Record Group 210; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD.

• Cambridge Digital Library - Voices of civilian internment: WWII Singapore

• Densho: Japanese American Incarceration and Japanese Internment

  Densho documents the testimonies of Japanese Americans who were unjustly incarcerated during World War II before their memories are extinguished. We offer these irreplaceable firsthand accounts, coupled with historical images and teacher resources, to explore principles of democracy and promote equal justice for all.

  • Densho Encyclopedia

    The Encyclopedia covers key concepts, people, events, and organizations that played a role in the forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. The reviewed articles are written by a wide range of contributors, and are enhanced with photos, documents and video drawn from Densho's digital archives and other sources.

• Japanese American Military Experience Database | Discover Nikkei

  The Japanese American Military Experience National Database is developed and maintained by the Manabi and Sumi Hirasaki National Resource Center at the Japanese American National Museum. Its purpose is to preserve and share the stories of Japanese American men and women who have served in the United States military. Starting off as just a basic list of names and units*, the database has since been enriched with personal recollections, first-person narratives, and photos of veterans gathered through the National Museum

• Post-War Warriors: Japanese Combatants in the Korean War

  By Tessa Morris-Suzuki for The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus

• Samurai Archives Japanese History Page

  Database containing information related to the military aspects of old Japan.

• World War II Internment Camps

  From the Handbook of Texas Online.