Visiting the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial On Bainbridge Island, just across Eagle Harbor from the ferry terminal in Winslow, there sits an idyllic 8-acre site, with water lapping at a small dock and light filtering down through towering trees. But the beauty of the space belies its dark history. Libby Denkmann Noel Gasca Sarah Leibovitz Play AudioListen 17 mins
New memorial honors Japanese Americans incarcerated at the Washington State Fairgrounds Over 7,500 Japanese Americans were incarcerated at the Washington State fairgrounds during World War II. A new memorial seeks to honor them. Natalie Akane Newcomb Play AudioListen 2 mins
A firefighter's 1943 photos of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising have been found The photos were taken inside the Warsaw Ghetto by a 23-year-old Polish firefighter as the Nazis were brutally crushing the Jewish uprising of 1943. The photos were discovered in a family collection. The Associated Press
Healing generational trauma of Japanese Americans through art This month marks the 81st anniversary of Executive Order 9066, the World War II order that forcibly removed Japanese Americans on the West Coast and placed them into camps. Many of those who were incarcerated held American citizenship. Natalie Akane Newcomb Play AudioListen 2 mins
'Sacred ground': Why Camp Minidoka's survivors say 'no' to this windfarm Many Japanese Americans who were incarcerated during World War 2 at a federal camp in Minidoka, Idaho are opposing a wind farm project near the campsite. Over 13,000 people were imprisoned there, many were from the Seattle area. Natalie Akane Newcomb Play AudioListen 2 mins
Explorers find a World War II ship that was sunk with over 1,000 Allied POWs aboard The Japanese ship Montevideo Maru wasn't marked as carrying POWs, and on July 1, 1942, a U.S. submarine fired four torpedoes, sinking the vessel in less than 10 minutes. The Associated Press
This WWII battle wasn't against Nazis. It was between Black and white GIs in England It's the 80th anniversary of a little-known battle — by Black U.S. soldiers against segregation in the military. They were convicted of mutiny. Villagers in England want them exonerated. Fatima Al-Kassab Lauren Frayer
'We Are Not Strangers' depicts the little told story of allyship between Seattle's Sephardic and Japanese communities In his new graphic novel "We Are Not Strangers," author and illustrator Josh Tuininga explores the relationship between a Sephardic Jewish man and his Japanese American neighbor as they navigate the tension in Seattle on the precipice of World War II. Mike Davis Sarah Leibovitz Play AudioListen 13 mins
'The neighbors we needed during World War II.' Japanese Americans protest Seattle area deportation flights Japanese American community members and immigration advocates gathered at Boeing Field Tuesday to call for an end to deportation flights out of King County International Airport. Natalie Akane Newcomb
Lou Conter, last survivor of the USS Arizona in Pearl Harbor, dies at 102 The seaman had a storied career in the Navy. Over 27 years he served, he survived the surprise attack by Japan, was shot down over the Pacific and was uninjured in the Korean War. Vanessa Romo
