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by Micah Hetherington, Program and Research Coordinator In 1989, Hana Masuda endeavored to publish her husband Minoru’s letters to her during his military service in the 442nd from 1943 to 1945. With help from the historian Dianne Bridgman, they selected 120 of his 220 letters, omitting only small portions (such as personal notes to Hana and perfunctory messages). Their work amounted to the book Letters from the 442nd: The World War II Correspondence of a Japanese American Me

Diaries can be a fantastic resource to understand history better. Friends of Minidoka recently released the diary of Minidoka Superintendent of Education Arthur Kleinkopf, which has never been published in full before. The Kleinkopf family graciously gifted Friends of Minidoka the copyright to increase access for scholars, researchers, students, Minidoka descendents, and the general public. After scanning the original typewritten document at the Twin Falls Public Library, Fri

By Shannon Reagan, Beyond the Barbed Wire Project Manager Lawyer, Jailer, Ally, Foe, the fourth book by University of North Carolina law professor Eric L. Muller, is a compelling look at the history of incarceration but through an alternate lens – that of the project attorneys tasked with representing incarcerees’ interests, while simultaneously protecting the interests of the War Relocation Authority during World War II. The book centers on the work of men in three differen