HANASHI ORAL HISTORY PROGRAM
View "Hanashi: Preserving A Legacy," an 8 minute overview of the
Hanashi Oral History Program
"With Hanashi, I want others to have the
opportunity to experience personally, the amazing story of Americans
who didn't give up and earned respect and honor."
Richard Hawkins, Hanashi volunteer

The mission of the Hanashi Oral History Program is to preserve
the "hanashi," or stories, of the Japanese American
veterans who served in the U.S. military during World War II.
Hanashi is currently working to videotape
interviews of the life stories of the veterans from the 100th
Infantry Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team, and MIS (Military
Intelligence Service), as well as other Nisei who served during
World War II. By the end of 2009, Hanashi will have succeeded in videotaping
over 1,000 interviews from veterans living throughout the U.S.
To see a trailer of "A Tradition of Honor," produced
with footage from the Hanashi Oral History Program interviews,
click here.