More than 30 years ago, television journalist Wendy Hanamura set out to capture the story of the 442nd/100th Regimental Combat Team through the eyes of her father, Sgt. Haruo Hanamura. Her father and his 442nd comrades were then in their seventies, able to laugh and cry and recount some of the darkest days of the war. Wendy traveled with these Company L veterans to France and Italy, retracing their footsteps through some of the bloodiest battles of WWII. The resulting documentary, Honor Bound: A Personal Journey, is now available to the public in the Densho Library and the Internet Archive.
Come watch this Emmy award-winning documentary with Wendy and with photographer/archivist Brad Shirakawa. Together last summer, Wendy and Brad retraced her father's time in the south of France during the "Champagne Campaign," exploring what is left of the villages, bunkers, and grand hotels of Nice where the 442nd wintered in 1944. Brad will share his research and photo documentaries of this little-known part of the 442nd story.
At J-Sei, 1285 66th St, Emeryville.