“The Hidden Heroes,” New York Times, December 7, 1991, p. 22.
9
Stewart, Ben Kuroki: The Most Honorable Son, p. 28.
CHAPTER 55: RECKONING, REMEMBRANCE, AND REWARD
1
Arthur Hansen, author interview, August 23, 2023.
2
Ibid.
3
Ben Kuroki interview with Arthur A. Hansen, October 17, 1994, Center for Oral and Public History, California State University, Fullerton, Japanese American Oral History Project.
4
Scott Stewart, author interview, July 24, 2023.
5
The biographical material on Frank Abe and his father, George, is drawn from Frank Abe’s interview with journalist Elaine Ikoma Ko. See Elaine Ikoma Ko, “Frank Abe’s Search for an Authentic History,” North American Post, November 14, 2021, https://napost.com/2021/frank-abes-search-for-an-authentic-history/.IalsodrewsomebackgroundinformationfromFrankAbe’scurriculumvitaeonhisResisters.com website.
6
Ben Kuroki and Shige Kuroki interview with Frank Abe and Frank Chin, January 31, 1998, Densho Digital Archive, Frank Abe Collection.
7
Ibid.
8
Frank Abe email to the author, October 17, 2023.
9
Carroll “Cal” Stewart, Ben Kuroki: The Most Honorable Son, p. 30.
10
“Text of speech by Ben Kuroki at the DSM ceremony, Cornhusker Hotel, Lincoln, Nebraska, August 12, 2005,” Ben Kuroki collection, Military History, Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.
11
“Text of speech by Ben Kuroki at luncheon hosted by the University of Nebraska Journalism & Mass Communications Department, August 13, 2005,” Ben Kuroki collection, Military History, Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.
12
Ben Kuroki’s remarks at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum event are also preserved in the folder of speeches in the Ben Kuroki collection, Military History, Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.
13
Julie Kuroki, author interview, October 8, 2023.
14
Joe Avendano Duran, author interview, June 22, 2022.
15
Ibid.
EPILOGUE
1
Ben Kuroki to Noriko Sanefuji, October 23, 2013. Ben Kuroki collection, Military History, Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.
2
Julie Kuroki, author interview, October 8, 2023.
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