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Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II | Densho & JACL

May 11, 2021 @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm EDT

Register | Contact: mweisbly@jacl.org

Join Densho on May 11 for the official launch of Facing the Mountain, a new book about WWII Japanese American incarceration and the 442nd RCT by Daniel James Brown, NY Times bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat. The virtual event will feature a conversation between Brown and Densho Executive Director Tom Ikeda, who has conducted oral histories with many of the men highlighted in the book. Facing the Mountain grew out of conversations Brown had with Ikeda in 2015.

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Date:
May 11, 2021
Time:
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm EDT