In Of
Sacred Profanities, Patrick Sano observed that “Nebraska’s
personal concern and belief in equality transcended the quota system and
wartime restrictions, considering me not as an enemy, but restoring my
rightful place among citizens. Although friends cautioned me of potential
violent retaliation from irate citizens who lost sons, family members
or relatives in the Pacific war, I left Poston with the endorsement from
my mother who believed in the goodness of people and the providence of
God. My mother’s optimism and faith proved to be true. Neither hatred
nor violence, predicted by my friends, were heard or committed in Nebraska.
Instead, the people called Nebraskans manifested amity and brotherhood.”
Sano, Patrick Of Sacred Profanities [Apple Valley,
CA : The Author, 1999]
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Nisei students were involved in many areas of study.
For example, E. Kimuta, a student in the College of Pharmacy, is shown
in this image from the 1945 Cornhusker Yearbook.
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Miye Yamagishi, another
Nisei student, wrote to Elsie Ford Piper in a letter dated 10 April 1945,
that "I am a girl of Japanese ancestry whose educational plans were
interrupted by the wartime measure of coastal evacuation." She hoped
to continue her studies and explained: "I wish to resume my studies
again from this fall and at present am trying to find a suitable institution."
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This image from the 1945 Cornhusker Yearbook
shows engineering sophmore Takaro Nakae taught by T. T. Aakhus |
