lobby of the downtown branch of the Central Pacific Bank on King Street. The CPB was founded in 1954 by 442nd veterans. The exhibit was created by Shari Tamashiro, a “cyber-librarian” of Kapiolani Community College based on one she had created the previous year for the 60th anniversary of the 442nd. After the exhibit opening,
The new visitor center, while still focusing on Japan’s December 7, 1941 attack on Hawaii, now tells a broader story about the entire war in the Pacific. Shari Tamashiro was the project leader for this exhibit, Face of the Enemy, Japanese Americans Struggle to Prove their Loyalty. On December 7th, more than one-third of Hawaii’s
The new visitor center, while still focusing on Japan’s December 7, 1941, attack on Hawaii, will tell a broader story about the entire war in the Pacific. Shari Tamashiro is the project leader for this exhibit, and Alvin Yoshitomi and Eileen Sakai are the 442nd Sons & Daughters on the Exhibit Committee. The members of
