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• Rep. Patsy Mink sends letter to Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt over memorial
  

News and Editorials

• JAvoice.com sends letter on July 26 to National Park Service in response to its latest decisions over the Japanese American memorial.
  
  
• National Park Service Makes Changes to Japanese American Memorial, aOnline, July 20
  
  
• "Disputed Creed to Run on Memorial," Associated Press, July 19
  
  
• JAvoice.com issues Press release July 19 responding to the National Park Service decision
  
  
• National Park Service issues response to JAvoice.com resolution
  
  
• "Masaoka's Inclusion on Monument Angers Some," Washington Times, July 10, 2000
  
  
• "Memorial Fight Continues." Associated Press story details latest NJAMF board meeting, July 8, 2000
  
  
• "Furor Over Memorial to Japanese Americans," San Francisco Examiner, July 7, 2000
  
  
• JAvoice.com publishes "The Lim Report" on JACL's activities during World War II. Read the HTML version or download and print out a copy in MSWord
  
  
• "JAvoice.com Committee meets with Park Service," JAvoice.com report, June 22, 2000
  
  
• "Japanese American Spar Over Message on Japanese American Memorial," front page story, Seattle Times, June 15, 2000
  
  
• "Dissent Building over Japanese American Memorial," San Jose Mercury News, June 12, 2000. Available in Mercury Archive
  
  
• "NPS Getting Heat for Japanese American National, Memorial Controversy over Inscriptions Rages On," Editorial by Rita Takahashi, June 9, 2000
  
  
• "'Loyal American' definition is troubling," letter to Honolulu Star-Bulletin , June 9, 2000
  
  
• "Plans for Japanese American Memorial Stir Controversy, Aonline.com, June 5, 2000
  
  
• "War of Words on WWII Memorial," front page story, Sacramento Bee, June 5, 2000
  
  
• Sen. Daniel Inouye: "I hope this matter is settled soon. It's not good." Read the June 1, 2000 article in the Honolulu Star Bulletin
  
  
• NJAMF Executive Director: "The Nisei love Mike (Masaoka). The Issei love Mike. But the Sansei have a problem with him.” Read the May 31, 2000 article in the Nichi Bei Times.
  
  
• Controversy Mounts Over Japanese American Memorial, JAvoice.com press release, May 30, 2000
  
  
• Column by Bob Jones, Midweek Magazine, Honolulu, May 24, 2000
  
  
• Sen. Daniel Inouye comments on memorial controversy, Nichi Bei Times, Friday, May 19, 2000
  
  
• Editorial by Judy Tachibana, published in the Sacramento Bee, March 8, 2000.
  
  
• Background article in the Nichi Bei Times, Dec. 17, 1999
  
  

Letters of protest and commentary:

• 442nd Veterans Club of Honolulu calls for removal of Masaoka quotation in July 11th letter to NJAMF
  
  
• Letter by Rita Takahashi to NJAMF board of directors, commenting on latest board meeting of July 8, 2000. Read the letter.
  
  
• JAvoice.com sends 707 to Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt and holds meeting with the Parks Dept. Read the press release, June 22, 2000
  
  
• JAvoice.com supports Sen. Inouye's call to remove all the inscriptions from the controversial memorial. Read the Letter, June 5, 2000.
  
  
• Japanese American Memorial Errors: Letter to the editors of Nikkei vernacular by Rita Takahashi, Kelly Kuwayama and Francis Sogi
  
  
• Frank Sogi recounts the actions of the NJAMF board in deciding memorial inscriptions.
  
  
• Letter by Mitziko Sawada, Associate Professor of History, Hampshire College, to National Park Service
  
  
• Letter by Stanford University Nikkei to Japanese American youth group
  
  
• Comment by William Hohri, author and columnist
  
  
• Letter by Eric Yamamoto, Professor of Law, and Chris Iijima, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Hawaii, to National Park Service.
  
  
• Comment by Clifford I. Uyeda, former president, Japanese American Citizens League
  
  
• Letter from 442nd Veterans Club to NJAMF
  
  
• Letter from the president of the 100th Infantry Battalion to National Parks Service
  
  
• Letter to NJAMF by eight board members, Dec. 1999.