Japanese community discusses JBER internment camp

New historical evidence is shedding light on the internment of Japanese people in Alaska during World War Two.
Camp construction at Fort Richardson, 1942 (Courtesy of Dr. Morgan Blanchard, Northern Land Use Research Alaska)
A small ceremony held last Friday at Joint-Base Elmendorf Richardson was one of the first of its kind, according to officials present. The ceremony fell on the official Day of Remembrance held nation-wide, and is part of an expanding effort to recognize the experiences of Sou