Uploaded March 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
Incarcerated in Poston, Arizona with her family, Sakaye remembers how her Issei (first generation parents) persevered through the difficulties and overcame the struggles of the Japanese American incarceration camps.
Incarcerated in Poston, Arizona with her family, Sakaye remembers how her Issei (first generation parents) persevered through the difficulties and overcame the struggles of the Japanese American incarceration camps.

![U.S. Army Vietnam Vet on Nisei Vets
U.S. Army Vietnam vet Ken Hayashi on the importance of the WWII American soldiers of Japanese ancestry:
“It’s because of what those Nisei men did that we [Japanese Americans] are not considered second-class citizens, with our loyalty constantly subject to question. They made us Americans again.” U.S. Army Vietnam Vet on Nisei Vets](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NxF9sUG5D58/mqdefault.jpg)








