by Joel Millman,Wall Street JournalPublished on March 25, 2010
Photos by Leah NashPublished March 25, 2010
Tribute band remembers those in internment camps
by Saint Bryan / Evening Magazine
Published May 6, 2010
Washington County Museum-Free Museum Day
“Taken: FBI,” organized by the Oregon Nikkei Endowment of Portland
September 24, 2011
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Photos by Rich Iwasaki
Museum free day features Minidoka Swing Band
by JoAnn Boatwright, The Hillsboro Argus
Published September 23, 2011
Museum Day Features Minidoka Swing Band
Portland Chapter JACL
by Ellen Banner / Seattle Times
Published September 5, 2010
bby Christine McFadden, Special to the Pacific Magazine
PPublished May 12, 2010y
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I was transported to my boyhood imprisoned in two U.S. internment camps at that memorable evening two weekends ago at the reception for the Oregon Nikkei Endowment. Our barrack was just across the way from the mess hall at both camps. So, one of my cherished memories from those years is that of the music that wafted over on Saturday nights from the mess hall after my mother put us to bed.
The music of the 40’s that I heard from the Minidoka Swing Band sounded so familiar and sweet. That was the music of my boyhood. That was the sound that I loved. And it was brought back to me so marvelously that evening in Portland. My appreciation and gratitude goes to those talented musicians for keeping a dulcet part of a dark experience so melodically alive.
