Going for Broke full documentary a part of my family history

Photo I came across recently of my mom Nancy in the middle in Poston 1 Camp.

My dad shared this movie link with me last night. He said it was a good account of what my parents went through as kids. They lost everything but have no bitterness. They taught us to appreciate everything. I had 2 uncles in the 442nd. My uncle Yukio Sumida of Cypress Garden Nursery still gardens and just got a Congressional Gold Medal of honor but didn't make it to Washington DC to receive it. He helped create the movie Beyond Barbed Wire some of the same footage was used to create both movies.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_WG96MAirI

Going for Broke: Japanese Americans in World War II - Full Documentary

Published on Jun 25, 2013

The Asian-American Hawaiian senator Daniel Inouye hosts, and the Japanese-American actor George Takei (Star Trek) serves as narrator, in Going for Broke, a documentary that provides an incredibly rare glimpse of an unusual corner of World War II: those Japanese men who fought hatred, prejudice and discrimination after Pearl Harbor to fight for the US military in the second world war. Going for Broke honors this group of extraordinarily brave and patriotic men. By coupling archival footage and harrowing interviews with Japanese-American veterans, the film examines exactly how these individuals managed to cope and cling to their beliefs in American ideals, overcoming the bigotry that threatened to destroy any lingering optimism that they possessed.

Beyond Barbed Wire

Trailer Article "World War II veteran Yukio Sumida's Monterey nursery still thrives" written by Dennis Taylor. I met him on the race track at the Sea Otter Downhill skateboard race 2013.

In Honor of the 442 nd

Beyond Barbed Wire



My Aunt Mollie and Yukio Sumida









Best website source I have found on Japanese-American Internment Camps and history. I don't dwell on the past. I want to keep the story alive and want my kids to learn about it since my parents never spoke about it we have to dig and find some of our history on our own. It is no doubt why I work as hard as I do. I don't take freedom or life for granted.
My parents were asked to go to this Salinas Assembly Center when they first were told to leave their homes, livelihood and walk with one suit case.

Today in the paper I read this Sentinel article in our local paper. My uncle Yukio who is 90 was in the 442 my other uncle has since passed away. I hope he sees and knows he is being honored for what he did 70 years ago. He is one of the producers of the movie "Beyond Barbed Wire"