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Japanese American soldiers honored with exhibit in SF's Presidio

  • Feb 19
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Bay Area Day of Remembrance pays tribute to Japanese American history

  • Feb 16
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Soldiers once branded 'enemy aliens' to be promoted posthumously

  • Jan 26
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D-Day veteran Charles Shay dies at 101

  • Dec 4, 2025

USS Hornet explores moving out of Alameda after nearly 30 years

  • Nov 19, 2025

Marin City's Legacy Banners: A testament of resilience, determination

  • Oct 6, 2025

Soko Hardware in SF celebrates 100 years in business

  • Sep 28, 2025

Japan marks 80 years since atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki

  • Aug 10, 2025

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DNA testing identifies WWII Marine after 80 years

  • May 21
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Japanese American soldiers honored with exhibit in SF's Presidio

  • Feb 19
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Bay Area Day of Remembrance pays tribute to Japanese American history

  • Feb 16
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Veteran celebrating 105th birthday credits "a lot of luck" for his long life

  • Sep 11, 2025
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USS Hornet explores moving out of Alameda after nearly 30 years

  • Nov 19, 2025
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Marin City's Legacy Banners: A testament of resilience and determination during WWII

  • Oct 6, 2025
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Soko Hardware in SF's Japantown celebrates 100 years in business

  • Sep 28, 2025
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Japanese Americans protest possible new ICE facility at Dublin prison

  • Jul 20, 2025

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Japanese Americans, allies protest proposal to reopen Dublin prison as ICE detention center

Japanese Americans at Saturday's protest fear reopening the prison could be a repeat of what happened during World War II, when thousands of families were sent to internment camps without due process.

  • Jul 20, 2025
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America's tallest ship returns to SF for 1st time since 2008, docking at Pier 17 for weekend

If you go by the San Francisco piers, there's something that might catch your attention. The U.S Coast Guard Barque Eagle is America's tallest ship and will be docked at Pier 17 for a free public tour on Saturday.

  • Jun 26, 2025

Livermore World War II vet who died while serving 81 years ago laid to rest on Memorial Day

World War II veteran Lt. Thomas Kelly was finally laid to rest in his hometown of Livermore on Memorial Day, 81 years after he was deployed. In March 1944, Lt. Kelly's plane was shot down in Papua New Guinea.

  • May 27, 2025

Family welcomes home Livermore World War II vet who died 81 years ago: 'This is where you belong'

Eight decades after his plane was shot down, there was a special homecoming for Lt. Thomas Kelly, a World War II veteran from Livermore, whose remains were returned to the Bay Area.

  • May 24, 2025

San Jose family honors remains of WWII veteran returned home, identified through DNA after 80 years

"They had forensics, they had almost a complete skeleton of [Lieutenant Robert McCollum] in his plane with his gun, his bones were still in his boots under the ocean off the coast of Denmark."

  • Apr 25, 2025