On Kaua‘i, Mayor Derek Kawakami and Rep. Nadine Nakamura presented certificates and proclamations to World War II veteran Norman Hashisaka at a limited-audience event at the Līhu‘e Neighborhood Center.
The unveiling of the stamp culminates the 15-year “Stamp Our Story” campaign founded by three California Nisei women who were incarcerated during World War II and were determined to have a U.S. Postal Service stamp to perpetuate the story of the Nisei (second generation Japanese American) Soldiers who bravely fought to defend the United States, even though they were suspected of being enemies of America.
Their “Stamp Our Story” campaign garnered bipartisan endorsements from congressional,state and local government officials as well as the support from family, friends and others,including descendants of French soldiers who were liberated from German forces by the “Go for Broke” Soldiers.
