“Being retired meant that I could do whatever God led me to do…. I had the freedom to read, learn, think and do as my conscience directed.”
On February 23, 1943, the Wartime Relocation Authority had granted him permission to leave the Poston concentration camp long enough to be ordained…
Under the guidance of urban missionaries “Tommy” and Esther Thompson, the Nagano boys came to see this diverse amalgam of ethnicities, cultures, and outlooks as a rich tapestry of lifelong friendships.
Bill Watanabe offers a story of courage and compassion in the wake of the Japanese incarceration during World War II.
At the beginning of WW2, there was a curfew imposed in Southern California when people could not be on the streets and houses had to be darkened after 10 pm. This was because of the fear (real or imagined at the time) of a Japanese military invasion…