I posted on Memorial Day two years ago (I thought it was last year, but I suppose not -- granted that last year was kind of a haze for many reasons) about the 100th/442nd regimental combat team, Japanese Americans who in large part came out of the internment camps to fight in the war. I've continued to chip away and gather what resources I can ( Read more... )

Hey folks. Yeah, I know I said I'd update and I haven't. Apologies. This is just a quick one, too. My article with the Escapist on why the games industry doesn't actually suck is up today ( Read more... )

I think most people in the US have a family connection to a veteran, and I have a couple of them, in addition to family members currently serving... my uncle Jerry is a decorated Marine veteran of Korea and Vietnam... but I feel a stronger cultural connection to the Japanese veterans who came out of the internment camps directly to serve in the ( Read more... )