Digital Archives Seeks to “Unhide” Stories of Japanese American World War II veterans

Digital Archives Seeks to "Unhide" Stories of Japanese American World War II Veterans

Gavin Do, Archivist, Go For Broke National Education Center

The Japanese American Military History Collective (JAMHC) is a digital cooperative based on a partnership between the Japanese American Service Committee, Military Intelligence Service Veterans Club of Hawaii, Nisei Veterans Memorial Center, Go For Broke National Education Center and other partners. The goal of JAMHC is to increase access and visibility to resources related to the Japanese American World War II experience, with special emphasis on veterans of that conflict. Materials on the site, including manuscripts, photographs, and oral histories, will give help give users a glimpse into the lives of individual soldiers, helping provide much-needed context. JAMHC was funded the Council on Library and Information Resources and their “Digitizing Hidden Special Collections and Archives” Grant. For more information about JAMHC, please visit www.ndajams.omeka.net