Category Archives: WWII

Righting a Wrong: Japanese Americans in WWII and the hidden stories

Posted on August 8, 2021 by moonbridgebooks

The traveling Smithsonian exhibit Righting a Wrong: Japanese Americans and WWII is here at our local Soldiers Memorial. I was aware of most of this information (after discovered this shocking episode in US history while researching for my mother’s WWII … Continue reading →

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Love and War in a British Indian Army WWII Memoir

Posted on June 21, 2020 by moonbridgebooks

Uma Eachempati ’s childhood memories of life in South India sound delightful, except this was during WWII and her father, who was a doctor and a major in the British Indian Army, was captured and held prisoner by the Japanese … Continue reading →

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The Last Cherry Blossom – WWII Japan for kids

Posted on October 27, 2019 by moonbridgebooks

I’m an adult, but recently I enjoyed reading a middle-grade historical fiction book by Twitter friend Kathleen Burkinshaw. The Last Cherry Blossom is based closely on her mother’s stories of WWII and surviving the atomic bomb in Hiroshima. These days, … Continue reading →

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