Portraits of Loyalty
Shane Sato Depicts Japanese-American Veterans Who Fought for the Country That Imprisoned Their Friends and Families
Growing up as a Japanese American in a Los Angeles suburb, Shane Sato says, he felt “safe and comfortable” and had little, if any, experience with racism or prejudice. Only later in life did he learn about the internment of Japanese Americans in U.S. concentration camps during World War II, and about the thousands of Japanese Americans who fought for the United States during that war—even as some of their families were being held in camps and treated as non-citizens.
Sato’s photo series, “The Go For Broke Spirit: Portraits of Courage,” …
