Stanley Hayami
Stanley Hayami (December 23, 1925 – April 23, 1945) was a Japanese American incarceree at the Heart Mountain camp in Wyoming. He is best known for documenting his experiences as a teenager in the camps through the journal entries and artwork featured in his diary. He also was known as a member of the military and died at the age of 19 in battle. Hayami has had a book, Stanley Hayami: Nisei-son,[1] and a movie, Flicker in eternity[2] created in his honor.
Life
Stanley Hayami was a young Nisei man, born to Naoichi and Asano Hayami in San Gabriel, California. In his mid-adolescence, Hayami became one of the thousands of Japanese Americans taken to an internment camp when he was just 16 years old.[3] At the time he and his family had been taken, he was a student at Mark Keppel High.[4] During the time of his Internment of Japanese Americans, he documented his experience through his journal. His work includes him reminiscing of his life before the camps; he explores the normal aspects of teenage life., including difficulties in school and accounts that showed his playful, humorous personality. He also included artwork; his art skills had landed him a position as the art editor of the Heart Mountain High School yearbook.[4] Many of his works also discussed sophisticated topics such as the themes of war.[3] Although he was very young and just shy of beginning his life as an adult, his works are remembered as insightful and valuable pieces of American history and his works can be found in the Japanese American History Museum.[4]
Military
In 1944, Hayami began serving in the military at age 18, just months after his high school graduation,[4] He was a member of Private Company C, 2nd Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team. Even after his time in the internment camps, Hayami continued to create letters and drawings. On April 23, 1945, Hayami was shot and killed while in battle in San Terenzo, Italy.[4] He had been tending to the wounds of two wounded soldiers at his time of death.[3]
For his military contributions, he had been awarded the Bronze Star Medal and Purple Heart.
Awards
- purple heart
- bronze star
Notable mentions
Documentary
- Flicker in Eternity: documentary created in 2013 by Sharon Yamato and Ann Kaneko that details the about the experiences of Stanley Hayami and is based on his diary and letters.[2]
Books
- Stanley Hayami: Nisei-son: book written about the experiences written in his diary and his time in the military.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Stanley Hayami: Nisei-son.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "A flicker in Eternity (film)". resourceguide.densho.org. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Stanley Hayami". smithsonianapa.org. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 "Stanley Hayami". memorialcourtalliance.org. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
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