Kyushu Japan's deep south, the southernmost of the four major islands in the island chain.
Samurai a member of a warrior class one grade lower than nobility, whose ancestry dates to feudal Japan.
American Friends Service a Quaker charitable organization founded in 1917 and awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1947.
Executive Order an edict resulting from the discretionary powers of the president, who, as commander in chief of the U.S. military, may legally suspend citizen rights during wartime in the interests of national security.
internment confinement as a method of assuring that no anti-American effort can be carried out by potential Japanese aggressors.
Charlie Chaplin a popular silent movie comic of the 1920s and 1930s.
