A Life in Pieces: The Diary and Letters of Stanley Hayami
July 9, 2021 – January 9, 2022
A Los Angeles native, Stanley Hayami is an ordinary American teenager from Mark Keppel High School in Alhambra writing in his journal about school and his dreams of becoming an artist/writer. But this is 1942, and his Japanese American family is imprisoned at Heart Mountain concentration camp in Wyoming.
In A Life in Pieces: The Diary and Letters of Stanley Hayami, his writings from camp and wartime letters are brought to life with a 360-degree video that can be accessed via smartphone or mobile device. The video can also be seen in the Terasaki Orientation Theater on the first floor of the museum. A virtual reality (VR) version is available with limited time slots on Saturday. His artwork, journal entries, artifacts, and letters will also be on display.
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Image of hourglass diary scene in A Life in Pieces: The Diary and Letters of Stanley Hayami
Credit: Nonny de la Peña of Emblematic Group, Sharon Yamato, and JANM
Image of classroom scene in A Life in Pieces: The Diary and Letters of Stanley Hayami
Credit: Nonny de la Peña of Emblematic Group, Sharon Yamato, and JANM
Image of Pearl Harbor scene in A Life in Pieces: The Diary and Letters of Stanley Hayami
Credit: Nonny de la Peña of Emblematic Group, Sharon Yamato, and JANM
After finishing basic training, Stanley was able to go to Heart Mountain concentration camp on furlough to see his family in December 1944.
Japanese American National Museum, Gift of Grace S. Koide, 2010.4.15
Hayami family photo with mother Asano, brother Walt, Stanley, and father Frank Naoichi. This would be the last time they see Stanley.
Japanese American National Museum, Gift of Grace S. Koide, 2010.4.14