R.A. Shiomi’s new play celebrates the Japanese Americans who served their nation with distinction.

When his company was ordered to take a hill during the Korean War's Operation Ripper, Sfc. Nelson Brittin led the way.

Now, and for some years to come, we will need a lot less Paul Weiss, and a lot more Benjamin Warner.

Here’s what happened in April 1861, leading up to the firing on Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina, which spurred the launch of the American Civil War.