Annotated Bibliography

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Hixon, Michael, and Daily Breeze News. “Hatano Farm, the last Japanese American farm on the

Peninsula, gets state historic status.” 20 January 2023. Accessed 6 October 2023 (providing relevant images of the Hatano farm, its founder James Hatano, and historic images of Palos Verdes hillside farming from the 1910s and 1920s).

 

National Institute of Health. “Cancers - Veterans and Agent Orange.” NCBI, 2014,

​https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK356085/. Accessed 6 October 2025 (a book citing

research about the link between Agent Orange and various types of cancer, concluding that research supports linking the use of Agent Orange to cancer among Vietnam War veterans, that there is sufficient evidence to link the chemical to soft tissue sarcomas and B-cell lymphomas and that  there is limited or suggestive evidence to link the chemical to laryngeal, bladder, lung, bronchus, trachea and prostate cancer as well as multiple myeloma).

 

Ono, David, and ABC7 Eyewitness News. “Hatano Farm: Tiny farm with big history in Rancho

Palos Verdes faces permanent shut down by the city.” [Rancho Palos Verdes], 15 February 2022, https://abc7.com/post/rancho-palos-verdes-hatano-farm-facing-shut-down-land-use/11569082/. Accessed 6 October 2025 (provides important context and history of the current status of the farm, offers a perspective on the importance of preserving the farm, citing quotes from James Hatano’s family demonstrating the personal value of retaining ownership, as well as Palos Verdes’ long history of Japanese farmers during wartime and pre-internment). 

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Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center. “What is Agent Orange? What types of cancer

does it cause?” Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, 24 March 2020, https://www.roswellpark.org/cancertalk/202003/what-agent-orange-what-types-cancer-does-it-cause. Accessed 6 October 2025 (citing research linking types of cancer to Agent Orange, explaining toxicity of the herbicide containing Dioxin, which builds up in fatty tissue in the body and is stored for years).

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Scott, Wilbur J. “PTSD and Agent Orange: Implications for a Sociology of Veterans' Issues.”

jstor.org, SAGE Publishing, 1992, https://www.jstor.org/stable/45305351?read-now=1. Accessed 6 October 2025 (discusses psychological effect on veterans of the Vietnam war, the consequences it may have on soldiers’ reintegration back into society, and the physical effects of Agent Orange).
 

State of California - The Resources Agency - Department of Parks and Recreation. “Hatano Farm

PHI Draft.” California Office of Historic Preservation, 2022, https://ohp.parks.ca.gov/pages/1067/files/CA_Los%20Angeles_Hatano%20Farm%20Nomination.pdf. Accessed 8 October 2025(providing history of Hatano farm and brief biography of James Hatano, brief history of Japanese-American farming on the peninsula, and statistics pertaining to the abundance  and concentration of Japanese-American farms in California and the peninsula). 

 

U.S Department of Veteran Affairs. “Veterans' Diseases Associated with Agent Orange.” Public

Health, 24 June 2025, https://www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/agentorange/conditions/index.asp. Accessed 6 October 2025 (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs officially recognizes the link between Agent Orange and many different types of cancers, while also recognizing the link between heart disease, hypothyroidism, Parkinson’s and peripheral neuropathy).

 

Chapman, Ryan. “Japanese Relocation (1942).” YouTube, 20 October 2015,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gric3lTanQU. Accessed 30 October 2025 (contains time relevant footage of explanation for order 9066).

 

Daily Mail World. “Aerial footage of US planes spraying Agent Orange in Vietnam - Daily Mail.”

YouTube, 30 March 2018, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJEpaZTR7vo. Accessed 30 October 2025 (provides images of Agent Orange use in Vietnam).

 

The Devil's Own YouTube channel. “D-Day Footage in Color.” YouTube, 26 October 2021,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nc1nV0vKBj0. Accessed 30 October 2025 (contains footage of D-Day assault, relevant to discussion about my great-grandfather’s Army Service in France during WW2).
 

Electric Sponge. “Tet Offensive War Footage.” YouTube, 22 January 2011,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4FkCvC3Gx4. Accessed 30 October 2025 (contains intense footage of fighting during the beginning of the Tet Offensive, relevant to discussion about my grandfather’s involvement in fighting during the offensive).

 

Greer Heritage Museum. “1960 home movie: Greer, SC.” YouTube, 5 November 2020.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Yh-ahbJ0S4&t=129s. Accessed 30 October 2025 (provides time relevant footage of Greer, South Carolina, relevant to my grandfather’s background and upbringing and my mother’s birthplace during war).

 

Hatano, Caroline. “p-ed: The Loss of My Family’s Farm Is a Loss for California’s Japanese

Agricultural Legacy.” Civil Eats, 11 August 2022, https://civileats.com/2022/08/11/op-ed-the-loss-of-my-familys-farm-is-a-loss-for-californias-japanese-agricultural-legacy/. Accessed 30 October 2025 (provides statistics of the amount of Japanese-American farmers in the area pre-War. Written by Caroline Hatano, giving personal perspective, and containing relevant images of James Hatano and the Hatano farm).

 

Iowa PBS. “Agent Orange and the Vietnam War.” YouTube, 21 October 2015,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woPoCDAazhM. Accessed 30 October 2025 (provides relevant images of the use of Agent orange in Vietnam and soldier’s exposure to deadly toxins).

 

“Japanese American Internment.” National Archives, 23 February 2022,

https://www.archives.gov/news/topics/japanese-american-internment. Accessed 30 October 2025 (provides images of Japanese American internment camps and families affected).
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Public Domain Footage. “African American soldiers in the Vietnam War archival footage.”

YouTube, 24 December 2025, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T82TSs6572M. Accessed 30 October 2025 (contains footage of Black-American soldiers in Vietnam relevant to racial discrimination and antiblackness within the military ranks during the war).

 

Relaxing Scenes - Driving. “Driving Palos Verdes California 8K Dolby Vision HDR - San Pedro to

Redondo Beach CA.” YouTube, 3 July 2023, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nzmc-xdvR6I&t=27s. Accessed 30 October 2025 (provides images of Palos Verdes relevant to the location of Hatano farm).

Unstripped Voice. “The 1969 Draft Lottery (Vietnam War).” YouTube, 4 January 2020,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl29gRRppBg. Accessed 30 October 2025 (footage of 1969 Vietnam draft, shows draft lottery by birthday, relevant to discussion about why my grandfather decided to enlist instead of waiting to get drafted). ​​​​​