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“I Am An American: The Nisei Soldier Experience” is a new traveling exhibit that will appear in 11 venues across the country during its five-year tour, launching February 2026.

The exhibit tells the storied history of how second-generation Americans of Japanese ancestry, known as “Nisei,” served the nation as loyal U.S. Army Soldiers during World War II. Nisei Soldiers served in the European Theater as part of the 100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team—one of the most highly decorated units in military history—and in the Pacific Theater as linguists in the U.S. Army’s Military Intelligence Service. In the exhibit, their service is recounted against the backdrop of fear and racial tension that inspired thousands to volunteer from Hawaii and drove the U.S. government to remove Japanese Americans and people of Japanese ancestry on the West Coast to ten Wartime Relocation Authority (WRA) Incarceration Camps during the war.

Visitors to the exhibit will witness dozens of firsthand accounts, historical photos and rarely displayed artifacts that chronicle the tremendous courage and extraordinary sacrifices of Nisei Soldiers during World War II. “I Am An American” is presented by the National Veterans Network (NVN) with the National Museum of the United States Army and supported by The Army Historical Foundation.