Tom Brokaw to Receive LaDonna Zall Compassionate Witness Award
July 16, 2019
Legendary newscaster and author Tom Brokaw will receive the third LaDonna Zall Compassionate Witness Award during the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation’s annual Pilgrimage event on Saturday, July 27, at the location of the World War II Japanese American confinement site.
Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation Chair Shirley Ann Higuchi announced the award during the Foundation’s spring board meeting in Washington, DC. “We have been honored with Tom’s support since the day we opened the doors to our interpretive center, and we want to show our appreciation,” said Higuchi.
Since speaking at the 2011 grand opening of the Heart Mountain Interpretive Center, Brokaw has continued to report on the injustice of the Japanese American incarceration, including an NBC News report marking the 75th anniversary of Japanese internment in 2017.
“I am greatly honored to be a part of the testimonial to the heroic Japanese American citizens who endured the cruel incarceration during WWII,” Brokaw said. “What happened at Heart Mountain should be taught to every succeeding generation of American schoolchildren.”