I felt deeply privileged to receive an invitation to join the ‘Your Lot and Parcel’ podcast as a guest speaker. The opportunity to share my insights on such a respected platform was truly gratifying.Do explore their website for more information - https://yourlotandparcel.org/

Now retired from his corporate roles, my guest is on his next journey. With 60 years of learning and earning, he now turns to returning and giving back. As a new author, John fulfilled a 15 year promise to publish a true story called "American Grit - From a Japanese American Concentration Camp Rises an American War Hero."

American Grit is a compelling narrative about racial identity, resilience, and heroism. The book explores the dark chapter in American history following the bombing of Pearl Harbor and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Executive Order 9066, when Japanese American citizens were incarcerated in U.S. concentration camps during World War II.