A Sunday in December

Principal Writer: Richard E. Meyer

Principal Reporters: Chapter 1--Bob Secter; Chapter 2--Leslie Helm; Chapter 3--Kenneth Reich; Chapter 4--Sam Jameson; Chapter 5--Jim Mann.

Contributing Reporters: Anthony Day, Teresa Watanabe, Karl Schoenberger, Scott Harris, J. Michael Kennedy, Sonni Efron, Dean Takahashi, Bernice Hirabayashi, Susan Essoyan and Fumiyo Holley.

Section Editor: Dan Fisher

News Editor: Jon Thurber

Cover Design: Tom Trapnell

Art Director: Ligaya Gritz

Artists: George Carey, Bill Dunn, Sandy Kay, Victor Kotowitz, Susan Mondt, Anders Ramberg and Juan Thomassie.

Photographer: Marsha Traeger-Gorman

Principal researchers: Nina Green, Michael Meyers

Researchers: Tom Lutgen and Kevin Fox in Los Angeles; Doug Conner in Seattle; Amy Harmon in Detroit; Tracy Shryer in Chicago; Ann Rovin in Denver; Lianne Hart in Houston; Anna Virtue in Miami; Edith Stanley in Atlanta; Lynette Fernandez, Audrey Britton in New York; and Chiaki Kitada and Megumi Shimizu in Tokyo.