Her experience of Japanese American Evacuation

Her early memories before the war Learning English Taking her father’s ashes, going back to Japan, learning the koto and culture Sensing the war was coming Coming back to America from Japan before the war Working at the family flower shop, meeting Greta Garbo Her experience of Japanese American Evacuation Memories of Manzanar Working in the camp hospital Wind in camp Her grandfather and Dr. Thompson Her grandmother comes to Manzanar Experiencing prejudice after the war

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We were evacuated in April from Burbank. We were all on the north side of the street of Los Feliz. People there were all in Burbank, and then from the south side, I think they went to where the horse track was, Santa Anita. And you know, I was thinking how do we get there, I think it was by bus. It wasn’t a train, it was a bus. In those days we were still young and it was war. We didn’t know what war was. I know it was something dangerous but that was about it. We just did the best we could, you know? That was it.

Date: May 24, 2011
Location: California, US
Interviewer: John Esaki
Contributed by: Watase Media Arts Center, Japanese American National Museum

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