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Embarrassed to talk about camp
Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston December 27, 2005
We came out of camp and I was living in Long Beach, and I saw …
The birth of a novel through a conversation with her nephew
Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston December 27, 2005
I must’ve been 38 and my nephew came over to visit me and he had …
Documenting family history for future generations
Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston December 27, 2005
Since it’s so difficult to talk about it (camp experiences), I’ll write something for just …
Not a "camp story" but a human story
Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston December 27, 2005
Oh you don’t say “the camp story” because it’s (Farewell to Manzanar) not the camp …
Neighbor took care of hotel business during the World War II
Fujima Kansuma November 30, 2004
Well we didn’t know what to do and my mother don’t know what to do, …
Different learning style in Japan and the United States
Fujima Kansuma November 30, 2004
I went to SC (University of South California) evening school to learn English, because I’ve …
Family separated in the camps
Aiko Yoshinaga Herzig August 26, 1998
My father became seriously ill, and I was notified that he was very, very sick, …
Feeling imprisoned at camp
Aiko Yoshinaga Herzig August 26, 1998
The loss of freedom, the loss of liberty was something that I felt very strongly …
Political motivation to keep the camps open until end of 1944 election
Aiko Yoshinaga Herzig August 26, 1998
I knew that there was a very strong political reason for keeping the camps open …
An emotional response from mother upon talking about incarceration experience
Dale Minami February 8, 2003
And about that time I started asking my mother and my father. They talked a …
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