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Importance of education in achieving redress for incarceration
Grayce Ritsu Kaneda Uyehara August 28, 1998
I feel that the major contribution has to do with the educational process, which is …

Her experience as a Japanese-American schoolchild in Oceanside, California, after the bombing of Pearl Harbor
Wakako Nakamura Yamauchi May 22, 1998
I was seventeen, I was a senior in high school. We were making ready; this …

Activities growing up in Peru
Art Shibayama October 26, 2003
In 1940, I think, when they took census, there were twenty-six thousand Japanese and Japanese …

Family's deportation from Peru to U.S. after the bombing of Pearl Harbor
Art Shibayama October 26, 2003
Every time a U.S. transport came into the port of Callao, words got around and …

Denied redress as a Japanese Peruvian
Art Shibayama October 26, 2003
I got a letter from Office of Redress saying that I was denied because I …

Loss of happy-go-lucky adolescence in Puyallup Assembly Center
Frank Yamasaki August 18, 1997
During that period was there an experience I had that was very revealing to me. …

Memories of dusty conditions at Minidoka incarceration camp
Frank Yamasaki August 18, 1997
It was very, very dusty. The dust was powdery fine and if I recall, it …

Making the decision to resist the draft
Frank Yamasaki August 18, 1997
These were rumors that you must volunteer to prove that you're a good 100 percent …

Discharged from the U.S. Army after Pearl Harbor
George Azumano December 5, 2005
I was in the service of the United States Army on December 7 that was …

Japanese vs. Peruvian identity (Spanish)
Alfredo Kato October 7, 2005
(Spanish) The question of whether one identifies more with Japan than with Peru… Ever since …