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The release of the book Citizen USA by the Japanese American National Museum has been over 75 years in the making. Written at the Manzanar …
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Walk into the Manzanar National Historic Site today in California’s Owens Valley and a large photo of a little girl sitting on a suitcase is …
Read Part 3 >> How did you meet your wife? Well, I was in the army, so I went to a USO dance. That’s where …
Read Part 2 >> So actually, just to backtrack a little bit. When you actually left Manzanar to Tule Lake, how did you get there? Did …
Read Part 1 >> Can we get your parents names and then your sister’s name? My mother’s name was Tomiko. And my father’s name was …
“My dad had to get rid of his business. I think that was really hard for him ‘cause he worked so hard. I didn’t realize …
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James Tatsushi Ukita was born on December 14, 1920 being one of four children of Frank Masashi Ukita (Grandpa) and Tsuya Ukita (Grandma). He was …
In “camp,” Dr. Masako Kusayanagi Goto was known affectionately as “Dr. K.” When the war broke out in 1941, Dr. K was in her first …
This story is about my Auntie Yochi based on family knowledge, my memories of her, several writings about her in letters and passages in books. …
Many notable events of 1969—the first landing on the Moon, the Woodstock Rock Festival, the Stonewall Riots, and the New York Mets World Series victory, …
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