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Larry designing chairs in the camp
Sister of automotive designer Larry Shinoda

Move from Tule Lake to Minidoka
(b.1909) Nisei from Washington. Incarcerated at Tule Lake and Minidoka during WWII. Resettled in Chicago after WWII

Celebrating traditional Japanese New Years with family
(b.1951) Co-founder and managing director of San Jose Taiko.

Receiving a negative reaction from father upon asking about World War II experience
(b. 1939) Japanese American painter, printmaker & professor

Memories of dusty conditions at Minidoka incarceration camp
(b. 1923) Nisei from Washington. Resisted draft during WWII.

Neighbor took care of hotel business during the World War II
(1918-2023) Nisei Japanese kabuki dancer

Family life in a Japanese Canadian internment camp in Slocan
(b. 1920) Incarcerated during World War II. Active member of the Japanese Canadian community

The Perspective of Youth
(1923–2006) Community activist. Co-founded the Manzanar Committee

Results of being more American than Japanese
(1924-2018) Researcher, Activist


Institutionalization as a bad aspect of camp
(1924-2018) Researcher, Activist

Visiting family in Japan
(1923-2011) Lawyer, MIS veteran, founder of Francis and Sarah Sogi Foundation

Tracing my family crest
(b. 1967) Hawai`i-born professional fighter in Japan

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