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Uyehara,Grayce Ritsu Kaneda

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 …

Mineta,Norman Yoshio

Finding supporters for the bill

Norman Yoshio Mineta July 4, 2008

I wanted to make sure that we had prominent members of the Congress as... you …

Shibayama,Art

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 …

Shimomura,Roger

Receiving a negative reaction from father upon asking about World War II experience

Roger Shimomura March 18 & 20, 2003

I remember asking my father, once, What was that thing we experienced in camp? I …

Yamasaki,Frank

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. …

Yamasaki,Frank

Thoughts on redress

Frank Yamasaki August 18, 1997

It's no different from the reparation. That money that's sent to us, does that remedy …

Ito,Mitsuo

Redress Movement in Canada

Mitsuo Ito March 23, 2005

I*: How did you feel about the whole redress movement, the fact that your family …

Mineta,Norman Yoshio

Getting Jim Wright to sponsor the bill

Norman Yoshio Mineta July 4, 2008

Jim Wright was at that time the majority leader, and -- no, I'm sorry, he …

Herzig,Aiko Yoshinaga

Positive experiences with Asian Americans for Action

Aiko Yoshinaga Herzig August 26, 1998

It (Triple A1) was an experience for me. It made me much more aware of …

Herzig,Aiko Yoshinaga

Redress payments to Issei who did not enter camps

Aiko Yoshinaga Herzig August 26, 1998

Do you remember this man, an Issei man, who was apparently living in Utah so …

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