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In March we looked at length at the history of Japanese American forced relocation to Pittsburgh, where an old North Side orphanage was to house …
Read Part 11 >> Below is very much about the overall picture I saw in a nutshell through my experiences, memories, and what I conclude today: Regarding …
Read Part 10 >> Arriving in Toronto When we got to Toronto, we finally felt released and free from jail to restart our lives. We felt really …
Read Part 9 >> No Peacetime for JCs: Go to Japan or east of the Rocky Mountains! After the war, I heard my father discussing a letter …
Read Part 8 >> During the early Internment days, as Shig joined the Canadian Army, Dad asked him to check out his house when he got …
Read Part 7 >> Oshogatsu in Bridge River All our staple food were unavailable to us anymore and all our mothers without recipes were experimenting, trying to …
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Before the advent of the offset printing process, The Rafu Shimpo handset every word, every comma, every dingbat and ornamental header, utilizing drawers of lead …
Read Part 6 >> Life in Bridge River When we were sent to Bridge River (an internment camp where you had to support yourself, money-wise) with one …
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Talk given at the Placer County Ceremony Honoring Japanese American Veteran Recipients of the Congressional Gold Medal, and Recipients of the Bronze Star, in World …
Read Part 5 >> Keeping B.C. “White Only” Long before the war, there was an ongoing KEEP B.C. WHITE ONLY outcries—such racial hatred especially along the …
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