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“My family, my parents became pro-America immediately. Their whole psyche was completely turned around.” — Setsuko Asano Setsuko (Izumi) Asano was born on the auspicious …
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Read Part 3 >> If we were going to go back to fill in some of the gaps, after the loyalty questionnaire, were you drafted …
Read Part 2 >> How long were you in Santa Anita? I guess it was about eight months. And the thing is that to bring …
Read Part 1 >> This is actually good because it brings us to Pearl Harbor. So your father’s gone and it sounds like your sister's …
“And as I was standing there, I was looking around to see, realizing that everyone was concerned about the attack and that they would be …
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The history of Otomisan Restaurant in Los Angeles’s Boyle Heights neighborhood is well documented in the press. It was first opened in 1956 as Otomi …
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Chohichi Tanaka left Itoshima in Fukuoka, Japan in the early 1900s looking for a better life. He decided to venture to America where he thought …
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Beginning in the late 19th century, boosters of Los Angeles touted the region’s sunshine and mild climate as a place for health-seekers. Yet residents of …
Both of my parents were young children when E.O. 9066 was signed. My mom, Machiko Okazaki, lived in four places from the ages of four …
My mother, Kinuko Saito, was holding me in her arms as we left Japan. I was six months old when we embarked on a military …
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