Date: July 7, 2009
Location: Torrance, California
Videographer: Dana Hoshide
Densho ID: ddr-densho-1000-250
02:33:10
27 segments
Nisei female. Born August 5, 1924, in Sacramento, California. Grew up in Sacramento and Los Angeles. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California, and transferred to the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. Washington representative and researcher for National Council for Japanese American Redress (NCJAR) and primary archival researcher for Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC), the three coram nobis cases. Consultant to the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History exhibition. ""A More Perfect Union: Japanese Americans and the United States Constitution""; and consultant for the Justice Department's Office of Redress Administration.
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