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Mas Hashimoto, in 1942 at age 6, was incarcerated for 3 ½ years by his own country, the United States, during World War II-without charges, attorney, trial or due process of law. After WW II, he worked in the fields from age 10 as a farm worker for 13 summers, and served in the top-secret Chemical Section of 6th Army Headquarters (1958-60). He was a US history teacher at Watsonville High School for 36 years from 1960 to 1996. Since his retirement, he has been teaching to students and adults about the racism that led to the unjust imprisonment of 120,000 innocent persons of Japanese ancestry in this country, most of whom were US citizens.
Updated February 2020