Sam Mihara
Sam Mihara es un ex internado en el campamento de Heart Mountain, Wyoming. Nació y creció en San Francisco. Al ingresar a Heart Mountain a los 9 años, Sam tiene recuerdos vívidos de los eventos antes, durante y después del campamento. Después de la guerra, la familia de Sam regresó a San Francisco. Se graduó en ingeniería en UC Berkeley y UCLA. Sam se jubiló después de una carrera de 42 años en Boeing Company, donde fue científico espacial y director de marketing. Tiene dos hijas y dos nietos.
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Actualizado en enero de 2012
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Memories of Heart Mountain - Part 2
20 de enero de 2012 • Sam Mihara
Read part 1 >>I eventually graduated from high school and went to UC Berkeley and then UCLA graduate school, majoring in aeronautical engineering and business. I was hired by Boeing (formerly Douglas Aircraft) and enjoyed a very happy and rewarding 42-year career. Part of my work resulted in the launches of communications satellites and the GPS constellation being placed into orbit. Along the way, I was married, had two daughters and two grandkids. For over 60 years since leaving Heart …
Memories of Heart Mountain - Part 1
13 de enero de 2012 • Sam Mihara
I remember the spring of 1942. I had just turned 9 years old and the armed United States military came to our neighborhood in San Francisco. The guards escorted my father, mother, brother, me, and all others of Japanese ethnicity in the area out of our homes and placed us into buses. My grandparents and other relatives were also on the buses. No one explained where they were taking us, but we found ourselves at the Los Angeles County fairgrounds …
