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Aiko Owashi, like so many Nisei women, begins an interview with the claim that her life is not interesting; nothing much ever happened to her. …
identity en
My mother passed away last October at the age of 92 and there are so many things about her that I will never know. Mom …
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It has been said by many that writing letters is a lost art form. People under the age of 35 or so may have never …
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My mother was always reminding me to eat every grain of rice from my bowl: “Hito tsubu mo nokosanaide tabenasai.” It’s the equivalent of “Clean …
Read Part 1 >>Her life drastically changed the day Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. In President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s infamous words, “a date …
>> Part 2I thought about my father, his absence, his distancing. He was an apparition that appeared briefly and disappeared over and over from my …
>> Part 1A temporary school was organized to make up for three months of lost time. We were scattered in small clusters across the bleachers …
As we settled into our bewildering lives at Santa Anita, clashing mess bells dictated our days. Clang, clang, ding, ding, bong, ka-ching—a mishmash of rhythms …
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I’m missing my good American friends very much. I wish this horrible war would stop right now so I could go back to my home …
war ja
第二章(4)を読む >> 訪問者 ある日、高校生のフランク・ヤマサキのバラックに、メッセンジャーがやってきて、外部からお客様だと伝えます。…
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