Richard Murakami, 90, with photographs of life in the camps at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles. “Seeing the testimony helped illustrate how he was a leader.” Richard Murakami with an installment in the Japanese American National Museum that displays soil and artifacts recovered from all the Japanese-American internment camps. At the Japanese American National Museum in Little …
When Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941, the first thing Hidekazu Tamura, a Japanese American living in California, thought was, “I’ll be killed at the hands of my fellow Americans.” It wouldn’t be the last time he felt that way. He was sent to Tule Lake, a segregation center for those deemed disloyal, where he joined a group called “Hokoku …
TOKYO — When Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941, the first thing Hidekazu Tamura, a Japanese American living in California, thought was, “I’ll be killed at the hands of my fellow Americans.” It wouldn’t be the last time he felt that way. He was sent to Tule Lake, a segregation center for those deemed disloyal, where he joined a group …
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