“I think that what the Isseis experienced of losing their place in the family unit has been predominant. And if you're any human being, that's a difficult thing to accommodate.”
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“Everybody grabbed their guns and we all went outside and everybody was saying, ‘The war’s over, the war’s over!’ That’s why they were firing their guns into the sky. I don’t think there was a dry-eye among us.”
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"After they gave us the redress, it just really relieved all of us who had been in the camp. Because camp was sort of a feeling of shame, that you had to be in a place like that.”
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“Luckily for us growing up in New York City, there was very little discrimination. And my dad became friends with the top godfather of the Italian mafia. I must’ve thought I was part Italian.”
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