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David Toyama was born on Kauai in Hawaii, where his parents settled after their immigration from Japan. Toyama was a teenager when World War II broke out in 1942. He later joined the Army and served in the Military Intelligence Service (MIS). He and…

Hiroshi Ogawa was born and raised in Pasadena, California, in 1941. His family was interned in Gila Bend, Arizona for four years. He went to college at the University of California at Santa Barbara where he first started making pottery, graduating in…

Ken Nagao was born in Hawaii to a large family just before World War II. Nagao came to Eugene to attend the University of Oregon in the 1960s to study architecture. He now has his own firm, Nagao Pacific Architectural PC, and has designed numerous…

Chiyo Mori was born in Stockton, California, in 1921. Her parents emigrated from Aichi prefecture in Japan and ran a hotel in Stockton. Mori grew up in Sacramento, California, and attended Sacramento Junior College and studied at the Hazmore School…

Edward T. Miyakawa was born in Sacramento, California, in 1934. His grandfathers both had emigrated from Japan and owned a strawberry and grape farm among other businesses. His father graduated from Harvard University in the 1920s. Miyakawa's family…

Yoko Matusoka McClain was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1924. Her maternal grandfather was the write Natsume Soseki (1867-1916), well known for his novels, short stories and poetry. Yoko lived in Tokyo during World War II and graduated from Tsuda College,…

Mitzi Asai Loftus was born in Hood River, Oregon in 1932. Her parents emigrated from Japan and owned and operated fruit orchards in Hood River. Her father was forced to sell his property after he was sent to the internment camps. She was in the…

Miya Kaneko Kobayashi was born in Crystal City, Texas. Her parents emigrated from Japan to Peru where they operated an import/export business. Their family was forced by the American and Peruvian governments to relocate to a camp in Crystal City…

Kenge Kobayashi was born in Imperial Valley, California in 1926 where his parents, who emigrated from Japan in 1905, had a farm. In 1942, his family lived in internment camps, first in the Gila River Relocation Center in Arizona for one year, and…

Alice Endo Aikens was born in Oakland, California in 1939. Her grandparents emigrated from Japan to the United States in the early 1920's. Her parents were both kibei, born in the United States but educated in Japan. Her family ran an Asian grocery…