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From Internment to Independence: Nobuko Miyamoto’s Journey

Clip: Season 15 Episode 5 | 2m 13s

Nobuko Miyamoto shares her experience of living in the Japanese Internment Camps as a child.

After the Pearl Harbor attacks, Nobuko Miyamoto recounts her experience at the Japanese Internment Camps at Santa Anita Park race track in Arcadia, where she and her family lived in horse stalls alongside thousands of other Japanese Americans. Seeking to shield his family from this ordeal, her father volunteered to harvest crops in Montana, leading them to leave everything behind and relocate.

11/01/2024 | Rating NR

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