DESCRIPTION
Date: November 1, 2004
Location: San Jose, California
Videographer: Mike Izumi
Densho ID: ddr-jamsj-2-4
01:13:45
28 segments
Nisei female. Born November 17, 1930, in Salinas, California. Grew up in Salinas's Japantown community before moving to various towns in California after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Removed to Poston concentration camp, Colorado. Left camp with family for Denver, Colorado, in 1945 before returning to California and establishing the Mandarin Restaurant in San Jose's Japantown.
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