Frank Hiratsuka Interview Segment 1

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June 15, 2011

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Frank Hiratsuka

Frank Hiratsuka Interview

01:13:25 — 17 segments

June 15, 2011

Skokie, Illinois

Nisei male. Born July 16, 1926, in Alviso, California. Lived in various places in California as a child. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, family moved to Reedley, California, in an attempt to avoid incarceration, but were removed when the exclusion zone extended to Reedley. Sent to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Left camp during the war and lived in Morton Grove, Illinois, before being drafted into the military. Eventually moved to Chicago, Illinois.

(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.)

Tom Ikeda, interviewer; Dana Hoshide, videographer

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