Ben Chikaraishi Interview Segment 1

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Ben Chikaraishi Interview Segment 1

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October 31, 2017

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Ben Chikaraishi

Ben Chikaraishi Interview

1:35:52 — 14 segments

October 31, 2017

Nisei male. Born September 10, 1921, in Colusa, California. As a child, family moved to Stockton, California, where parents owned a hotel. Was attending the University of California at Berkeley when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, and the family was sent to the Rohwer concentration camp, Arkansas. Left camp to live in Chicago, Illinois, where he became an optometrist.

Anna Takada, interviewer

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