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Living in New York

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May 13, 2009

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Dorothy Kuwaye

Dorothy Kuwaye Interview

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May 13, 2009

Los Angeles, California

Nisei female. Born May 7, 1928, in Covina, California. At young age, suffered an accident in which she was hit by a car, and was raised by a non-Japanese American family. During World War II, rejoined biological family in the Pomona Assembly Center, California, and Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Lived for a time in New York after leaving camp, and eventually returned to California.

Richard Potashin, interviewer; Kirk Peterson, videographer

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