Lilly Kobayashi Irinaga Interview Segment 1

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Born in Portland, Oregon

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April 27, 2013

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Lilly Kobayashi Irinaga

Lilly Kobayashi Irinaga Interview

01:46:05 — 20 segments

April 27, 2013

Portland, Oregon

Nisei female. Born April 5, 1929, in Portland, Oregon. Grew up in Portland where parents ran a hotel. In 1941, went with family on a trip to Japan to visit family and returned shortly before the bombing of Pearl Harbor. During World War II, removed to the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After the war, returned to Portland.

(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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