William Marutani Interview Segment 1
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JACL Philadelphia
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SEGMENT ID
ddr-phljacl-1-14-1 ()
SEGMENT DESCRIPTION
Family background
0:01:54 — Segment 1 of 8
PARENT COLLECTION
JACL Philadelphia Oral History Collection
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CONTRIBUTOR
Densho
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Courtesy of JACL Philadelphia
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JACL Philadelphia
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INTERVIEW ID
ddr-phljacl-1-14
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INTERVIEW TITLE
William Marutani Interview
0:37:55 — 8 segments
DATE
October 23, 1994
LOCATION
Medford, New Jersey
DESCRIPTION
Nisei male. Born March 31, 1923, in Kent, Washington. During World War II, was incarcerated at the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. After leaving camp to attend college in South Dakota, was drafted into the U.S. Army and served with the Military Intelligence Service during the postwar occupation of Japan. After military service, became an attorney and then a judge. Served as the legal counsel for the Japanese American Citizens League from 1962 to 1970. Was the only Japanese American appointed to serve on the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC) during the redress movement.
PRODUCTION
Herbert J. Horikawa, interviewer
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CONTRIBUTOR
JACL Philadelphia
PREFERRED CITATION
Courtesy of JACL Philadelphia
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.