Lillian Nakano Interview Segment 8
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Initial impressions of Jerome concentration camp
00:03:14 — Segment 8 of 20
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Lillian Nakano Interview
01:42:31 — 20 segments
DATE
July 8, 2009
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Torrance, California
DESCRIPTION
Sansei female, born April 30, 1928, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Grew up in Hawaii, where family ran a successful wholesale bakery business. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father was picked up by the FBI and sent to Sand Island internment camp. Moved with rest of the family to Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas, to be reunited with father. Moved for a short time to the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming, when Jerome closed, before returning to Hawaii. Married and moved to Chicago, Illinois, before eventually moving to Los Angeles. Along with husband Bert Nakano, became active in the redress movement, helping to establish the National Coalition for Redress and Reparations.
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Megan Asaka, interviewer; Dana Hoshide, videographer
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