Nisei male. Born February 6, 1929, in San Pedro, California. Grew up on Terminal Island, California, where father ran several successful stores. During World War II, removed with family to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. After leaving camp returned to California to attend school. Served in Korea and …

Sumi Seki, wearing a white blouse under a plaid skirt, leans against the railing in front of barracks. This is a photograph of a photograph, taken by Tom Shaw of the Long Beach Independent Press-Telegram. The caption used in the newspapers reads, "Sumi Seki was a junior at San Pedro High School when she and her …

A photograph of the graduating class at Denson High. The caption that ran in the June 19, 1987 Long Beach Press-Telegram reads, "These few paragraphs, titled 'The Real Test,' were included in a small, hand-drawn pamphlet that served as the yearbook for the members of Denson High, the Jerome Relocation Center school where Sumi (Seo) Seki …

George Ishibashi was born on March 27, 1914, in San Pedro, California. He grew up on a farm in Palos Verdes, California. His father immigrated to the U.S. in the late 1890s and leased his first farm in 1906. Following Japan's bombing of Pearl Harbor, the family's lease was unceremoniously ended. Ishibashi and his family were …

Sumi Seki, wearing a knee-length coat, is standing on rubble at Jerome, Arkansas, incarceration camp. She appears to be standing on building materials, and there are more materials scattered on the ground behind her. There is some snow layering the ground. This is a photograph of a photograph, taken by Tom Shaw of the Independent Press-Telegram. …